RENOUARD'S HISTORY OF MEDICINE.

A History of Medicine, from its Origin to the Nineteenth Century, with an Appendix, containing a series of Philosophic and Historic Letters on Medicine of the present Century, by Dr. Renouard, Paris. Translated from the French, by C. G. Comegys, Prof. Inst. Med. in Miami Medical College. One volume octavo. Sheep. Price, $4 00.

SYNOPTIC TABLE OF CONTENTS:

I. AGE OF FOUNDATION. 1. PRIMITIVE PERIOD: From the Origin of Society to the Destruction of Troy, 1184, B. C. 2. SACRED OR MYSTIC PERIOD: Ending with the Dispersion of the Pythagoreans, 500, B. C. 3. PHILOSOPHIC PERIOD: Ending at the Foundation of the Alexandrian Library, 320, B. C. 4. ANATOMICAL PERIOD: Ending at the death of Galen, A. D. 200. II. AGE OF TRANSITION. 5. GREEK PERIOD: Ending at the Burning of the Alexandrian Library, A. D. €40. 6. ARABIC PERIOD: Ending at the Revival of Letters in Europe, A. D. 1400. III. AGE OF RENOVATION. 7. ERUDITE PERIOD: Comprising the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 8. REFORM PERIOD: Comprising the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

From Professor Jackson, of the University of Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, May 1.

My Dear Sir-The work you have translated, "Histoire de la Medecine," by Dr. P. V. Renouard, is a compendious, well-arranged treatise on the subject.

Every physician and student of medicine should be acquainted with the history of his science. It is not only interesting, but of advantage to know the views and the interpretations of the same pathological conditions investigated at the present day, in the past ages. They were handled then with as much force and skill as now, but without the scientific light that assists so powerfully modern research.

Very truly yours,

SAMUEL JACKSON.

The best history of medicine extant, and one that will find a place in the library of every physician who aims at an acquaintance with the past history of his profession.

There are many items in it we should like to offer for the instruction and amusement of our readers.-American Journal of Pharmacy.

From the pages of Dr. Renouard, a very accurate acquaintance may be obtained with the history of medicine-its relation to civilization, its progress compared with other sciences and arts, its more distinguished cultivators, with the several theories and systems proposed by them; and its relationship to the reigning philosophical degmas of the several periods. His historical narrative is clear and concise-tracing the progress of medicine through its three ages or epochs-that of foundation or origin, that of transition, and that of renovation.-American Journal of Medical Science.

It is a work of profound and curious research, and will fill a place in our English literature which has heretofore been vacant. It presents a compact view of the progress of medicine in different ages; a lucid exposition of the theories of rival sects; a clear delineation of the changes of different systems; together with the bearings of the whole on the progress of civilization. The work also abounds in amusing and instructive incidents relating to the medical profession. The biographical pictures of the great cultivators of the science, such as Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna, Haller, Harvey, Jenner, and others, are skillfully drawn. Dr. Comegys deserves the thanks of not only the members of the medical profession, but also of every American scholar, for the fidelity and success with which his task has been performed.—Harper's Magazine.

From the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review.

History of Medicine.-It is expressly from the conviction of the deficiency of the English language in works on the History of Medicine, that we feel indebted to Dr. Comegys for the excellent translation of the comparatively recent work of Renouard, the title of which is placed at the head of this article. We hope before long to find that in every important school of medicine in this country, opportunities will be offered to students whereby they may be enabled to attain some knowledge at least of the history of that profession to the practice of which their lives are to be devoted.

THE AMERICAN DISPENSATORY,

BY JOHN KING, M. D.,

Professor of Obstetrics, and Diseases of Women and Children, in the "Eclectic Medical Institule, Cincinnati.”

ONE VOLUME ROYAL OCTAVO, 1509 PAGES.

THE SIXTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED,

JUST PUBLISHED.

PART I contains an account of a large number of medicinal plants indigenous to this country, many of which were for the first time presented to the profession in this work, giving their botanical descriptions, general chemical histories, therapeutical properties and uses, together with a large amount of information relative thereto, of practical value to the chemist, pharmaceutist and physician.

PART II contains practical pharmacy, and a description of the various pharmaceutical compounds in use among Medical Reformers, especially of that class to which the author belongs, known as Eclectics. The various chemical and pharmaceutical processes described are mainly those of recent date, and such as have been found by ample experience to be the best; these are fully and clearly explained, so that every apothecary may be enabled to prepare, without difficulty, all or any of the more modern preparations of Reformers, whenever ordered.

