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MDCCC LXIV.

LONDON: BAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

CONTENTS OF No. LXV.

OF THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW.

JANUARY, 1864.

Analytical and Critical Reviews.

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Rev. I.--1. Lehrbuch der Physiologie für akademische Vorlesungen und zum

selbstudium. Von Dr. Otto FUNKE, Professor an der Universität

Leipzig. Dritte Auflage. .

. . . 1

Textbook of Physiology for Academic Lectures and Private Study. By

Dr. Otto Funke, Professor in the University of Leipzig. Third Edition ib.

2. Lehrbuch der Physiologie des Menschen. Von J. M. SCHIFF, Pro-

fessor in Bern. I. Muskel und Nerven Physiologie ,

Textbook of Human Physiology. By J. M. SCHIFF, Professor in Bern.

I. Physiology of Muscle and Nerve . . . . . . .

3. Neue Untersuchungen über den Bau des Ruckenmarks. Von B.

STILLING . .

New Researches on the Structure of the Spinal Cord. By B. STILLING : ib.

4. Further Researches on the Grey Substance of the Spinal Cord. By

J. LOCKHART CLARKE, F.R.S. ('Philosophical Transactions,' 1859) ib.

5. Researches on the Development of the Spinal Cord in Man, Mammalia,

and Birds. By J. L. CLARKE. ("Philosophical Transactions, 1862). ib.

6. A Report on Recent Researches into the Minute Anatomy of the Spinal

Cord. By. W. B. KESTEVEN, F.R.C.S. (Reprinted from "Natural

History Review,' for October, 1862) . . . . . . . ib.

7. The Minute Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System in the

Lobster. By T. S. CLOUSTON, M.D. (Reprinted from · Edinburgh

New Philosophical Journal,' 1863) . . . . . . . ib.

8. Ueber die Sensorischen Functionen des Rückenmarks. Von E. PFLÜGER

On the Sensorial Functions of the Spinal Cord. By E. PFLÜGER . . ib.

9. Veber die Gekreuzten Wirkungen des Rückenmarks. Von A. VON

BEZOLD. (* Zeitschr. für wissench. Zoologie,' ix. HENLE und MEISS-

NER'S ' Bericht,' 1858) .
On the Crossed Actions of the Spinal Cord. By A. Von Bezoid : : ib.

10. Course of Lectures on the Physiology and Pathology of the Central

Nervous System. By C. E. BROWN-SÉQUARD, M.D. . . . ib.

Rev. II.-On Rupture, Inguinal, Crural and Umbilical; the Anatomy,

Pathology, Diagnosis, Cause, and Prevention; with New Methods of

effecting a Radical and Permanent Cure; embodying the Jacksonian

Prize Essay of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, for 1861.

With numerous Illustrations. By John WOOD, F.R.C.S. Eng., &c. . 18

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Rev. III.-Physiological Memoirs. By WILLIAM HAMMOND, M.D., &c. . 22

Rev. IV.-1. Seventeenth Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the

Lord Chancellor. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed,

9th June, 1863 . . . . . . . . . . 31

2. Fifth Annual Report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy

for Scotland. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of

Her Majesty, 1863 . . .

. . . : . . ib.

Rev. V.-On the Nature and Treatment of Gout and Rheumatic Gout. By

ALFRED BARING GARROD, M.D., &c. Second Edition, enlarged and

carefully revised . . . . . . . . . . 37

Rev. VI.-Clinique Médicale de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Par M, TROUSSEAU,

Professeur de Clinique Médicale de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris,

&c. Tome II. ,
Clinical Lectures on Medicine delivered at the Hôtel-Dieu, Paris. By

A. TROUSSEAU. Vol. II. . . . . . . . . .

Rev. VII.-Ricerche sull'Anatomia Normale e Patologica delle Cassule

Soprarrenali e Considerazioni sull' Apoplessia di questi Organi e sulla'

Malattia dell' Addison. Per RAFFAELLO MATTEI, Professore di Pato-

logia Generale alla R. Universita di Siena . . . . . . 5.

Researches, Anatomical and Pathological, on the Supra-renal Capsules,

with Remarks on Apoplexy in these Organs, and also on Addison's

Disease. By RAFFAELLO MATTEI, Professor of Pathology in the Royal

University of Siena. (From the ‘Sperimentale,' 1863, p. 28) . . ib.

Rev.VIII.-1. Gazeta Medica de Lisboa. Redactor Principal Dr. PEDRO

FRANCISCO DA Costa ALVARENGO. Publica se nos dias 13 e 28 de

cada mez. Imprensa Nacional.

Medical Gazette of Lisbon. Principal Editor, Dr. PETER FRANCIS DA

COSTA ALVARENGO. Published the 13th and 28th of every Month.

Printed at the National Press . . . . . . .

2. Jornal de Pharmacia e Sciencias Accessorias .

Journal of Pharmacy and the Accessory Sciences . . . . . ib.

3. O Escholiaste Medico

The Medical Scholiast .

4. Compendio de Materia Medica e de Therapeutica. Por CAETANO MARIA

DA SILVA PEIRAO, Lente de Materia Medica e de Therapeutica na

escóla Medico-Cirurgica de Lisboa, &c. Tomo Imo.

