D.,

Scurvy, remarks on, as observed in Surgery, a system of, by Prof. J. M.
Cumberland and the southern parts

Chelius, bib. noice of,

595
of Scotland, by H. Lonsdale, M.

Sugar, detection of, in the expecto-

624 ration of patients affected with
Scurvy, composition of the blood in. 636 diabetes,

243
Serous effusion in the theca of the Sugar in the fluid of ascites in a dia-
medulla spinalis, case of, by Dr.

betic patient,

251
H. T. Child,
664 Suicides in France,

699
Sea-water, gases in,

78 Sulphuric ether, Ellsworth on the
Secret of success in medical practice, 256 discovery of the effects of, 51
Ship fever,

351, 410, 439, 551 Sulphuric ether, inhalation of, 290
Shiplever, practical observations on, Sulphuric ether in surgical opera-
by Dr. L. Turnbull,
528 tions, Dr. Bryan on,

331
Ship fever at Bellevue Hospital, 615 Sulphuric acid, arsenic in,

394
Shoulder, dislocation of,

49 | Sulphate of quinia, note on the ex-
Sickness at Algiers,

78 hibition of, by Dr. Donovan, 583
Side, pain in the,

254 Sulphate of quinine in aneurism of
Sick and disabled seamen,

258
the aorta,

614
Simpson's principles and treatment Surgery and medicine, free trade in, 140
of placental presentations,

517 Swift on wounds from fire arms,
Society, Massachusetts medical,

without ball,

147
blessings and benefits of, by a

Swist, Dr., note from,

220
member,

52 | Sydenham Society's works--the
Society, Massachusetts medical, 693 works of William Hewson, F. R.
South-western Medical Advocate,

S., edited with an introduction
edited by Dr. Cross, bib. notice of, 531

and notes, by G. Gulliver, F. R. S.,
Spontaneous amputation in a new

bib. noiice of,

149
born child,

455 Sydenham Society's works on the
Springs, Grayson, Yandell's notice injuries and diseases of bones,
of,

205 &c., by Dr. F. Le Gros Clark,
Southee on the internal use of the

M. D., bib. notice of,

315
nitrate of silver,
700 Sydenham Society,

458
Small pox, influence of vaccination Sydenham Society-works of Wm.
in diminishing the mortality from, 142 Harvey, M. D., &c., translated

265 from the Latin, with a life of the
Small pox and typhoid fever, M. author, by R. Willis, M. D., &c.,

701
bib. notice of,

460
Spina bifida, two cases of,

67 Synovial cavities, on the origin of
Spinal cord, functions of,

633 solid bodies in, by Dr. Bidder, 583
Spotted child,
317 Synchisis, pathology of,

710
Spontaneous dislocations of the knee, 637 Syrup of hydrocyanic acid, 578
Strangulated umbilical hernia, re- Syphilis, relative value of different

marks on, by A. J. Wedderburn, medicines ordinarily employed in, 578
M. D.,

129 Syphilis, preservative against, 635
Strangulated femoral hernia, case of,

successfully treated by opium, by Temperature of Kenhawa salt wells, 624
C. Mayo, Esq.,

619 Tetanus, on the nature of, caused by
Strangulation, internal, operation of strychnine, by Prof. Meyer, 1 580

gastrotomy for the relief of, 25+ Theatrical performances at the New
Strangulation, internal, of an intes- York state lunatic asylum, 259
tine,
618 | The Annalist,

679
Starvation, death from,

376 Thom on the effects of large doses
Statistics of suicides in Paris

635 of the sulphate of quinine, 217
Strychnine, on the nature of, tetanus Thompson on the exhalation of the

caused by, Prof. Herman on, 580 bicarbonate of ammonia, by the
Strictures of the urethra, Dr. Bryan

lungs,

392
on,

737 | Thyroid gland, a case of enlarge-
Stone, extraction of, by the lateral ment of, treated by seton, by Dr.
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414
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385 cians of Philadelphia, bib, notice of, 35

Small pox,

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231, Uterus, retroversion of, &c., 65
Traumatic tetanus, case of, success- Uterus, rupture of, two cases of,

198
fully treated by 0. H. Costill, M. Uterus, laceration and protrusion of,
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274 and prolapsus of the vagina, 200
Traumatic tetanus, administration of Uterus, Eve's case of pregnancy

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ton,
450 ence of cancer in the,

312
Treatment of bursal disease of the Uterine polypi, cases of, removed by
knee-joint, by J. Richard, M. D., 68 ligature,

498
Treatise, practical, on inflammation, Utero-vesical fistula, case of, novel
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709
neck of the uterus, &c., by J. H.