PART III is devoted to the various mineral medicines, their chemical histories, therapeutical virtues and uses, together with a vocabulary explaining the Latin words and abbre viations frequently met with in medical prescriptions; tables of doses; weights and measures; chemical composition of mineral waters; specific gravities; hydrometrical equivalents; solubility of salts, acids, bases, etc., etc., all of which are of much utility and indispensable to the chemist and pharmaceutist. The work contains a full and complete index, so arranged that any medicine, compound, or table, etc., may be promptly found without any delay or difficulty.

Although many valuable Dispensatories have been presented to the Physicians and Pharmaceutists of this country and Europe, they have all, excepting the former editions of this Work, been confined to an account of those remedies only which have been recognized and employed by that class of Physicians termed "Old School," or "Allopathic," and have, therefore, only partially answered the purposes of the large number of progressive medical men found in these countries. In the present Dispensatory, as already remarked, not only are all the known medicinal plants described, as well as their numerous pharmaceutical compounds, but likewise all those poisonous mineral agents so strongly objected to by the New School Physicians-thus forming a volume full and complete in itself. There is no other work in Europe or America containing such completeness of information regarding the history of therapeutical virtues, and uses of indigenous and exotic medicinal plants, nor which so fully explains the various processes by which their properties are extracted, or their compounds prepared; and, indeed, much of the matter presented can be found in no other volume extant. To render the work practically useful to the Physician and Pharmaceutist, and to bring it up to the discoveries and improvements in medical science of the present day, neither pains nor expense have been spared. In bringing the work up to its present standard of excellence, the author has had the efficient aid of a gentleman well known throughout the country as a thoroughly accomplished Chemist and Pharmaceutist; one who is daily engaged in the practical pursuits of his profession.

NOTICES OF FORMER EDITIONS.

GOOD OLD-SCHOOL AUTHORITY.-The American Journal of Pharmacy speaks of the work as follows: "We have taken some pains to give it a careful examination, although pressed for time. The numerous plants which are brought forward as Eclectic Remedies, embrace many of undoubted value. The work embodies a large number of facts of a Therapeutical character, which deserve to be studied. Many of these are capable of being adopted by physicians, especially by country physicians, who have the advantage of more easily getting the plants. The attention which is now

being given by the Eclectics, in classifying and arranging facts and observations relative to American plants, will certainly be attended with excellent results.

"It would afford us much pleasure to extract a number of articles from the Eclectic Dispensatory, but the length of this article admonishes us to stop; yet we can not close without adjudging to Dr. King the merit of giving perspicuity and order to the vast mass of material collected under the name of Botanical Medicine, and for his determination to oppose the wholesale quackery of Eclectic Chemical Institutes. The Eclectics have opened a wide field for the rational therapeutist, and the organic chemist; and we hope that physicians and apothecaries will not be repelled from reaping the harvest which will accrue to observation and experiment."

The examination we have been able to give it, has convinced us that a great deal of labor has been bestowed upon the production, and that it contains an account of a larger number of the medical plants indigenous to our country, than any other work with which we are acquainted.-Michigan Journal of Medicine.

Lengthy reports, commendatory of the work, have been made, and numerous Medical Colleges have adopted it as a text-book. Thousands of copies have been eagerly purchased by parties residing in nearly or quite every State of the Union, in Canada and the provinces, and, indeed, in all parts of the world where the English language is spoken. At no former time has the demand been so urgent, or the orders on hand half so large as at present.

KING'S AMERICAN ECLECTIC OBSTETRICS. By JOHN KING, M. D. 1 vol. royal 8vo., sheep, 800 pages. Price $4.00.

We have carefully examined Dr. King's work, and can honestly recommend it as a safe and judicious guide both to the student and to the practitioner of midwifery. In the treatment of the different subjects it differs but little, if at all, from the standard works on Obstetrics in the English language, except that the employment of a number of articles of the materia medica, not much in vogue among regular practitioners, is much insisted on in the medical treatment of women in the puerperal state.-Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (Old School).

We consider it as the best practical work on Obstetrics extant.-Middle States Medical Reformer.

Probably no man has done more than Prof. KING to elevate the literary character of the particular class of the medical profession to which he belongs. In this age of light and intelligence, no class of medical men can sustain themselves, and commend their particular systems to an intelligent public, without giving evidence of high attainments in literature as well as science. Prof. King, if he stands not at the head, is certainly not surpassed by any of his colleagues. His work on Obstetrics bears evident marks of the same mastermind shown so conspicuously in his Dispensatory. It is elaborate, thorough in all its details, and so far as we have been able to examine, fully equal to the works of any other class of physicians on that subject-Worcester Journal of Medicine.

