The Medical Examiner, and Record of Medical Science, Volume 3

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Lindsay & Blakiston, 1847 - Medicine
 

Contents

History of a case of remarkable coloured Secretion from the Skin By C
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MEDICAL EXAMINER
79
Extraction of a large stone by the lateral operation By R Haywood
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A Lecture on Practical Education in Medicine and on the course of
88
A Practical Treatise on Inflammation Ulceration and Induration of
101
A System of Human Anatomy General and Special By Erasmus
106
Excision of the Inferior Maxillary bone for OsteoSarcoma By William
115
Blindness cured by the use of Sulph Quinine By John McLean M D
121
Remarks on Strangulated Umbilical Hernia with a Case By A
129
Letter from PersiaLeeches in Intermitent Fever c
136
Progress of the Cholera
139
On Polypus of the Rectum By Robert Burns M D Frankford Penn
146
The Principles and Practice of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery
153
Materia Medica and Therapeutics including the Preparations of
155
La Lancette Canadienne
157
Foreign Bodies in the Eye By Dr Jacob
169
Pathological Society of London
177
Lectures on Distortion of the Spine not connected with Caries delivered
183
On the Nature and Sources of the Contents of the Fatal Stomach being
189
Fungus tumour of the Bone By Professor Roux
196
Nasty Notices
202
Retention of Urine a Sequel of Scarlatina successfully treated with
213
Cours de Microscopie Complémentaire des Etudes Médicales Anatomie
224
Jefferson Medical College
230
Tuberculous Abscess in the Pancreas
242
A Case of Enlargement of the Thyroid Gland treated by Seton
250
Secret of Success in Medical Practice
256
Affection of Peyers Glands in Adynamic Fever
262
On the Cure of VesicoVaginal Fistula By Joseph Pancoast M D
272
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
278
Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate
284
EDITORIAL
290
Resignation of Professor Warren
293
Remarks on the Medical Topography of Texas and on the diseases
303
Death by StrychnineReport on the case of the late Dr W C Warner
309
Two Cases of Croup cured by Cauterizing the Larynx with a Solution
315
On the employment of Ether in Surgical Operations By the Editor
321
Fatal Effects of Ether Vapour in a case of Lithotomy By Roger Nunn
327
Case of Poisoning from swallowing Percussion Caps By T
332
consisting of coloured figures of
334
Sydenham Societys Works On the Injuries and Diseases of Bones
345
Ship Fever
351
History of Typhoid Fever as it prevailed near Geneva New York
370
Prizes offered by the Lexington Medical SocietyPrize for the Best
371
Cases observed by S Henry Dickson M D Prof Instit and Prac
432
Ship Fever
439
Case of Softening of the Heart in a Person who was believed to have
446
On Marking Ink for marking Linen c without the use of a Mordant
451
Fever in Liverpool
457
Ovarian Dropsy treated by tapping and injection of Solution of Iodine
459
Observations on Aneuriem and its Treatment by Compression
465
HalfYearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences By W H Ranking
475
Cases of Organic Diseases of the Womb and its Appendages
494
Prosecutions for MalPractice
502
On ExudationIts development By John Hughes Bennett M D
513
Practical Observations on Ship Fever as it prevailed in Philadelphia
528
A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine By George B Wood M D
541
Elements of Chemistry including the history of the imponderables
549
Peoria District Medical Society
557
Case of Excision of the whole of the Genital Organs By E W
560
Means of Recognising the Presence of Morphia in cases of Poisoning
572
Syrup of Hydrocyanic Acid
578
Note on the Exhibition of Sulphate of Quinina By M Donovan Esq
583
On the Inhalation of Ether in Labour By Jonathan Clark M D
589
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
595
Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic delivered at Kings
599
Dr Ruschenberger U S
606
Obituary
612
Ship Fever at the Bellevue Hospital
615
A Case of VesicoVaginal Fistula remedied by Caustic By Elan
621
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Functions of the Spinal Cord
633
Convulsive Affections of Infants and Children
640
Mercurial Treatment in Typhoid Fever By M Serres
647
A case of Serous Effusion in the Theca of the Medulla Spinalis
664
On Diseases of the Skin By Erasmus Wilson F R S Consulting
674
Yellow Fever
680
Massachusetts Medical Society
693
Suicides in France
699
Case of UteroVesical FistulaNovel Means of Relief
709
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On Strictures of the Urethra By James Bryan M D Lecturer
737
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES
753
The American Medical Almanac for 1848 containing statistics of
761
Magnetized Gold and Tonic Pills
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The Letheon at the New York Hospital
xii
Variations in the Quantity of Fatty Matter in the Human LungsRela
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