The American Medical Almanac, for 1848, containing statistics of the

various Medical Colleges, Hospitals, Dispensaries, etc. of the

United States; together with other information of value to the

Physician and Student,

761

- 765

767

Health of the City of New Orleans,

Magnetized Gold and Tonic Pills,

Voluntary Loss of Muscular Action,

Contractions from Burns. By Mr. Bransby Cooper,

768

768

INDEX.

Abortion and sterility, Dr. White- Anatomy, human, general and spe-
head on the causes and treatment

cial, a system of, by E. Wilson,
of, bib. notice of,
753 M. D., bib. notice of

106
Abscess of the liver, treated by Andral's' lectures on general patho-
puncture,
644 logy,

373
Account of a new and fatal epidemic Anderson on the differences of opin-
that prevailed recently in Missis- ion as to the cause of scurvy,

703
sippi and Tennesse, by D. S. Hicks Anencephalous birth,

703
and Taylor,

505 | Aneurism, observations on the em-
Account of a physical sign of pneumo- ployment of compression in, by
nia of the apex of the lungs, by W. Dr. Bellingham,

159, 465
M. Boling, M. D.,

558 Announcement, second annual, of the
Acid, sulphuric, poisoning by 251 medical institute of Cincinnati, bib.
Acids contained in tobacco, 394 notice of,

106
Address to the class of the medical Announcements, annual,

614
college of Georgia, at the session Annuaire de therapeutique, &c., by
of 4816247, bib. notice of 88 Dr. A. Bouchardat,

403
Address to the graduates of Geneva Appointments, medical,

613
medical college, by C. A. Lee, Army surgeons,

412
M. D., bib. notice of
256 Arsenic in sulphuric acid,

394
Adipocire,
256 Arsenic, antidotes of,

703
Adynamic fever, affection of Peyer's Association, new medical,

37
glands in
262 | Asiatic cholera in Persia,

142
Adulteration of drugs,
763 Asiatic cholera,

764
Affections, nervous, a new cure for 635 Ascites, sugar in the fiuid of, in a
Albuminous urine, production of, by diabetic patient,

and on

of,

Bibliographical notices, 20, 89, 149, 220, Case of carotid aneurism, in which

278, 331, 403,460 531, 589, 674, 753 galvanism was applied to the blood
Bidder on the origin of solid bodies in the sac by means of acupunc-
in synovial cavities,

583 ture, by Dr. J. Hamilton, 53
Binoxide of mercury in skin diseases 578 Case of remarkable coloured secre-
Blakeman's two cases of croup cured tion from the skin, by C. D. Pur-
by cauterising the larynx with ni- don, M. D.,

67
trate of silver,

315 Case of extirpation of a tumour from
Blindness cured by the use of sulph. the antrum maxillare, &c., by C.
quinine, by J. McKean, M. D., 121 Aston Key,

69
Blood, composition of, in scurvy, 636 Case of complete closure of the va-
Bone, on porous rarefaction of the, gina, with subsequent conception

consequent upon gout, by A. Ure, and safe delivery at the full period
M.D.,

575

of utero gestation, by R. P. Sim-
Bouchardat's Annuaire de therapeu-

mons, M. D.,

79
tique, bib. notice of,

403 Case of pulsating veins, by Sir H.
Bouchardat's remark on phthisis, Marsh,

217
its physiological treat- Case of enlargement of the thyroid
ment,

440 gland, treated by seton, by H. Ken-
Bouchardat on poisons and counter- nedy, M. B.,

250
poisons, therapeutically consider- Case of idiopathic tetanus, treated
ed,

561 successfully by strychnine, by E.
Braithwaite's retrospect of practical Vanderpool, M. D.,

263
medicine and surgery, bib. notice Case of traumatic tetanus, successful-

519 ly treated, by 0. H. Costill, M. D., 274
British and Foreign Medical Re- Case of doubtful sex, by W.J. Barry,
view,

762
M. D,

308
Brodie's lectures on distortion of the Case of pregnancy and parturition

spine, not connected with caries, 183 during the existence of cancer of
Bryant, Dr., on the congenital the uterus, by J. A. Eve, M. D., 312

obstruction of the colon in an in- Case of poisoning, from swallowing
fant,

276 percussion caps, by T. W. Foster,
Bryan on false anchylosis of the knee

332
joint, treated with steel springs, 398 Case of double amputation, by M.
Bryan, Dr., on otorrhæa,
523 Brouzet,

390
Bryan on strictures of the urethra, 737 | Cases observed by S. H. Dickson,
Bulletin of Medical Science,
35

132
Bullit's introductory lecture before Case of enlargemert of the thyroid

the class of the medical depart- gland, treated by seaton, by H.
ment of the St. Louis University, Kennedy, M. D.,

441
bib. notice of,

98 Case of softening of the heart, in
Bursal disease of the knee-joint, treat- person who was believed to have

ment of, by J. Richard, M. D., 68 died of starvation and exhaustion,
Burnett's disinfecting fluid,
637 by B. G. Darley, M. D.,

