THE

EDINBURGH

=

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

JOURNAL:

EXHIBITING

A CONCISE VIEW

OF THE

LATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES

IN

MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND

PHARMACY.

VOLUME ELEVENTH.

1815.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by George Ramsay & Company,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBurgh;
LONGMAN, HUrst, rees, orme, & Brown, LONDON;
AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

1815.

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CONTENTS.

OF

VOLUME ELEVENTH.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

No. XLI.

ART. I. On the Operation of tying the Subclavian Artery. By A. Colles,

M. D.

II. Observations on the Fatal Liver, &c. &c. By James Bryce,

F. R. S. E.

III. Reply to the Review of Mr Baynton's Essay on the Cure of

Crooked Spine. By Mr Henry Earle,

IV. Observations on the Diurnal Revolutions of the Pulse, &c.

Robert Knox, M. D.

Page

1

25

35

By

52

65

74

77

V. Observations on the impropriety of returning the Hernial Sac un-

opened into the Abdomen. By Mr Henry Edmondston,

VI. Case of Hydrophobia. By Mr George Ballingall,

VII. An Account of two Trials for Child-Murder,

VIII. Case of Deafness successfully treated, by the removal of a Splinter

of Wood from the Bottom of the Meatus externus. By Mr

John Stevenson,

IX. A Reply to a letter on the Treatment of Fever by Blood-letting.

By Thomas Mills, M. D. &c.

X. Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Medical and and Surgical

Journal, from the Medical Officers of Greenwich Infirmary,

vindicating Sir William Adams from the charge of keeping

secret his improved Operations on the Eye; with some Ob-

servations by the Editor,

XI. Case of Compound Fracture of both Legs, successfully treated.

By Mr J. Peake,

XII. Case in which a Mass, resembling a Placenta, without a Fœtus,

was discharged from the Womb. By Mr Lemon,

No. XLII.

ART. I. On the Malis Dracunculus, or Guinea-Worm. By C. Chisholm,

M. D. F. R. S. &c.

II. Observations on the Diurnal Revolutions of the Pulse, &c. By Ro-

bert Knox, M. D. (concluded from p. 65.)

III. Observations on the Pathology and Cure of Rheumatism. By

William Balfour, M. D.

164

168

IV. Two Cases of Dislocation of the Thumb. By Mr George Bal-

lingall,

188

V. Description of a substitute for Leeches. By Mr John Welsh, 193

VI. Case of extensive Wound of the Throat. By Mr Robert Hathorn, 194

VII. Case of Tetanus cured by Injections of Tobacco Smoke. By Mr

Thomas Duncan,

198

VIII. Additional Observations on the Treatment of Scrofula. By Mr

William Goodlad,

204

IX. Notes of a Case of extensive Wound and singular Recovery. By

Mr John Garret,

209

No. XLIII.

ART. I. Description of an Annular Saw; with a Plate. By Mr T. Ma-

chell,

VOL. XI.

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