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consequently covers his manly sensibility with a calm and thoughtful mien. He is by many called a stoic, and it is well for the patient that he should be to some extent the philoThere are few who sopher he is named. (Vol. i. p. 205.) he
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witness so much of human life as the country surgeon. The minister has an opportunity for observation, but his visits are often paid when expected, and a more cleanly and becoming appearance is made. All phases of social life are open to the former, and he mingles in the joyful and in the more sorrowful hour. "-(Vol. i. pp. 214, 215.) " ’Real life,’ replied Garside, ’is more wonderful than fiction. I have seen much of it, and, could I break through the confidential duties of my profession, might relate tales that .would surprise and amaze you. Few persons see or hear so much as the surgeon ; his lips, however, are sealed.’ 4 6 You mean, I presume,’ said Captain Sandys,’that the medical man’s office is, to some extent, as sacred as that of the clergyman ?’ "II do,’ replied Garside, ’but his opportunities of observing human nature are much greater. He sees life under all its phases, and visits when he is least expected, therefore views matters more closely. "’-(Vol. iii. p. 147.) As merits of the work before us, there may be mentioned perfect unity; the characters are well drawn and consistent, and the various places of action, and persons, are alternated judiciously, so that the attention is kept alive throughout; and the tale is not abruptly and rapidly hurried to a conclusion, which is a monstrous defect in a great many other works of fiction. The Micrographic Dictionary: a Guide to the Exanzination and luvestigstion of the Structure and Nature of Microscopic Objects. By J. ’vV. GRIFFITH, M.D., and ARTHUR HENFREY, F.R. S. Illustrated by 41 Plates and 816 Woodcuts. 8vo. pp. 696. London : Van Voorst. AT the present time, when microscopical studies form so important a part of the education of medical practitioners, a work like the above must be of great service. Not only is it an index to our knowledge of the structure and properties of bodies revealed by the microscope, but it directs the student how to vary the methods of preparation of the objects examined, so as to elicit their true structure. The book contains a mass of most useful information, is profusely illustrated, and is altogether a most valuable production.
Anatomy. By FRANCIS SIBSON, M.D., F.R.S.
Fasci. culus III. London: Churchill. IN the present number of this valuable serial are plates-l, of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs; 2 and 3, the ribs, diaphragm, left lung, heart, and great vessels.
Medical
New Inventions IN AID OF THE
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. THE CONDENSED EGG. HAVING submitted the condensed egg to an analytical scrutiny, and also to the test of experiment in various forms of cooking, we are justified in endorsing the following description of it given by its inventor, a member of our own profession :It "consists purely of the whole substance of the fresh uncooked egg, very delicately and finely granulated by patent processes, after the watery particles which the egg naturally contains have been completely exhausted and withdrawn, without further alteration of its properties. It contains all the nutritious and other properties of the egg in its natural state, is warranted to be free from adulteration, and is one of the most useful modern applications of science." The preparation must be invaluable to ship-owners, emiIt can be applied to all the ordinary purposes for grants, &c. which the fresh egg is adapted. One ounce of it is equal to three eggs. The preparation is economical, as well as highly useful.
PLURAL BIRTHS.
The Food
To the Edit01. of THE LANCET. in THE LANCET of the 16th ult., a somewh observe SR,---I rare case of plural births; and having met with a similar case on the 9th nlt., I forward it to you for publication. On the day in question, I attended the wife of Mr. John Payne, innkeeper, North Ormsby, who gave birth to four male children, three of whom were from seven to eight months, and survived to the following day. The most singular feature in the case is, that one of the four was a foetus of from fifty to sixty days-a fact well calculated to give rise to physiological investigation and professional inquiry, as I have not seen such a case on record, proving that conception must have taken place at two distinct periods. The mother has had several children before, all of which were single births. I may also state, there was a placenta and four cords, all distinct from each other, being quite different from the case recorded by your correspondent, Joseph Chapman, Esq. I am, Sir, yours, &c. W. YOUNG, M. R. C. S. E. Middleborough, March, 1856. P. S. -The mother is doing well.
as a
being
Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts, de. &c. By A. J. COOLEY, Third Edition. 8vo. pp. 1344. London: Churchill. Tnis originally small and unpretending volume has become developed, in this its third edition, into a veritable cyclopaedia.. It is full of information on subjects connected with arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharA
macy, and domestic economy.