116
Burmah, sketch of, and medical sci- Case of protuse hæmaturia, the re-

ence among the Burmese, by Dr. sult of injury, treated successfully
J. Dawson,

651 with gallic acid, by J. S. Hughes,

F. R. S. C.,
Calculus, nephritis from, simulating Case of ileus-a portion of intestine
cancer of the stomach,

695 discharged by stool, by Dr. Nagel, 650
Cancer of pylorus--obscurity of Case in which death was the cause

symptoms--suppuration of gall- of eating rice, by Dr. Howell,
bladder,

66 Cases of organic diseases of the
Cancer, treatment of,

637 womb, and its appendages, by W.
Canstatt's manual of clinical medi- H. Channing, M. D.,

491
cine, bib. notice of,

600 Case of ligature of common carotid
Carson's illustrations of medical for removal of parotid gland,

559
botany, &c., bib. notice of, 331 Case of excision of the whole of the
Cases of presentation of face to sa- genital organs, by C. W. H. Beck,
crum, successfully treated without

560
turning, by Dr. Van Valzah, 14 Case of strangulated inguinal hernia
Case of retention of foetal bones in reduced on the new method recom-

the uterus, during four years, by mended by Dr. Buchann, by A. W.
Dr. J. B. Ellis,
15 Mackie, M. D.,

701

M. D.,

M. D.,

M. D.,

Catalogues of medical schools, 158, 479 Convention, national medical, 36, 349,
Catamenia source of the discharge 475, 552.

of, by George King, M. D., 449 Convention, national medical, pro-
Cataract, operating for, under the ceedings of,

353
influence of mercury,

714 Convention, national medical, dele-
Chambers on the dilatation of the gates to,

38, 157, 290
heart, consequent on teetotalism, 63 Controversies, medical,

255
Charge to the graduates of Jefferson Congenital imperforation of the

Medical College, by Prof. Dungli- urethra the whole depth of the
son, bib. notice of,

288 glands, Dr. Whitehead on, 700
Chester county medical society, 479 Congenital obstruction in the colon
Chemistry, elements of, including of an infant, Dr. Bryant's case of, 276

the history of the imponderables, Copland's dictionary of practical
and the inorganic chemistry of the medicine, bib. notice of,

220
late Edward Turner, M. D., and Cotton, gun,

37
the outlines of organic chemistry, Correspondents and publishers, 38
by W. Gregory, M. D., with addi- Cold plague, or malignant bilious
tions, by J. B. Rogers, M. D., bib. pneumonia, Dr. Rivers on, 267
notice of,

519 Cours de microscopie, Dr. Donné's,
Chelius' system of surgery, bib. no- bib. notice of,

224
tice of,
595 Civiale's statistics of lithotrity,

203
Child, Dr., vaccine report of, 86 Clinical medicine, Dr. Latham on
Children, convulsive affections in, 610 subjects connected with, bib, notice
Children, erysipelas of new-born, by of,

316
Prof. Trousseau,

182 Cramps in the lower extremities, a
Children, diarrhea of,

637 simple remedy for, by D. S. A.
Chinese ideas respecting the anatomy Bardsley,

456
of the circulating system,
201 Correction,

614
Child's case of serous effusion in the Croup, two cases of, cured by cau-

theca of the medulla spinalis, 661 terising the larynx with a solution
Cholera, progress of,

139 of silver, by W. Blakeman, M.D., 345
Cholera, Asiatic, in Persia, 142 Coffee in poisoning by acetate of
Cholera, Asiatic,
631 morphia,

458
Chronic laryngitis, application of Crisp's treatise on the structure, dis-

remedies to the inflamed surface eases and injuries of the blood
in,

229 vessels, with statistical deductions,
Churchill on the diseases of females, bib. notice of,

676
including those of pregnancy and Cross's South-western Medical Ad-
| child-bed, bib. notice of,

409
vocate, bib. notice of,

531
College, Jefferson medical, 230 Criticism and controversies relating
College, Franklin medical,

230 to the nervous and muscular sys-
College, Pennsylvania medical, 230 tems, by B. Dowler, M. D., bib.
College, Albany medical,

231
notice of,

678
College, Hampden Sydney, 412 Clark on the injuries and diseases of
College, Indiana medical, regula- the bones, &c., bib. notice of,
tions of,

624 Cauliflower excrescences, cases of, 495
College of physicians, transactions Clinical mediciue, lectures on sub-
of, bib. notice of,

35 jects connected with, by P. M.
Cod-liver oil,

579 Latham, M. D., bib. notice of, 470
Cook's case of prodigious fæcal accu- Craniotomy, turning a substitute
mulations in the rectum,
134 for,

