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240 " The mother of the deceased, intending, by Physical Education, or the Nature and the advice of Ralph Garnet Sheldon, drug- Management of Children. By Samuel Smiles, gist, to give the deceased a small quantity Surgeon. Oliver and Boyd. Edinburgh, of syrup of poppies, as a medicine, did, 1838. Small 8vo, pp. 200. Medicine and Surgery one Inductive casually and by misfortune, and against her will, give to the deceased, a larger quantity Science, &c. &c.; being an Introduction to of the said syrup of poppies, being a deadly a System of Surgery. By George Macil. poison, from the effects of taking which wain, Surgeon to the Finsbury Dispensary. he died, which death was caused casually Highley. London, 1838. Large 8vo, pp, and by misfortune, not otherwise."-Morn- 551. A Treatise on Some Nervous Disorders, ing Paper. By Edwin Lee, M.R.C.S. Second This case illustrates one of the numerous &c. Edition. Churchill. London, 1838. Svo, evils produced by the habit, which is .daily pp.176. gaining ground, of druggists practising me- An Experimental Inquiry into the Physio. dicine 11 cross the counter." We do not logy of Cutaneous Absorption, and its Ap. mean to attach any blame to Mr. Sheldon plication to Therapeutics. By William in the present instance, but we cannot refrain Herries Madden, M.D. Carfrae and Son. z’ 1838. 8vo, pp. 151. from remarking, that if druggists will sell Edinburgh, An Essay on Children and Mesenteric dangerous medicine by the pennyworth, Obstruction, Atrophy, or Marasmus. By A. they should adopt Hannemann’s method L. Pearce, Surgeon. Sherwood and Co. of practice. London, 1838. Small 8vo, pp. 226. Velpeau’s Anatomy of Regions, translated from the French. By Henry Hancock, Lee. PRESERVATION OF VACCINE MATTER.—TWO turer on Anatomy. Longman and Co. Lon. French medical men, MM. Boissonneau and don, 1838. 8vo, pp. 556.-[A work which Rey, assert, that if the vaccine matter loses well deserves the patronage of the profesits power in glass tubes, it is because- the sion.] On the Functions of the Cerebellum; glass itself is a matter susceptible of being altered by external causes, and that they translated from the French. By George have succeeded in manufacturing an inalter- Combe. Machlachlan and Stewart. Edinable glass by substituting metallic sub- burgh, 1838. 8vo,pp.339. stances for the alkaline salts contained in The Physiology of Digestion considered common glass. with relation to the Principles of Dietetics. TORTICOLLIs.-In cases of torticollis of old By Andrew Combe, M.D. Machlachlan standing, M. Jules Guerin divides only the and Stewart. Edinburgh, 1837. Stnall8vo, sternal portion of the cleido-mastoid muscle. pp. 332. His mode of operating is attended with perThe Alternative; Disease and Premature fect success. Death, or Health and Long Life. By Joel VESICO-VAGINAL FISTULA.-M. Jobert has Pinney, Esq. Highley. London, 1838. 8vo, lately repeated his operation for vesico-va- pp. 216. ginal fistula, with success, at the Hopital St. Louis. Of seven women operated upon, three were perfectly cured, three remained TO CORRESPONDENTS. unrelieved, one died. A Naval Surgeon. They are not per. mitted, unless they were in practice before August, 1815. The Various Inflammations of the ConHow could Amicus Justitiœ expect us to junctiva, or Mucous Membrane of the Eye. publish libellous statements, to which he By J. Slade, M.D. Parbury and Co. Lon- did not, even in confidence, append his don, 1838. 8vo, pp. 120.-[A description name as an authority. of external inflammations of the eye, written Juvenis. Our observation appended to lllr, in rather a popular style, which may be con- Scott’s letter, referred to the effect of gassulted with advantage.] tric juice, not contained in the stomach, but An Essay on the Antiquity of Hindoo employed simply as a chemical solvent. Medicine. By J. F. Royle, M.D. Allen We are not aware that any experiments of and Co. London, 1837. 8vo, pp. 196.- the kind alluded to have been performed, learned essay, which contains a variety oi and as we regard the action of the gastric curious information.] juice to be a vital one, we are inclined to The Stomach in its Morbid States; being think that its powers as a chemical solvent a Practical Inquiry into the Nature and are extremely limited. The letters of Dr. Davies, Mr. Jenkins, Treatment of Diseases of that Organ, &c, By Langston Parker, M.R.C.S. Longman and other Correspondents, have beea reo ceived. and Co. London, 1838. 8vo, PP. 303.

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