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266 ishing the mortality from small
Treatment of cancer,

637
pox,

142
Treatment of young permanent teeth Vaccination, report on the protec-
that require plugging, by Dr. tive powers of,

39
Flagg,

665 Vade Mecum, the medical students,
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antrum maxillare, with removal Vagina, complete closure of the,
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69
M. D.,

79
Tumour of the mamma, spontane- Vagina, prolapsus of, laceration of

ously cured, reported by A. B. the unimpregnated uterus, and
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117 protrusion of the uterus,

200
Tumour fungus of the bone, by Prof. Vagina, bitid,

434
Roux,
189 Vagina, obliteration of,

434
Tumour, ovarian, cases of, 499 Van Valzah’s cases of presentation
Tumour, tubercular, of the vertebræ

of face to sacrum,

14
opening into the esophagus, 613 Varices, on the radical cure of, dedu-
Typhoid fever, considerations on the ced from the proximate cause, by
treatment of, by M. Gendrin, 243 Dr. T. Rima,

666
Typhoid fever, history of, as it pre- Variola and scarlatina, observations

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370 eruptive fevers, by J. F. Marson,
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rial treatment in,

617 Variations in the quantity of fatty
Typhoid fever and small pox, M. matter in the human lungs-rela-
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701 tions to jurisprudence,

712

Velpeau's new elements of operative
University, Buffalo,
412 surgery, bib. notice of,

285
University of Pennsylvania, 412 Vesico-vaginal fistula, Prof. Pan-
University, Transylvania,

231
coast on the cure of,

272
Upshur's statistics of cases of mias- Vesico-vaginal fistula, case of, reme-
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died by caustic, by E. W. Harris,
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M. D.,

621
a sequel of scarlatina, successfully

Vertebræ, tubercular tumour of the,
w treated with strychnia,

213

opening into the @sophagiis, 643
l'pshur's case of retention of a dead Virginia springs, with their analy-
ovum in utero for six months,

sis, and some remarks on their
without putrefaction,
587

08

character, &c., bib. notice of,
Urinometer, Ruschenberger on,

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694
Ure, Dr., on porous rarefaction of

ing by,
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213

notice of,
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20

Von Behr's handbuch of human ana-
Urine, albuminous, productions of,
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34
576 tomy, bib. notice of,
Use of the salivary secretion, by M.
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647

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13

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494
course of instruction at the New Wood's treatise on the practice of
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599 Wood's quarterly retrospect of Ame-
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206 rican and foreign practical medi-
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603
perforation of the urethra the Wounds from fire-arms, without ball,
En whole depth of the glands, 700 Dr. P. Swift on,

147
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ment of abortion and sterility, bib. gie und therapie, bib. notice of, 602
notice of,

753
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notice of,

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THE

MEDICAL EXAMINER

AND

RECORD OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.

NEW SERIES.-No. XXV.- JANUARY, 1847.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Remarks on the Urinometer. By W. S. W. RUSCHENBERGER,

M. D., U. S. N.

New York, December 5th, 1846. MY DEAR SIR,-Those members of the profession who may be engaged in investigating the changes induced in the constitution of urine by disease, may be led into error by using a gravi. meter or urinometer, manufactured in Philadelphia, and known as Prout's, for ascertaining the specific gravity of the fluid. The instrument to which I allude consists of a copper ball, surmounted by a graduated stem of box-wood, balanced below by a brass wire and pea.

The point at which the stem floats in distilled water is marked at zero, and the point at which it stands in a saturated solution of common salt, forms the opposite extremity of the scale, the interval being divided into sixty degrees.

If placed gently in a fluid under examination it will stand, say for illustration at 30°, but immerse the instrumeut entirely, so as to completely wet the stem, it will rise and fall, and become quiescent at 20°. I have repeated the experiment very frequently with the same result, in the same fluid, after wiping the stem dry, and in different fluids. I have also compared the specific gravity of fluids ascertained by this gravimeter, with the specific gravity of the same fuids ascertained by an accurately made specific gravity bottle, and found the result different in every instance, and without any corresponding ratio of difference.

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VOL. X.

Supposing it possible that the error might be confined to the particular instrument in my possession, I submitted it to the manufacturer for adjustment, and took the opportunity to compare it with four other instruments then on sale in his shop. We found that no two of the five instruments corresponded in their respective indications of specific gravity; and further, that every instrument varied from 6 to 10 degrees in its indication of specific gravity, according as it was gently permitted to subside into the fluid, or entirely immersed so as to wet the whole stem or scale. The price of the instrument with the case is seven dollars; its value for practical purposes is not a cent. The indications by it are too uncertain and too irregular to be even proximative to accuracy.

This instrument was exbibited at the fair of the Franklin Institute in 1845, but whether it received approval or not I do not remember. The objections to it might possibly be removed, if, instead of box-wood, metal were used for the gratuated scale or stem of the instrument.

The hydrometers of Beaumé and Gay Lussac are almost equally fallacious. After very numerous experiments the corclusion arrived at is, that the only true way of arriving at the specific gravity of urine or other fluid, is by means of the thousand-grain bottle and counterpoise.

If you consider the above information of any interest, it may be worth a place in the Medical Examiner.”

Very respectfully,

W. S. W. RUSCHENBERGER. Professon R. M. Huston, Philadelphia.

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Three cases of presentation of the Face to the Sacrum, successfully treated without turning By T. VAN VALZAH, M.D., of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Shively, on the 12th day of February, 1823, sent for me in great haste, on account of a very profuse hemorrhage. When I entered the room, I found her lying on her back near the bedside. With as little delay as possible I made an examination, and found the face low in the hollow of the sacrum. Under these unfavourable circumstances, according to the directions of Dr. Dewees, I determined on turning and delivering by the feet. So without changing her position, I directed an assistant to support her left knee, and supporting the right one myself, I introduced my right hand into the vagina, and placing two fingers on each side of the nose, having the forehead in the hol