Compendium of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. By C. M. Da Silva

BEIRAO, Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Medico-

Chirurgical School of Lisbon, &c. Vol. I. . . . . . . ib.

5. Estudos sobre a Hemeralopia a Proposito dos Casos observados no

Quarnicão de Lisboa, offerecidos á Academia Real das Sciencias de

Lisboa. Por Joao CLEMENTE MENDES, Cirurgão de Brigada, &c. .

Studies on Hemeralopia in reference to Cases observed in the Garrison of

Lisbon, and offered to the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. By

JOHN CLEMENT MENDES, Brigade-Surgeon, &c. . . . . . ib.

6. Anatomia Pathologica e Symptomatologia da Febre Amarella em Lisboa

no Anno de 1857. Memoria apresentada á Academia Real das Sciencias

de Lisboa em Julho de 1860. Pelo suo Socio Effectivo Dr. PEDRO

FRANCISCO Da Costa ALVARENGO, Medico da Camara de suá Mages.

tade, do Hospital de S. José, &c.' Com 6 Mapas, 15 Taboas . . ib.

Pathological Anatomy and Symptomatology of Yellow Fever in Lisbon

during 1857. Memoir presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences of

Lisbon in June, 1860, by its Fellow, Dr. PETER FRANCIS DA Costa

ALVARENGO, Physician in Ordinary to the King, &c. With 6 Maps

and 15 Statistical Tables . . . . . .

. . . ib.

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7. Estudos sobre o Garrotilho ou Crup. Memoria apresentada á Aca-

demia Real das Sciencias de Lsiboa. Por ANTONIO MARIA BARBOSA,

Socio Effectivo do mesma Academia, &c. . . . . . .

Studies on Garrotilho or Croup. Memoir presented to the Royal Academy

of Sciences of Lisbon. By ANTHONY Maria BARBOSA, Fellow of the

same Academy, &c. . . .:

. : ....

. . . ib.

8. Memoria sobre a Tracheiotomia no Garrotilbo. Apresentada á Aca-

demia Real dās Sciencias de Lisboa. Por ANTONIO Maria BARBOSA,

&c. . .

. . ib.

Memoir on Tracheotomy in Croup. Presented to the Royal Academy of

Sciences of Lisbon. By A. M. BARBOSA, &c. , .

. ib.

9. Notes of Holiday Tours in the Peninsula. By a PHYSICIAN. Anonymous ib.

Rev. IX.-1. The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man; with

Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation. By Sir

CHARLES LYELL, F.R.S. Second Edition, revised. Illustrated by

Woodcuts .

2. The Antiquity of Man. (Edinburgh Review,' July, 1863)

3. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. By Thomas HENRY HUXLEY,

F.R.S. . . . . . . .

. . .

ib.

Rsv. X.-1. Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Sani-

tary State of the Army in India, with Précis of Evidence

. 111

2. Minutes of Evidence, Reports from Stations in India and its Dependen-

cies, &c. &c. 2 vols. folio . . . . . . . . ib.

Bibliographical Record.

ART. I.-1. The Causes and Nature of the Vascular kind of Bronchocele, and

of the Pulsations and Palpitations termed Anæmic. By Thomas

LAYCOCK, M.D. &c. (Reprinted from the ‘ Edin. Med. Journal,' for

July, 1863) .

. . . . 137

2. Vascular Bronchocele and Exophthalmos. By J. WARBURTON BEGBIE,

M.D., &c. (Reprinted from the 'Edin. Med. Journal for Sept. 1863 ib.

ART. II.-A Treatise on Gall-Stones; their Chemistry, Pathology, and Treat-

ment. By J. L. W. THUDICHUM, M.D., &c. Illustrated with Plates 139

Art. III.- Outlines of a New Theory of Muscular Action. By the Rev.

SAMUEL HAUGHTON, M.D., &c. . . . . . . . 145

ABT. IV.-1. Mentone in its Medical Aspect; being Letters addressed to a

Medical Friend. By JAMES LEWIS SIORDET, M.B. Lond. . .

2. Menton; Essai Climatologique sur ses differentes regions. Par le

Dr. JAQUES Francois FARINA

Essay on the Climate of Mentone. By Dr. J. F. Farina : :

ABT. V.-The Natural Laws of Husbandry. By JUSTUS VON LIEBIG. Edited

by JOHN BLYTH, M.D., &c. . . . . .

. .

ART. VI.-A Survey of Human Progress, from the Savage State to the

Highest Civilization yet attained. By Neil ARNOTT, M.D., &c. . 152

ART. VII.--Anatomy of the Parts concerned in Femoral Rupture. By Geo.

W. CALLENDER, Assistant-Surgeon to, and Demonstrator of Anatomy

at, St. Bartholomew's Hospital . . . . . . . . 154

ABT. VIII.-Ulcus Corrosivum Duodeni. En Kasuistick Sammenstilling.

Af Dr. F. TRIER. (Særskilt Aftryk af 'Ugeskrift for Læger,' 2den

Række XXXVIII. Nos. 20-24) :.. .. :

A Collation of Cases. By Dr. F.

:

Corrosive Ulcer of the Duodenum.

100

TRIER. (Reprinted from the Ugeskrift for Læger) . . . . ib,

Par ,: 148

gions.

ib.