report of atmospheric electriCITY. TEMPERATURE, AND HUMIDITY. BASED ON DAILY OBSERVATIONS AT 6, 9, 12, 3, 6, and 9 o’CLOCK, FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT, AT ST. LOUIS, MO. 1868. 1868. 21.1 22.9 28.4 January. 3.-Monthly Mean of Relative Humidity. 35.8 Editorial. MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. For the present year, the NEW SYDENHAM SOCIETY announces the following volumes: (1) the Collected Works of Dr. ADDISON, edited, with preface, by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldys; with six lith. plates; (2) LANCEREAUX'S Treatise on Syphilis, vol. i, translated, with additional notes by the author, by Dr. Whitley; (3) an eighth fasciculus of the Atlas of Portraits of Skin Diseases, comprising Erythema nodosum, Scabies, Prurigo senilis ; and (4) HEBRA on Diseases of the Skin, vol. iii. Anatomy and Physiology.-From Edinburgh (A. & C. Black) we are to have the Anatomical Memoirs of JOHN GOODSIR, late Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh, edited by the Rev. Joseph Goodsir and Prof. Turner. The completing fasciculus (vii) of SIBSON'S excellent Medical Anatomy was "nearly ready" in October last (Churchill, London). -In Physiology, we notice several recent continental monographs: FRANKENHÆUSER, the Nerves of the Uterus, and their termination in the smooth muscular fibres, gr. 4to, with 8 plates, (Jena); and the first volume, Svo., of Investigations on the Nature of the Excitation of Nerves, by MUNK, with 26 illustrations (Leipzig); CABADé, essay on the Physiology of the Epithelial Tissues, has been issued by Germer Baillière, Paris.— We are glad to learn of the appearance of an entirely re-written and enlarged second edition of GORUP-BESANEZ' valuable Textbook of Physiological Chemistry (German). Pathol. Anat. and Pathology.-A new Handbook of Pathological Anatomy, by Prof. KLEBS, of Berne, is in process of publication (Hirschwald, Berlin), the first number of which comprises the p. a. of the skin, facial cavities, oesophagus and stomach. Messrs. Churchill, of London, are preparing a new edition of Chance's translation of VIRCHOW'S Cellular Pathology; the announcement does not say whether it is to be brought up to the level of the (lately issued) fourth edition of the original. Practical Medicine.-The second volume of REYNOLDS' System of Medicine, comprising the diseases of the nervous system and organs of respiration and circulation, will be out about this time (Macmillan & Co., Lond.). The translation of TROUSSEAU'S Clinical Lectures will be continued, after the death of Dr. Bazire, by T. Clifford Allbutt, M.B; part iv is announced by Hardwicke, London. Hirschwald, in Berlin, advertises the first number of a "Medical Clinic in demonstrative lectures, " by Prof. Dr. S. BOTKIN, treating of the diagnosis, genesis, and treatment of diseases of the heart. The number of compendiums of practice in the market is increased by two novelties: Lebert, Grundzüge der ärztlichen Praxis-“Essentials of Medical Practice "-the first part of which has been published by Laupp, Tübingen; and DALE, “ Compendium of Practical Medicine, in which a full description of the morbid anatomy of the most important diseases of the body has been attempted" (Churchill, London). Mr. Lea, Philad., is preparing for early publication a third American edition (from the second enlarged and revised English ed.) of TANNER'S Manual of Clinical Medicine and Physiological Diagnosis. The publish ing house of Enke, Erlangen, have in press a Historico-Critical Handbook of Percussion and Auscultation, by Dr. PAUL NIEMEYER, of Magdeburg. The first number of a German periodical for mental and nervous diseases -Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten,-edited, in connection with Prof. L. Meyer, of Göttingen, and Dr. WESTPHAL, of Berlin, by Prof. GRIESINGER, of Berlin,—three names that will be a sufficient guarantee of a high degree of excellence in the "Archiv." Two monographs on this subject have recently appeared in Paris: SéмéRIE, Des Symptômes Intellectuelles de la Folie; and SENTOUX, De la Surexcitation des Facultés Intellectuelles dans la Folie. There are a few new contributions