577
Combe, Dr. Andrew,

607
Contributions to the natural history Death by strychnine-report on the

of the alligator, by Bennet Dow- case of the late Dr. W. C. War-
ler, M. D.,
33

309
Congestion and Congestive, remarks Death from starvation,

376
on the use of the terms of, by T. Death of Lisfranc,

413, 452
C. Brown, M. D.,
120 Diarrhæa of children,

637
Condie on the diseases of children, (*Dictionary of practical medicine, Dr.
bib, notice of,

286
Copland's, bib. notice of,

220
Convention, national medical, ar- Diabetes, detection of sugar in the

rangement for the meeting of expectoration of patients affected
the,
292 with,

213

315

ner,

M. D.,

324, 380

Dislocation of the shoulder, 49 Epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis
Diploma of the college of Surgeons in Missouri,

604
obtained under false representa- Ether, sulphuric, on the inhalation
tions,

458 of, by J. B. Flag., M. D., 17
Diseased heart,

80 Ether, sulphuric, the discovery of
Diseases of children-Condie's prac- the effects of, by P. W. Ellsworth,
tical treatise on, bib. notice of, 286

51
Diseases of females, including those Ether, sulphuric, inhalation of, to

of pregnancy and child-bed, by prevent pain during surgical ope-
Dr. Churchill, bib. notice of, 409

rations,

231
Disease of the ear, causing death, 393 Ether vapour, fatal effects of, on ani-
Diseases of the eye, Dr. Lawrence's mals,

255
treatise on, bib. notice of, 317 Ether, sulphuric, inhalation of, 290
Diseases of the skin, Dr. Erasmus Ether, on the employment of, in

Wilson on, bib. notice of, 674 surgical operations, by the editor
Disinfecting fluid, Burnett's, 637 of the London Medical Gazette, 321
Dispensatory of the United States of Ether vapour, fatal effects of, in a

America, by Pro's. Wood and case of lithotomy, by R. Nunn,
Bache, bib. notice of,

603
M. D.,

327
Dislocation of the knee, spontane- Ether, sulphuric, in surgical opera-
ous,
637 tions, by Dr. J. Bryan,

331
Dog, the, by W. Youatt, edited with Ether, inhalation of, Dr. Searle's

additions by E. J. Lewis, M. D., observations on the condition of
bib. notice of,
105 asphyxia induced by the,

381
Donné's cours de microscopie, bib. Ether operations, fatal results of, 394
notice of,

224 Etherization,
Dowler's contributions to the natural Etherization in midwifery practice, 649
history of the alligator,

33 Ether, administration of, in trauma-
Dowler's criticisms and controver- tic tetanus, by Dr. Broughton, 450

sies relating to the nervous and Ether vapour, a new application of 457

muscular systems, bib. notice of, 678 Ether, on the inhalation of, in labour,
Dropsy, intra-uterine,
393 by J. Clark, M. D.,

589
Dugas, Dr., address to the class of Ether, alleged rape perpetrated on a

the medical college of Georgia, 88 female while under the influence
Dunglison's charge to the graduates of,

635
of Jefferson medical college, bib. Ether, action of, injected into the
notice of,
288 arteries,

636
Dysmenorrhæa, observations on two Exhalation of bicarbonate of ammo-
forms of, by W. Oldham, M. D., 235 nia by the lungs, Dr. L. Thomp-

son on,

392
Ear, disease of the, causing death, 393 Excision of a fatty tumour without
Editorial remarks, 35, 157, 229, 290, pain, by Dr. Johnstone,

384
319, 410, 475, 552, 601, 679, 762. Excision of the inferior maxillary
Egypt, insanity in,

61 bone for osteo-sarcoma, by W. H.
Egypt, sanitary measures in, 699 Deaderick, M. D.,

115
Ellis' case of retention of fætal bones Extraction of a large stone by the

in the uterus during four years, 15 lateral operation, by R. Haywood,
Electric spark, hy A. W.,

219
M. D.,

85
Elements of chemistry, including the Exudation and its developement, by

history of the imponderables, and John Hughes Bennett, M. D., &c., 513
the inorganic chemistry of the late Eye, foreign bodies in the, by Dr.
Edward Turner, M. D., &c., and Jacob,

169
the outlines of organic chemistry, Eye, diseases of the, Dr. Laurence's
by W. Gregory, M. D., &c., with treatise on, bib. notice of, 347
additions by J. B. Rogers, M. D., Eye, new muscle in the,

579
bib. notice of,

549
Elephantiasis, pathology of, 697 False anchylosis of the knee-joint,
Election by concours,

699 treated with steel springs, &c., by
Electrical theories, Dr. Hare on, 715 J. Bryan, M. D.,

398
Epidemic of scurvy in Edinburg, 381 Fatal ether operations,

394
Epidemic, account of a new and fatal, Fatal effects of ether vapour in litho-

that recently prevailed in Missis- tomy, Dr. Nunn's case of, 327
sippi and Tennessee, by Drs. Hicks Fatty tumour, excision of, without
and Taylor,

505
pain, by Dr. Johnstone,

384