THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICAL REVIEW

OR

QUARTERLY JOURNAL

OF

PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY

EDITED BY

JOHN FORBES M.D. F.R.S. F.G.S.

VOL. XXIII.

JANUARY-APRIL 1847

LONDON

JOHN CHURCHILL PRINCES STREET SOHO

MDCCCXLVII.

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