of London: a Sketch of the Chief Varieties, Sources of Supply, Probable Quantities, Modes of Arrival, ProDRESSING OF STUMPS UNDER ’WATER.-M. Langenbeck, cesses of Manufacture, Suspected Adulteration, and Machinery of Distribution of the Food for a Community of of Berlin, has, for some time past, been in the habit of placing Two Millions and a Half. By GEORGE DODD. 8vo. stumps in zinc boxes filled with warm water ; and it is stated that some of the unpleasant sequelae of extensive wounds are, London: 524. and Co. Longman pp. this kind of dressing under water, completely avoided. M. THE comprehensive title of this work indicates the nature by Valette, surgeon to the Charite Hospital of Lyons, considers of the contents. The information is conveyed in a pleasing that this method owes its success to the fact that the wound style, and the book, whilst one of great research, is as amusing is protected from the action of atmospheric air, the analogy novel.
By JOSEPH MAC LISE, F.R.C.S. Fasciculus X. Second Edition. London: Churchill. THE first of the plates of this fasciculns contains four excellent representations of the parts concerned in femoral hernia; the second, nine illustrations demonstrativeof the origin and progress of femoral hernia, and of the operation; and the third and fourth, a representation of the form of the pelvis, and the relative anatomy of its viscera and bloodvessels, &c.; with the mechanism of the pelvic apparatus in reference to its Surgical Anatomy.
contained organs.
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drawn from the phenomena attending subcutaneous solutions of continuity. M. Valette leaves the stump a fortnight or twenty daysunder cold water-an infusion of aromatic plants in which some alum is dissolved. Pus is, in this manner, coagulated and thrown down. He thinks that the present method is calculated to prevent purulent absorption ; symptomatic fever is much slighter than by the ordinary method of dressing, and pain is considerably less. M. Langenbeck is on the point of using caoutchouc bags instead of zinc boxes ; the bags are connected with two tubes, one bringing the water from a pail placed on a shaft, the other acting as a waste-pipe. A continuous current may be established at will, and keeps the part perfectly free from any accumulated secretions. This latter method is certainly worth trying.
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witness so much of human life as the country surgeon. The minister has an opportunity for observation, but his visits are often paid when expected, and a more cleanly and becoming appearance is made. All phases of social life are open to the former, and he mingles in the joyful and in the more sorrowful hour. "-(Vol. i. pp. 214, 215.) " ’Real life,’ replied Garside, ’is more wonderful than fiction. I have seen much of it, and, could I break through the confidential duties of my profession, might relate tales that .would surprise and amaze you. Few persons see or hear so much as the surgeon ; his lips, however, are sealed.’ 4 6 You mean, I presume,’ said Captain Sandys,’that the medical man’s office is, to some extent, as sacred as that of the clergyman ?’ "II do,’ replied Garside, ’but his opportunities of observing human nature are much greater. He sees life under all its phases, and visits when he is least expected, therefore views matters more closely. "’-(Vol. iii. p. 147.) As merits of the work before us, there may be mentioned perfect unity; the characters are well drawn and consistent, and the various places of action, and persons, are alternated judiciously, so that the attention is kept alive throughout; and the tale is not abruptly and rapidly hurried to a conclusion, which is a monstrous defect in a great many other works of fiction. The Micrographic Dictionary: a Guide to the Exanzination and luvestigstion of the Structure and Nature of Microscopic Objects. By J. ’vV. GRIFFITH, M.D., and ARTHUR HENFREY, F.R. S. Illustrated by 41 Plates and 816 Woodcuts. 8vo. pp. 696. London : Van Voorst. AT the present time, when microscopical studies form so important a part of the education of medical practitioners, a work like the above must be of great service. Not only is it an index to our knowledge of the structure and properties of bodies revealed by the microscope, but it directs the student how to vary the methods of preparation of the objects examined, so as to elicit their true structure. The book contains a mass of most useful information, is profusely illustrated, and is altogether a most valuable production.
Anatomy. By FRANCIS SIBSON, M.D., F.R.S.
Fasci. culus III. London: Churchill. IN the present number of this valuable serial are plates-l, of the larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs; 2 and 3, the ribs, diaphragm, left lung, heart, and great vessels.
