Yellow fever : considered in its historical, pathological, etiological, and therapeutical relations. Including a sketch of the disease as it has occurred in Philadelphia from 1699 to 1854, with an examination of the connections between it and the fevers known under the same name in other parts of temperate, as well as in tropical, regions / by R. La Roche.

René La Roche

Date:: 1855

Credit: Yellow fever : considered in its historical, pathological, etiological, and therapeutical relations. Including a sketch of the disease as it has occurred in Philadelphia from 1699 to 1854, with an examination of the connections between it and the fevers known under the same name in other parts of temperate, as well as in tropical, regions / by R. La Roche. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$LA ROCHE (R.), M. D., &.c. PNEUMONIA; its Supposed Connection, I^atholojfical and Etiolordcal, with Au- iimmil Lever>, iticlutljng an Imiiiiry inlo Ihe Existence and Morbid Agency of'Maltiia In one handsome ocluvo volume, exlru cloth, of 500 pages. ’ -^rnnirid. in one A more simple, clear, and forcible exposition of the groundless nature and dangerous tendency of certain pathological and etiobigical heresies, has seldom been presented to our notice.—N. Y. Journal of Medicine and Collateral Science. j Thiswork should be carefully studied by Southern physicians, embodying ns it does the reflections of an original thinker and close observer on a subject peculiarly their own.—Firginm Med. and Surgical Journal. The author had prepared us to expect a treatise from him, by his brief papers on kindred topics in the periodical press, and yet in the work before us he has exhibited an amount of industry nnd learning, rcsearcb and ability, lieyoiid what weareaceusLomed to discover in niodern medical writers; while bis own extensive opportunities for ol/tervatiun and e.xpcrience have been improved by the most laudable diligence, and display a familiarity with the whole subject in every aspect, which commands both our respect and confidence. As a corrective of prevalent and mischievous error, sought to be propagated by novices and innovators, wc could wish that Dr. 1.* Roche’s book could be widely read.—A'. Y. Medical Gazette. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. (NoW Ready.) lELLOW FEVER, considered in its Historical, Pathological, Etioloifical, and Therapeutical Relations. Including a Sketch of the Disease as it has occurred in Philadelphia Iroin lOJJ to 18j4, with an examination of Ihe connections between it and the fevers known under the same name in other parts of temperate as well as in tropical regions. In two large and handsome octavo volumes of nearly 1500 pages. Ihe publishers are happy in being able to announce the appearance of this great work. As Uie result ol many years of study and observation, and as a complete resume of all that has been written on the subject, it will at once take its place as the standard authority and work of reference on the important questions brought under consideration. LARONER (DIONYSIUS), D. C. L., &c. HANDBOOKS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND ASTRONOMY. Revised, with numerous Additions, by the American editor. First Course, containing Mecha- nics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Sound, and Optics. In one large roval ]2mo. volume, of 7.3() pages, with 424 wood-cuts. Second Course, containing Heat, Electriciiv, Mag- netism, and Cralvanism, one volume, large royal 12rao., of 450 pages, with 2-50 illusl'ralio^. i HIRD I^OURSE ( now ready), containing Meteorology and Astronomy, in one large volume, roval 121110. ol nearly eight hundred pages, with thirty-seven plates and two hundred‘wood-cut^. The whole complete m three volumes, of about two thousand large pages, with over one thousand iigures ou steel and wood. Any volume sold separate. The various sciences treated in this work will be found brought thoroughly up to the latest period. MACKENZIE (W.), M.D., Surgeon Oculist in Scotlund in ordinary to Her Majesty, Ac. Ac. ^ ^;^-^CTICAL TREATISE ON DISEASES AND INJURIES OP THE EiE To tt-hicli is prefixed an Anatomical Introduction explanatory of a Horizmilal Section ol he Human Eyeball, by 1 homas Wharton Jones, F. R. S. From 'the Fourth Revised and En- rr A'l'l 2l-ddilioiis by Addinell Hewson, M. D., Surgeon to tils ilo.'-pilul Arc. &c. Ill one very large and handsome octavo volume, with plates and numerous (i\ ow Ready.) wood-cuts. The repiilaiion which tins work has universally attained will lie enhanced bv the present edition Desidqs the thorough revi^ion by the author which it has enjoyed in rcceiitlv passing through the press in Eondon, the additions by the editor embrace whatever is neccssa'rv to adapt ifeom- pleimy to the wants of the American practitioner, constituting it a library of Ophtbalmic Medicine The treatiBC of Dr. ATaekenzie indisputably holds Hie first pbice, mid forms, in respect of lenrning mid research, mi Hncyo.lopaidia iiiicqimlled in e.xteiit hy miv other work of tlie kind, cither English or foreign. —Dixon on Diseases of the Dye. Few modern books on iiny depnrtment of medicine or surgery have met with siieb extended circulation, or have procured for their authors a like amount of liuropeaii celebrity. The immense research which It displayed, the tbormigb ncniiainlaiice with the subject, practically ns well ns tlicorctically. and the able manner in wbicli the nuibor’s stores of learning and experience were rendered available for general use, at once procured for the first edilion, as well on the continent ns in this country, that high position as a standard work whieli each successive ctlitioii ‘ tins more firmly established, in spite of the nttrnc- I lions of several rivals of no mean ability. This, the j fourth edition, has been in a great measure re-writ- | ten ; new inaltor, to the extent of one bnmlred and | fifty pages, has been added, mid in several instances I formerly expressed opinions have been modified in ' accordance with the nilvances in the science which have been inmle of late years. .N’othing worthy of repetition upon miy branch of the subject appears to have escaped the author’s notice. We consider it the duly of every one who bns the love of bis profes- sion and the welfare of his patient at bem 1, to make binisclf familiar with this tlio most complete work ill llic English language upon the diseases of the eye. —Med. Times and Gazette. The fourth edition of this standard work will no doubt be as fully appreciated ns the tlirce former edi- tions. It is iiiiiiecessnry to say n word in its praise, for the vcnlicl b.is already Iiceii passed upon it l»y the most coiiipeleiit judges, niid Alaekenzie on the Eye” has justly obtained n reputation which it is no figure of speech toeall world-wide.—British and Doreign Medico-Chirurgical Review. This new edilion <{ Dr. Mackenzie’s eclebrnled treatise on diseases of the eye, is truly a miracle of industry and learning. We need scarcely say that be has entirely exlimisted the subject of bis specialty. —Dublin (Quarterly Journal.$

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