C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

CONTENTS OF N° XLI

OF THE

British and Foreign Medical Review.

JANUARY, 1846.

PART FIRST.--Analytical and Critical Reviews.

ART. I.-1. The Sixth Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths,

and Marriages, in England, 1845

2. Contributions to Vital Statistics: being a Development of the Rate of Mor-

tality and the Laws of Sickness; from original and extensive data, pro-

cured from Friendly Societies, showing the Instability of Friendly Societies,

"Odd Fellows," "Rechabites," &c., with an Inquiry into the Influence of

Locality on Health. By F. G. P. NEISON, F.L.S., &c.

3. Facts connected with the Social and Sanitary Condition of the Working

Classes in the City of Dublin, with Tables of Sickness, Medical attendance,

Deaths, Expectation of Life, &c. &c.; together with some Gleanings from

the Census Returns of 1841. By THOMAS WILLIS, F.S.S.

4. On the Duration of Life among the Families of the Peerage and Baronet-

age of the United Kingdom. By WILLIAM A. GUY, M.B. Cantab., &c. &c.

ART. II.-1. Dr. J. L. Schönlein's, Professor in Zürich, Allgemeine und Specielle Pa-

thologie und Therapie, &c. &c. In Vier Theilen

The General and Special Pathology and Therapeutics of Dr. J. L. Schönlein,

Professor in Zürich. Edited by several of his Class, from Notes taken at his

Lectures.

2. Schönlein's Klinische Vorträge in dem Charité Krankenhause zu Berlin. Re-

digirt und herausgegeben von Dr. L. GÜTERBOCK

Dr. Schönlein's Clinical Discourses in the Charité Hospital at Berlin. Taken

and edited by Dr. L. GÜTERBOCK.

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ib.

ib.

ib.

20

ib.

3. Dr. Schönlein als Artz und klinischer Lehrer aus der Schilderung der Dr.

Güterbock; einer unabweisbaren Kritik unterworfen von Dr. LEHRS und

Dr. SCHARLAU

ib.

An unimpeachable Critique on Dr. Schönlein, as Physician and Clinical Lec-

turer, &c. &c. By Dr. LEHRS and Dr. SCHARLAU.

ART. III.-On Diseases of the Liver. By George Budd M.D. F.R.S.

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ART. IV.-1. Odontography; or a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of the

Teeth; their Physiological Relations, &c. By RICHARD OWEN, F.R.S. &c. 62

2. Report on the Microscopic Structure of Shells.

B. CARPENTER, M.D. F.K.S.

Part I. By WILLIAM

ib.

3. Observations on the Structure of the Shells of Molluscous and Conchi-

ferous Animals. By JAMES SCOTT BOWERBANK, F.R.S. &c.

ib.

By

ART. V.-A Treatise on the Diseases and Special Hygiene of Females.

COLOMBAT DE L'ISERE. Translated from the French, with Additions, by

CHARLES D. MEIGS, M.D. &c.

ART. VI.-Medical and Physiological Problems, being chiefly Researches for Cor-

rect Principles of Treatment in Disputed Points of Medical Practice. By

WILLIAM GRIFFIN, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in

Edinburgh, one of the Physicians to the County of Limerick Infirmary,

&c.; and by DANIEL GRIFFIN, M.D.

ART. VII.-Chemistry, Meteorology, and the Function of Digestion, considered

with Reference to Natural Theology. By WILLIAM PROUT, M.D. F.R.S.

ART. VIII.—1. Traité des Maladies des Articulations; accompagné d'un Atlas de 16

Planches. Par A. BONNET

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92

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124

A Treatise on Diseases of the Joints; with an Atlas of 16 Plates. By A. BONNET.

2. Researches pour servir à l'Histoire des Tumeurs Blanches. Par M. RICHET ib.

Researches intended to elucidate the History of White Swellings. By M.

RICHET.

3. De la Résection de la Tête du Fémur. Par M. BONINO

On the Resection of the Head of the Femur.

By M. BONINO.

4. De la Coxalgie. Par M. le Docteur J. G. MAISONNEUVE

On Coxalgia. By J. G. MAISONNEUVE, M.D.

5. Recherches sur le Mal Vertébral de Pott. Mémoire couronné par le Con-

seil der Hôpitaux. Par le Docteur TAVIGNOT

Researches on Pott's Disease of the Spine. By Dr. TAVIGNOT; being a Me-

moir to which a Prize was awarded by the Council of Hospitals of Paris.

6. Maladie des Articulations Costo-chondrales et Costo-vertébrales, avec ou

sans Ramollissement Tuberculeux et Nécrose des Os du Rachis. Par A.

TOULMOUCHE, D.M.

ib.

ib.

