THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL

REVIEW,

AND

JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE.

VOLUME FORTY-NINE.

July 4 SEPTE

APRIL I, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1846.

NEW YORK:

REPUBLISHED BY R. &. G. S. WOOD,

No. 261 PEARL STREET.

CONTENTS

OF THE

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW,

JULY 1, 1846.

Reviews.

I.

Lectures illustrative of various Subjects in Pathology and Surgery. By Sir BEN-

JAMIN C. BRODIE, Bart, F.R.S.

1. On the effects of Strangulation and Drowning

2. Ununited Fractures

3. Sero.Cystic and other Tumours of the Breast

4. Use of Mercury in Syphilis

5. Tic Douloureux

6. Use of Caustics

7. Chronic Abscess of the Tibia

II.

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On the Alternation of Generations; or the Propagation and Development of Ani-

mals through Alternate Generations, &c. By JoH. JAPETUS SM. Steenstrup.

Translated by GEORGE BUSK

On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation, and on the Connection between Affec-

tions of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart. By GEORGE Burrows, M.D.

1. On the Circulation of the Brain

2. On Vascular Pressure within the Cranium

3. Connection of Apoplexy, &c., with Diseases of the Heart

4. Treatment of Apoplexy and Hemiplegia

5. Affection of the Brain in Pericarditis

IV.

I. De la Folie, considérée sous le point de vue Pathologique, Philosophique, &c.

Par L. F. CALMEIL, D.M.P.

II. An Act (8 and 9 Vic., c. 100) for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment

of Lunatics. Edited by G. FORBES WINSLOW, M.D.

III. Observations and Essays on the Statistics of Insanity. By JOHN THURNAM,

IV. The American Journal of Insanity

V. A Letter to Lord Ashley, M.P. By W. B. COSTELLO, M.D.

VI. Clinical Lectures on the Principal Forms of Insanity. By JOHN CONOLLY, M.D.

VII. Annual Report of the Managers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum,

By AMARIAH BRIGHAM, M.D.

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