THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICAL REVIEW

OR

QUARTERLY JOURNAL

OF

PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY

EDITED BY

JOHN FORBES M.D. F.R.S.

AND

JOHN CONOLLY M.D.

EDITORS OF THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE

VOL. I

JANUARY-APRIL 1836

LONDON

SHERWOOD GILBERT AND PIPER

PATERNOSTER ROW

MDCCCXXXVI

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. AND C. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

OF THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICAL REVIEW.

PART FIRST.-Analytical and Critical Reviews.

ART. I. FRANCISCI BENE, Med. Doct., Consiliarii Regii, Professoris P. O. The-
rapiæ Specialis ac Praxis Medicæ, et Senioris Facultatis Medicæ in Regia
Scientiarum Universitate Hungarica, ELEMENTA MEDICINE PRACTICE. E
Prælectionibus illius publicis Edita per FRANCISCUM BENE, Jun. M.D.

ART. II. Memoir of the Life and Medical Opinions of JOHN ARMSTRONG, M.D.

formerly Physician to the Fever Institution of London, &c. To which is added,

an Inquiry into the Facts connected with those Forms of Fever attributed to

Malaria or Marsh Effluvium. By FRANCIS BOOTT, M.D. &c.

Lectures on the Morbid Anatomy, Nature, and Treatment of Acute and

Chronic Diseases, delivered in the Theatre of Anatomy, Webb street, by the late

JOHN ARMSTRONG, M.D. &c. Edited by JOSEPH RIX, M.R.C.S.

ART. III.-A Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption; comprehending an Inquiry

into the Causes, Nature, Prevention, and Treatment of Tuberculous and Scro-

fulous Diseases in general. By JAMES CLARK, M.D. F.R.S.

ART. IV. Die geburtshülfliche Exploration, von Dr. ANTON FRIEDRICH HOHL,

ausserordentlichem Professor der Universität zu Halle, u. s. w.

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ib.

70

Erster Theil :

85

Das Hören.-Zweiter Theil: Das explorative Sehen und Fühlen, nebst einem

Anhange

:

Operationslehre für Geburtshelfer, in zwei Theilen. Von Dr. HERMANN

FRIEDRICH KILIAN, ordentl. öffentl. Professor der Geburtshülfe und der

Geburtshülflichen Klinik an der Rheinischen Friedrichs-Wilhelms Universität,

u. S. W. Erster Theil die Operative Geburtshülfe

ART. V. Illustrations of the Elementary Forms of Disease. By ROBERT

CARSWELL, M.D., Professor of Pathological Anatomy in the University of

Loudon. Eight Fasciculi

ib.

117

ART. VI.-The American Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine and Surgery; a Digest

of Medical Literature. Edited by ISAAC HAYS, M.D. Parts I. to VII.

152

PART SECOND.-Bibliographical Notices.

ART. I.-Pathological Researches on Phthisis. By E. CH. LOUIS, M.D., Physician

to the Hospital of La Pitié, &c. Translated from the French, with Introduc-

tion, Notes, Additions, and au Essay on Treatment, by CHARLES COWAN, M.D. 165

ART. II.—An Exposition of the Nature, Treatment, and Prevention of Continued

Fever. By HENRY M'CORMAC, M.D.

172

176

ART. III.-The Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine. Edited by JOHN FORBES,

M.D. F.R.S., ALEXANDER TWEEDIE, M.D, and JOHN CONOLLY, M.D.

ART. IV.--Von der blutigen Kopfgeschwulst der Neugeborenen. By KARL UNGER,

Professor in the Königsburg University, &c. Beiträge zur Klinik der Chirurgie 182

Observations on Sanguineous Tumours of the Head which form spontaneously,

sometimes denominated Cephalaæmatoma, and Abscessus Capitis Sanguineus

Neonatorum. By E. GEDDINGS, M.D.

ART. V.-The Clinique Médicale; or, Reports of Medical Cases; by G. ANDRAL.

Coudensed and translated, with Observations extracted from the Writings of the

most distinguished Medical Authors, by D. SPILLAN, M.D. Part I.-II-III.

ART. VI.-Natur und Kunst in heilung der Krankheiten: ein Leitfaden für

angehende Aerzte. Von Dr. JOHANN JACOB GÜNTHER

ART. VII.-A Therapeutic Arrangement and Syllabus of Materia Medica. By

JAMES JOHNSTONE, M.D.

ART. VIII.-De l'Influence des Professions sur la Durée de la Vie. Recherches

Statistiques. Par le Dr. H. C. LOMBARD

ART. IX.-Introductory Lecture to a Course of Lectures on the Practice of Physic,

to be delivered at the Medical School in Aldersgate street. By MARSHALL

HALL, M.D. F.R.S. L. and E., &c.