On Disease of the Articulations of the Ribs, with or without Tubercular Soften-

ing and Necrosis of the Vertebræ. By Dr. A. TOULMOUCHE.

ART. IX.-Untersuchungen über Entstehung des Krankheitsgenius, &c. &c. Von

Dr. MARTIN GEIGEL, &c.

Researches into the Origin of the Morbid State, &c. By Dr. M. GEIGEL.

ART. X.-Fruits and Farinacea the proper Food of Man; being an attempt to prove

from History, Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry, that the original, natural,

and best Diet of Man is derived from the Vegetable Kingdom. By JOHN

SMITH

ART. XI.-Traité philosophique et clinique d'Ophthalmologie, basé sur les principes

de la Thérapeutique Dynamique. Par M. F. ROGNETTA

A Philosophical and Clinical Treatise on Ophthalmology, based on the prin-

ciples of the Dynamic Therapeutics. By F. ROGNETTA, M.D.

ART. XII.-A View of the Formation, Discipline, and Economy of Armies. By the

late ROBERT JACKSON, M.D.

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148

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ART. XIII.-A practical Treatise on Inflammation, Ulceration, and Induration of the

Neck of the Uterus: with Remarks on the value of Leucorrhoea and Pro-

lapsus Uteri as Symptoms of Uterine Disease. By J. H. BENNET, M.D. . 174

ART. XIV.-De Tenotomia Talipedibus applicata.

CHR. WEIS

Commentatio quam scripsit.

182

A Treatise on Tenotomy as applied to Club-foot. By C. WEIS.

ART. XV.—Beiträge zur Medizin, Chirurgie und Ophthalmologie Von CHR. CONR.

WUTH

186

188

Contributions to Medicine, Surgery, and Ophthalmology. By C. C. WUTH, M.D.

ART. XVI.—The Lost Senses'-Deafness. By JOHN KITTO, D.D.

ART. XVII.-A practical Treatise on Healthy Skin: with Rules for the Medical

and Domestic Treatment of Cutaneous Diseases. By ERASMUS WILSON, F.R.S. 198

ART. XVIII.-1. Saggio Illustrativo le Tavole della Statistica Medica delle Maremme

Toscane. Compilata per ordine di S.A.R. il Gran-Duca di Toscana. Da

ANTONIO SALVAGNOLI-MARCHETTI

Essay illustrating the Tables of the Medical Statistics of the Tuscan Maremma.

Compiled by order of H.R.H. the Grand Duke of Tuscany. By ANTONIO

SALVAGNOLI-MARCHETTI.

2. Versuch einer Medicinischen Topographie und Statistik von Berlin. Von Dr.

H. WOLLHEIM, praktischem Arzte, Wundarzte und Geburtshelfer. Mit

einem Vorworte von Dr. J. L. CASPER

Medical Topography and Statistics of Berlin. By Dr. H. WOLLHEIM, with a

Preface by Dr. J. L. CASPER.

. 205

ib.

ART. XIX. The Nature and Treatment of Gout. By W. H. ROBERTSON, M.D.

ART. XX.-The Nature and Treatment of Cancer. By W. H. WALSHE, M.D.

ART. XXI.-1. Organon der Heilkunst. Von SAMUEL HAHNEMANN

2. Fragmenta de Viribus Medicamentorum positivis, sive in sano corpore hu-

mano observatis. A SAMUELE Hahnemann, M.D.

3. Samuelis Hahnemanni Materia Medica Pura, sive Doctrina de medicamen-

torum viribus in corpore humano sano observatis, e Germanico sermone in

Latinum conversa. Conjunctis studiis ediderunt Dr. STAPF, Dr. G. GROSS

et E. G. à BRUNNOW

4. Die Chronischen Krankheiten, ihre eigenthümliche Natur und homöopa-

thische Heilung. Von Dr. SAMUEL HAHNEMANN

5. Pharmacopoeia Homœopathica. Edidit T. F. QUIN

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218

225

ib.

6. Homœopathy Unmasked; being an Exposure of its principal Absurdities

and Contradictions: with an Estimate of its recorded Cures. By ALEXANDER

WOOD, M.D.

7. An Introduction to the Study of Homœopathy. Edited by J. J. Drysdale,

M.D. and J. R. RUSSEL, M.D.

8. An Inquiry into the Homœopathic Practice of Medicine. By W. HENDER-

SON, M.D.

9. Homœopathic Domestic Medicine. By J. LAURIE, M.D.

ART. XXII.-An experimental Inquiry into the Pathology and Treatment of

Asphyxia. By JOHN E. ERICHSEN

ib.

265

ART. XXIII.-Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Surgery. By the late ABRAHAM

COLLES, M.D., &c. Edited by SIMON M'COY, Esq. F.R.C.S.1.

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