KING'S (JOHN, M. D.) CHART OF URINARY DEPOSITS.

EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES.

Table of Urinary Deposits, with their Microscopical and Chemical Tests for Clinical Examinations. By John King, M. D., Cincinnati. This is a very valuable chart, giving, at a glance, the essential facts in regard to the various forms of urinary deposits, their chemical constituents, and their remedies. There are thirteen well-executed drawings, and several tables. This chart can be framed and hung up in the physician's office, and thus easily referred to. We heartily commend it to the attention of our readers.-New Jersey Medical Reporter.

The result of much labor and close observation. It will be useful for reference, and particularly valuable to the Medical student. Dr. King, of Cincinnati, is the author, and deserves much credit for this valuable contribution to Medical Science.-Iowa Medical Journal.

Table of Urinary Deposits, etc. This is a valuable aid to any one who makes examinations of urinary deposits, containing thirteen figures of these deposits, as they appear under the microscope.-New Hampshire Journal of Medicine.

A very useful and valuable chart. We congratulate Dr. King on the manner in which he has condensed this difficult but important subject, so as to present a bird's-eye and clear view of the matter, in the form of a chart.-Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Journal.

Carefully arranged, and will prove useful as a reference to the practitioner, to refresh his memory, and materially aid the student in getting a clear idea of the subject.—American Journal of Pharmacy, Philadelphia.

Will be sent by mail (post-paid) for FIFTY CENTS, or may be had through booksellers.

AMERICAN ECLECTIC PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

By I. G. JONES, M. D. Late Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine, in the Eclertic Medical Institute, Cincinnati. New edition; extended and revised, at request of the author, by WM. SHERWOOD, M. D., Professor of Medical Practice and Pathology, in the Eclectic College of Medicine, Cincinnati. Complete in two volumes, octavo, 1,000 pages. Price $8.

EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES.

The views maintained by the authors are stated with clearness and precision; the style is flowing and lively, and the whole book is remarkably free from the verbiage which is such a general feature of medical treatises.--N. Y. Tribune.

It was the earnest advice of Dr. Rush to his students, to thoroughly investigate the indig. enous medicines of this country; and one great merit of this work is that it contains descriptions of many recent remedial agents that are not embodied in any other work ou practice. It is ably and lucidly written, and will highly interest and instruct all who read it.-Galena Journal.

Coming from the source it does, and with the able revisions and important additions which it has received, this edition of the work can not fail to be regarded as a complete and reliable text-book of practical medicine, suited to the wants and convenience of such students and practitioners as would desire to gain the most useful and important information which the profession possesses at the present day, together with a correct knowledge of the remedies and treatment, in the most desirable form, peculiar to what is known as the Eclectic System of Medicine. It is not a book of recipes, adapted to routine practice, but it is filled with practical directions and suggestions, intended for the intelligent practitioner, accompanied by rational explanations of and reasons for every procedure recommended in the treatment of diseases; and every important paragraph in the work is rendered at once accessible by means of a complete table of contents, and a very copious index. The spirit of the work is liberal and eclectic in the true sense of those terms, so that no medical man, of any school, can take offense at its contents; while all, it is be lieved, will derive much practical advantage from a careful perusal of its pages.-Western Christian Advocate.

We have received from the publishers a copy of the above work, and after giving it such a cursory examination as the pressure of other engagements would permit, are prepared to say that for Eclectics it is, perhaps, the best work published. The language is clear, and generally forcible, and being in the form of lectures to his class, it has the merit of freedom and liveliness of style, so necessary in such works to keep up the interest of the reader. In regard to the practical part, it is due to the varied research of the authors to say, that it contains many excellent suggestions, as well as prescriptions.Southern Medical Reformer.

Four years ago, at the earnest request of his former colleagues and friends, the late Prof. I. G. Jones had published the work of which we are now presented with a rerised and extended edition; and since then his practice has been received by the liberal portion of the profession, throughout the country, as the practice, and far superior to all others.

But as a new edition was called for, it has been very carefully revised at the request of the author, now deceased, by his former associate, and is presented to the profession with many additions, corrections of errors and oversights.

The various additions, and Notes on Treatment, as well as the new articles by the present editor, have been so arranged as to preserve the former scope and design of the work; and while it is rendered more perfect and complete, the original arrangement of the author is not interfered with. The mechanical execution of the book is admirable College Journal.