to the pathology and treatment of epilepsy, viz. : HERPIN, Des Accès Incomplets d'Epilepsie, which treats of a kind of premonitory or first stage of epilepsy, in which it is said to be susceptible of cure; and POULET, Recherches expérimentales et cliniques sur la cause prochaine de l'Epilepsie, which cause the author concludes to be an excess of ammonia in the blood-"hyperammoniæmia!" Dr. CHAPMAN, the specialist in ice bags, is publishing "Epilepsy, Paralysis, and other Diseases of the Nervous System :" cases illustrative of their successful treatment chiefly by means of ice. We will mention in this connection, another announcement of the same author "The Sickness of Pregnancy and of other Uterine Affections,” etc.; both treatises “preparing for publication" by Trübner & Co. London. We notice quite a number of monographs, on various medical topics, recently issued or soon to be ready: WATERS, On Certain Diseases of the Chest, 8vo., Churchill, London; RoUSTAN, Recherches sur l'inoculabilité de la phthisie, Svo., with plates, Delahaye, Paris,―(the subject thus far had been restricted to the pages of periodicals). FENWICK, Researches into the nature and treatment of Diseases of the Stomach, 8vo., Churchill, London. Messrs. Moorhead, Simpson & Bond, N. Y., have in press a reprint of BRINTON, Intestinal Obstructions, edited by Th. Buzzard, M.D. The same firm has just published HARDY's Dartrous Diathesis, or Eczema and its allied affections, translated by H. G. Piffard, M.D. Mr. BALMANNO SQUIRE has written a new Manual of the Diseases of the Skin, illustrated by colored plates and wood-cuts, Churchill, London. PAVY, on Diabetes, is about to be issued in a second edition. Among French announcements of recent works we read this formidable title: MIQUEL, Medical letters of a veteran of the School of Bretonneau to M. le professeur Trousseau, to put an end to the errors taught concerning Eruptive Diseases and Specificity. We are also curious to learn the contents of a book by Dr. Wм. ADDISON, entitled "The Co-existence of two Species of Inflammation, with special reference to the forms of Pneumonia,” which was published in January by Churchill & Sons, London. The following title to a work the same publishers are preparing is also interesting: "PURSELL, The modern Pathology and Successful Treatment of Congestive and Inflammatory Diseases as occurring in their varied forms and complications.” Dr. CHAS. MURCHISON'S work on Typhoid Diseases has been translated into German. Surgery.-A Manual of Orthopedic Surgery, by BRODHURST, will be published by Churchill, London; also, a second edition of BIGGS' Ortho praxy. Wood & Co., N. Y., have lately issued a second edition of BAUER'S Lectures on Orthopedic Surgery. Longmans & Co. have in press a work on the early recognition and cure of Spinal Curvatures, by Dr. LITTLE. The celebrated treatise of SEDILLOT, "De l'Evidement sous-periosté des os," which appeared in 1860, is now issued in a second edition very much enlarged, 8vo., with plates, Baillière et fils; this is a novelty of some importance, following, as it does, close upon OLLIER's treatise on the regeneration of bone and the artificial production of osseous tissue, which brings forward views directly opposed to those of the former author. Messrs. Churchill announce two monographs: POLLOCK, On the Defects and Diseases of the Mouth, including those of the lips, tongue and jaws; with numerous engravings, Svo.; - and SPENDER, The Pathology and Treatment of Ulcers and Cutaneous Diseases of the Lower Limbs, Svo. Victor Masson et fils, Paris, have published (1868) the first volume of a Treatise on the Diseases of the Urinary Passages, by Prof. VOILLEMIER, containing the diseases of the urethra, with 87 illustrations On the subject of Syphilis we see announced: SOLARI, Traité pratique des Maladies dites Vénériennes, with 12 plates and 23 chromo-lith. and photogr. figures, Paris, Delahaye, 1867;—Van Mons, De l'Unité du Virus Chancreux, Brussels, 1867;--and MONTANIER, Quelques Considérations sur le Traitement de la Syphilis, Paris, Asselin, 1867. Though the market seems well stocked with textbooks on Ophthalmology, the supply is still increasing: Messrs. Churchill are preparing a Manual of Diseases of the Eye, (with numerous plates), by Prof. MACNAMARA, of the Calcutta Medical College. Recent German novelties on this branch are: MAUTHNER, Textbook of Ophthalmoscopy, 8vo., Vienna; and Herzenstein, contributions to the Physiology and Therapeutics of the Lacrymal Organs. Obstetrics. Dis. of Women and Children.