THE

EDINBURGH

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

JOURNAL:

EXHIBITING

A CONCISE VIEW

OF THE

LATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES

IN

MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND

PHARMACY.

VOLUME THIRTY-EIGHTH.

1832.

18175

EDINBURGH :

PRINTED FOR ADAM BLACK, NORTH BRIDGE:
LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMAN, LONDON:
AND JOHN CUMMING, AND HODGES & SMITH, dublin.

1832.

Printed by John Stark, Edinburgh.

THE

EDINBURGH

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL.

No. CXII.

CONTENTS.

PART I.-ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ART. 1. Remarks on Umbilical Hemorrhage.

Esq.

II. Cases of Cholera Asphyxia. By CHARLES WILLIAM GRAHAM,

M. D.

III. Cases of Insanity, with the necroscopic appearances, &c. By J. MAC-
ROBIN, M. D.

By THOMAS RADFORD,

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IV. Case of Extirpation of Tumour with Ligature of Common Carotid.

By ALEXANDER EWING, M. D.

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V. Account of a Case of Chronic Hydren cephalus, with the appearances

on Dissection, and Observations on Obliteration of the Sutures in

these circumstances. By DAVID CRAIGIE, M. D.

VI. Case of Chronic Hydrocephalus treated by puncture. By R. C. Rus-

SEL, Esq.

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VII. Three Medico-legal Cases of Homicide, in which Insanity was plead-

ed in Exculpation. By ALEXANDER WATSON, Esq.

VIII. Case of Secondary Hemorrhage after Amputation, in which the Fe-
moral Artery was tied in the upper third of the Thigh. By Jo-
SIAH ALLSOP, M. D.

IX. On the Cure of Amenorrhoea by Leeches applied to the Mammæ.

By CHARLES LOUDON, M. D.

X. On some Diseases of the Throat which affect the organ of Voice, par-

ticularly in Singers, Actors, Orators, and others who speak in pub-

lic. By FRANCIS BENNATI, M. D.

XI. Notes and Observations upon the Contagion of Typhous Fever, and

Contagion generally. By WILLIAM FERGUSSON, M. D.,

F. R. S. E.

PART II.-CRITICAL ANALYSIS.

ART. I. 1. History and Medical Treatment of Cholera, as it appeared in Sun-

derland in 1831. Illustrated by numerous Cases and Dissections.

By W. HASLEWOOD, M. D., and W. MORDEY, Surgeon.

2. Hyperanthraxis, or the Cholera in Sunderland. By W. REID

CLANNY, M. D., F. R. S. E., M. R. I. A., &c.

II. On the Enlisting, the Discharging, and the Pensioning of Soldiers,

with the Official Documents on these branches of Military Duty.

By HENRY MARSHALL.

III. A Treatise on the Injuries, the Diseases, and the Distortions of the

Spine; founded on an Essay to which the Jacksonian Prize for the

year 1826, was adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons. By

R. A. STAFFORD, Surgeon.

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