Medical
New Inventions IN AID OF THE
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. THE CONDENSED EGG. HAVING submitted the condensed egg to an analytical scrutiny, and also to the test of experiment in various forms of cooking, we are justified in endorsing the following description of it given by its inventor, a member of our own profession :It "consists purely of the whole substance of the fresh uncooked egg, very delicately and finely granulated by patent processes, after the watery particles which the egg naturally contains have been completely exhausted and withdrawn, without further alteration of its properties. It contains all the nutritious and other properties of the egg in its natural state, is warranted to be free from adulteration, and is one of the most useful modern applications of science." The preparation must be invaluable to ship-owners, emiIt can be applied to all the ordinary purposes for grants, &c. which the fresh egg is adapted. One ounce of it is equal to three eggs. The preparation is economical, as well as highly useful.
PLURAL BIRTHS.
The Food
To the Edit01. of THE LANCET. in THE LANCET of the 16th ult., a somewh observe SR,---I rare case of plural births; and having met with a similar case on the 9th nlt., I forward it to you for publication. On the day in question, I attended the wife of Mr. John Payne, innkeeper, North Ormsby, who gave birth to four male children, three of whom were from seven to eight months, and survived to the following day. The most singular feature in the case is, that one of the four was a foetus of from fifty to sixty days-a fact well calculated to give rise to physiological investigation and professional inquiry, as I have not seen such a case on record, proving that conception must have taken place at two distinct periods. The mother has had several children before, all of which were single births. I may also state, there was a placenta and four cords, all distinct from each other, being quite different from the case recorded by your correspondent, Joseph Chapman, Esq. I am, Sir, yours, &c. W. YOUNG, M. R. C. S. E. Middleborough, March, 1856. P. S. -The mother is doing well.
as a
being
Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts, de. &c. By A. J. COOLEY, Third Edition. 8vo. pp. 1344. London: Churchill. Tnis originally small and unpretending volume has become developed, in this its third edition, into a veritable cyclopaedia.. It is full of information on subjects connected with arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharA
macy, and domestic economy.
of London: a Sketch of the Chief Varieties, Sources of Supply, Probable Quantities, Modes of Arrival, ProDRESSING OF STUMPS UNDER ’WATER.-M. Langenbeck, cesses of Manufacture, Suspected Adulteration, and Machinery of Distribution of the Food for a Community of of Berlin, has, for some time past, been in the habit of placing Two Millions and a Half. By GEORGE DODD. 8vo. stumps in zinc boxes filled with warm water ; and it is stated that some of the unpleasant sequelae of extensive wounds are, London: 524. and Co. Longman pp. this kind of dressing under water, completely avoided. M. THE comprehensive title of this work indicates the nature by Valette, surgeon to the Charite Hospital of Lyons, considers of the contents. The information is conveyed in a pleasing that this method owes its success to the fact that the wound style, and the book, whilst one of great research, is as amusing is protected from the action of atmospheric air, the analogy novel.
By JOSEPH MAC LISE, F.R.C.S. Fasciculus X. Second Edition. London: Churchill. THE first of the plates of this fasciculns contains four excellent representations of the parts concerned in femoral hernia; the second, nine illustrations demonstrativeof the origin and progress of femoral hernia, and of the operation; and the third and fourth, a representation of the form of the pelvis, and the relative anatomy of its viscera and bloodvessels, &c.; with the mechanism of the pelvic apparatus in reference to its Surgical Anatomy.
contained organs.
234
drawn from the phenomena attending subcutaneous solutions of continuity. M. Valette leaves the stump a fortnight or twenty daysunder cold water-an infusion of aromatic plants in which some alum is dissolved. Pus is, in this manner, coagulated and thrown down. He thinks that the present method is calculated to prevent purulent absorption ; symptomatic fever is much slighter than by the ordinary method of dressing, and pain is considerably less. M. Langenbeck is on the point of using caoutchouc bags instead of zinc boxes ; the bags are connected with two tubes, one bringing the water from a pail placed on a shaft, the other acting as a waste-pipe. A continuous current may be established at will, and keeps the part perfectly free from any accumulated secretions. This latter method is certainly worth trying.