1. A treatise on Materia Medica, or the natural, commercial, chemical,
and medical history of the substances employed in medicine, and
recognized by the Pharmacopœias of the United States and Great Britain;
2. A treatise on Pharmacy: Comprising an account of the preparations
directed by the American and British Pharmacopœias, and designed
especially to illustrate the Pharmacopœia of the United States; and
3. A copious Appendix, embracing an account of all substances not
contained in the official catalogues, which are used in medicine,
or have any interest for the physician or apothecary. By Geo. B.
Wood, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in
the University of Pennsylvania, etc. etc., and Franklin Bache,
M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia, etc. etc. Eleventh edition, much enlarged. One vol. 8vo.
$6.00.
This work has been thoroughly revised, with many alterations and
additions, so as to bring it fully up to the level of the present
state of materia medica and pharmacy. It embraces the substance of
the recently revised United States and British Pharmacopœias, with a
commentary on all that is new in those publications. Nothing, indeed,
has been omitted in the revision which could render it worthy of the
confidence it has enjoyed.
Wood’s Therapeutics.
A Treatise on Therapeutics and Pharmacology, or Materia Medica.
By Geo. B. Wood, M.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of
Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, Senior Physician of
the Pennsylvania Hospital, one of the authors of the United States
Dispensatory, author of a Treatise on the Practice of Medicine, etc.
etc. Two vols. 8vo. $7.00.
In his preface Dr. Wood gives the following account of his
opportunities for acquiring knowledge and forming just views on the
subjects embraced in this treatise:--
“Almost from the commencement of his professional life the author
has given peculiar attention to this branch of medical knowledge.
For a period of about thirty years, before 1850, when he was
transferred to the professorship which he now occupies, he was
engaged in teaching materia medica, first as a private lecturer, and
afterwards successively in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and
the University of Pennsylvania. His position, therefore, rendered
constant investigations into the properties, effects, and uses of
remedies necessary in order at once to do justice to his pupils and
avoid discredit to himself. Most of those whom he now addresses are
probably aware that he is one of the authors of the United States
Dispensatory. To provide the original materials for his portion of
that work, and to gather from time to time the knowledge requisite for
its maintenance upon a level with the progressive condition of medical
science, unremitting diligence was essential in prosecuting inquiry
and investigation in the whole field of pharmacology. In addition to
the ordinary professional opportunities, he has for about twenty years
held the office of one of the physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital,
which has given him facilities for testing the value of remedies
greater than any amount of private practice could afford. Few persons
have had greater advantages or stronger inducements than himself for
acquiring the knowledge requisite for the production of a work of this
kind.”
Wood’s Lectures and Addresses.
Introductory Lectures and Addresses on Medical Subjects. Delivered
chiefly before the medical classes of the University of Pennsylvania.
By Geo. B. Wood, M.D., LL.D., President of the American Philosophical
Society, Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, and of
Clinical Medicine, in the University of Pennsylvania, etc. etc. One
vol. 8vo. $1.75.
Eberle and Mitchell on Children.
A Treatise on the Diseases and Physical Education of Children. By John
Eberle, M.D., late Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine
in Transylvania University, etc. etc. Fourth edition, with notes
and large additions by Thomas D. Mitchell, A.M., M.D., Professor
of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the Philadelphia College
of Medicine, late Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in
Transylvania University, Lecturer on Obstetrics and the Diseases of
Women and Children, etc. etc. One vol. 8vo. $2.50.
Dr. Eberle’s “Treatise” has long been regarded by the medical
profession as the best and most comprehensive work on the diseases and
physical education of children. Dr. Mitchell has made considerable
additions to it, introducing many topics not treated of by Dr. Eberle,
every one of which he considers entitled to a place in a work on the
diseases of the infant race. The large addition of matter thus made to
the work has proved to be both acceptable and useful.
Richardson’s Anatomy.
[Illustration: Veins of the head and neck.]
Elements of Human Anatomy: General, Descriptive, and Practical. With
over 400 illustrations. By T. G. Richardson, M.D., Demonstrator of
Anatomy in the Medical Department of the University of Louisville, and
one of the attending Surgeons to the Louisville Marine Hospital. One
vol. 8vo. $3.00.