-We are rejoiced to read the advertisement heralding the appearance, on May 1, of "The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children," edited by E. NOEGGERATH, M.D., and B. F. DAWSON, M.D., to be published quarterly. We have not the least doubt but that the profession will receive a special journal on this branch, well conducted-as the above names justify us in predicting it will be-, with marked favor. It will come from the house of Moorhead, Simpson & Bond, N. Y. The same firm have in press the Lectures on Obstetric Operations, by ROв. BARNES, M.D., edited by Dawson. Longmans & Co., Lond, have issued Researches in Obstetrics, by J. M. DUNCAN, M.D. Among French publications, there are two little works of interest on gynæcological subjects: LASKOWSKI, Study on Encysted Dropsy of the Ovary and its Surgical Treatment; and VILLENEUVE, fils, on the Surgical Treatment of Sterility. Therapeutics. Toxicology. Hygiene. — GARROD's Essentials of Materia Medica and Therapeutics is appearing in London in a new and enlarged edition, to be out in March. Dr. RICHARDSON, of London, has collected his large experiences on anæsthetics and published: On Local Anæsthesia and Volatile Fluid Spray in Medicine and Surgery, Svo., Churchill DEWAR, " on the application of Sulphureus Acid to the prevention, etc., of disease," was published at Edinburgh, 1868. Macmillan & Co., London, were to issue a Handbook of Vaccination, by Dr. SEATON, in January. On the same subject, we have LANDRIN, Etude sur la vaccine et la vaccination, Paris. -Moorhead, Simpson & Bond have just published a reprint of MARCET, Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication. The same house have in press a reprint of FLETCHER, Railways in their Medical Aspects. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED: [Omitted from our last number for want of space.] Annual Address before the Medical Society of the State of New York, February 6, 1867. By Jos. C. Hutchison, M.D, of Brooklyn, President. Albany: 1867. Svo. pamphlet. ["The Moral Power of the Profession, instead of Legal Enactments, the best Agency in effecting Medical Reform."] Pallen, On the Treatment of certain Uterine Abnormities. Prize Essay. (Extr. from Trans. Amer. Med. Assoc.) Philadelphia. 1867. 8vo. Illustrated.-From the author. Constitution and By-Laws of the Dunklin County Medical Society of Missouri. St. Louis: 1867. 42d Annual Report of the Mass. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Boston: 1867. Report of the Proceedings of the Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the Insane, 1867. Harrisburg: 1867. Svo. pamphlet. Dickson, Studies in Pathology and Therapeutics. New York: William Wood & Co., 1867. 12mo. Carson, Synopsis of Lectures on Materia Medica and Pharmacy. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. Svo. Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, 18th annual session, 4th series, part iii. Philadelphia: 1867. 8vo. Wales, Mechanical Therapeutics. A practical treatise on Surgical Apparatus, Appliances and Elementary Operations. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. 8vo. Fuller, On Diseases of the Lungs and Air Passages. From the 2d London edition. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. 8vo. West, Lectures on the Disease of Women, 3d Ám. from the 3d Eng. edition. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea. 1867. Svo. Physicians' Visiting List for 1868 Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston. Davis, Epidemic Cholera in Chicago during the summer and autumn of 1866. 8vo. pamphlet, with map of Chicago. Seventeenth Anniversary Meeting of the Illinois State Medical Society, held in Springfield, June 4 and 5, 1867. Chicago: 1867. 8vo. Condie, Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1868. 8vo. |