Syllabus of Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System; to be delivered in

the Aldersgate School of Medicine. By MARSHALL HALL, M.D. &c.

An Introductory Address, delivered at the commencement of the Tenth Session

of the Manchester School of Medicine and Surgery, Pine street. By JAMES

L. BARDSLEY, M.D. &c.

An Address delivered at the First Anniversary Meeting of the Birmingham

School of Medicine and Surgery. By JAMES THOMAS LAW, Chancellor of the

Diocess of Litchfield

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191

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194

203

ib.

ib.

ib.

An Introduction to the Study of Practical Medicine; being an Outline of the

leading Facts and Principles of the Science, as taught in a Course of Lectures,

delivered in the Marischal College of Aberdeen. By JOHN MACROBIN, M.D. ib.

St. Thomas's Hospital Reports. No. I. By JOHN F. SOUTH, Assistant Surgeon ib.

ART. X.-A Memoir of JAMES JACKSON, Jun. M.D.; with Extracts from his

Letters to his Father, and Medical Cases collected by him. By JAMES

JACKSON, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic in Harvard

University; and Physician of the Massachusetts General Hospital

. 209

ART. XI.-Compendium of the Ligaments; illustrated by Woodcuts, with the

Articular Cartilages, Interarticular or Moveable Fibro-Cartilages, Synovial

Membranes, and Bursa Mucose of the Joints, &c. By A. M'NAB, Jun. M.R.C.S. 215

ART. XII.-Illustrations of the Botany and other Branches of the Natural His-

tory of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere. By J. FORBES

ROYLE, Esq., F.L.S. &c.

ART. XIII.-The British Medical Almanack, and Supplement

ART. XIV.-

THE FOREIGN JOURNALS.

THE GERMAN JOURNALS:

1. Journal der practischen Heilkunde

ib.

216

. 217

.218

5. Medicinische Jahrbücher des kaiserl. königl. Oesterreichischen Staates ib.

6. Allgemeines Repertorium der gesammten deutschen Medizinisch-

chirurgischen Journalistik

FRENCH JOURNALS:

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1. Revue Médicale, Française, et étrangère, et Journal de Chirurgie, &c. 225

2. Archives de Médecine, Journal complémentaire des Sciences Médicales

3. Gazette Médicale de Paris

4. La Lancette Française; Gazette des Hôpitaux

5. Aunales d'Hygiène et de Médecine Légale

DANISH JOURNALS:

1. Bibliothek for Læger

2. Journal for Medicin og Chirurgie

3. Eyr, et Medicinsk Tidsskrift

AMERICAN JOURNALS:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences

2. The North American Archives of Medical and Surgical Science

ib.

ib.

. 226

.

ib.

PART THIRD-Selections from Foreign Journals.

ANATOMY.

On the Structure of Cartilage and Bone in the Human Subject.

ARNOLD. (With Engravings, Plate 1.)

On the Modifications of Structure in the Thorax and Lungs, produced by Age.

By MM. HOURMANN et DECHAMBRE. (With Engravings, Plate II.)

On the Intimate Structure of the Intestinal Glands. By Dr. BOEHM

ib.

On the Anatomical Characters of Cholera. By W. E. HORNER, M.D.

On Tubercles. By J. A. ROCHOUX, Physician to l'Hospice de la Vieillesse (Hommes) 238

PHYSIOLOGY.

On the Early Development of the Human Embryo. By Prof. von BAER. (With

Engravings, Plate II.)

The Pulmonary Exhalation experimentally investigated. By Prof. TIEDEMANN

Temperature of the Body in Disease. By MM. BECQUEREL and BRESCHET

MEDICINE,

PATHOLOGICAL, PRACTICAL, AND THERAPEUTICAL.

On the Plague now prevalent in Egypt. By CLOT-BEY

On the Effects of Nux Vomica and Aconite on Animals. By Dr. LOMBARD

Clinical Report of the Academical Years 1832-33 and 33-34. By G. DEL

CHIAPPA, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Pavia

On the Pneumonia of newly-born Children. By Dr. KLUGE, of Berlin

Pathology of Rheumatism. By M. R. PARISE

On the Employment of Nux Vomica aud its Preparations in the Treatment of

Dysentery. By E. GEDDINGS, M.D.

255

On the Use of Purified Alumina in Infantile Cholera, and of Sulphate of Copper

in Softening of the Stomach. By Dr. G. E. F. DÜRR

On Hæmorrhagic Pericarditis. By Dr. SEIDLITZ, Senior Physiciau to the Naval

Hospital at St. Petersburg

On the Use of the Distilled Water of the Prunus Lauro-Cerasus in Facial Neu-

ralgia. By E. S. BENNETT, M.D.