It is an amply sufficient text-book, and the preceptor may confidently
place it in the hands of his pupils as such. The wood-cuts are
numerous and elegant, and serve admirably to illustrate the
text.--_New Jersey Medical Reporter._
Our author claims for his work the improvement of having general,
descriptive, and practical anatomy in the same volume; the
arrangement of the section devoted to practical anatomy so as to
secure the greatest possible economy of material; and lastly, in the
substitution of English for Latin terms, wherever it appeared to be
practicable and judicious.--_N. Y. Medical Times._
Ricord on Venereal Diseases.
A Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases; or, Critical and
Experimental Researches on Inoculation applied to the study of these
affections: With a therapeutical summary and special formulary. By
Ph. Ricord, M.D., Surgeon of the Venereal Hospital of Paris, Clinical
Professor of Special Pathology. Translated from the French by A.
Sidney Doane, A.M., M.D. Thirteenth edition. One vol. 8vo. $1.50.
M. Ricord’s reputation as a lecturer and practitioner in Paris is of
the highest order. He is distinguished for his sound and philosophical
views upon a disease which carries terror wherever it appears, and
whose consequences are often felt by the innocent as well as the
guilty. The first part of the book partakes of the philosophical
spirit of its author, while in the pages devoted to the treatment of
syphilis, M. Ricord has spread out the results of thousands of cases
coming under his observation.
Thomson’s Domestic Medicine.
A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery. By Spencer
Thomson, M.D., L.B.C.S. Edinb. First American, from the last London
edition. Revised, with additions, by Henry H. Smith, M.D., Professor
of Surgery in the Pennsylvania University. One vol. 12mo. $1.50.
This work has received the highest encomiums from the critical
journals of the day. “Many a useful life,” remarks a British
periodical, “might have been spared, and many an insidious disease
checked in the bud, had such works as that of Dr. Thomson been earlier
in existence. To the traveler by sea or by land, to the settler and
the emigrant, far from medical aid, it must prove invaluable.”
The work has been carefully adapted to the American climate and habits
by Dr. Henry H. Smith, of Philadelphia, whose contributions to the
volume have greatly added to its value. It is the standard book of
domestic medicine. The arrangement of the subjects in alphabetical
order renders it extremely convenient for prompt reference and
consultation.
Agnew’s Practical Anatomy.
A new arrangement of the London Dissector, with numerous modifications
and additions; containing a concise description of the Muscles,
Nerves, Blood-vessels, Viscera, and Ligaments of the Human Body as
they appear on Dissection. With Illustrations. By D. Hayes Agnew,
M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy, and Surgeon to the Philadelphia Hospital,
(Blockley.) One vol. 12mo. $1.00.
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This work has been adapted to the use of the American student by
altering the arrangement and changing the nomenclature in many cases;
by adding the ligamentous system; by illustrations; by erasing what
was unnecessary, and presenting the whole as nearly as possible in
the topographical order. The work, as now published in this American
edition, has been prepared with a single eye to the faithful economy
of the student’s time.
Acton on the Urinary Organs.
A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Urinary and Generative Organs
in both Sexes. Part I.--Non-specific Disease. Part II.--Syphilis. By
William Acton, late Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary, and formerly
Externe at the Female Venereal Hospital, Paris. From the second London
edition. With additional Illustrations and Colored Plates. One vol.
8vo. $4.00.
This work is intended to be used by the student as a complete
Text-book on the subjects of which it treats; and, at the same time,
to supply data for the surgeon desirous of learning the most modern
treatment of the protean forms of Syphilis, as well as materially
to assist the practitioner who, in the witness-box, is liable to be
cross-examined on many of the most intricate questions of generation,
absorption, or contagion.
Transcriber’s Notes:
A number of typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Archaic spellings have been retained.
Cover image is in the public domain.
“Remarks” heading added to Table of Contents.
Index, Index of Cases, and Medical Works added to the Table of Contents.
Amputation of arm index to page 156 is deduced, only “ 56” was printed.
Index references page 649 which does not exist.