WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, AND DEALERS IN PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, ETC., No. 119 Market street, (between Front and Second) PHILADELPHIA, Manufacturers of Sugar-Coated Pills and Granules, in all their Variety. Prepared in strict accordance with published formulæ, and handsomely sugar-coated, so as to retain all their Medicinal virtues. UNIMPAIRED BY AGE OR CLIMATE. We sell our Pills and Granules at regular published rates, and send them, free of expense, by mail or express, on receipt of price. We have also, pure French Brandy, Wines, Whiskey, &c., for medicinal use, the quality of which can always be relied upon, and which we forward by express or otherwise. GUARANTEED FREE FROM BREAKAGE. Particular attention paid to filling Physicians orders, and in preparing Physicians' outfits. Surgical and Dental instruments, and Dentists' materials, furnished at Manufacturers' lowest rates. my 1866-1y. WRIGHT & SIDDALL, Druggists and Chemists, No. 119 Market Street, THE RICHMOND MEDICAL JOURNAL. E. S. GAILLARD, M. D., AND W. S. McCHESNEY, M. D., EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. PAGE. Improvements in the Pharmacy of Fluid Extracts. By A. J. Semmes, M. D.. Charity Hospital, New Orleans...495 .508 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL RETROSPECT. Influence of Railway Travelling on Public Health.... On Acupuncture in Museu'ar Rheumatism, and on Galvinism in Rheumatic Pa alysis.. ECLECTIC DEPARTMENT. Colour Plindness, or Daltonism... Introductory Lecture to Course on Hygiene.. Sub-cutaneous Injection of Morphia in Cholera.. Rhigolene, or Petroleum Naphtha for Producing Anaesthesia by Freezing. CLINICAL LECTURES. Clinical Notes of Cases Treated at the late C. S. Military Hospital, Charlottesville, Va...... ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. New York Letter... Paris Letter... London Letter.. REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.. MISCELLANEOUS (Report Richmond Medical Journal Commission). (1) .512 .514 .514 ....623 .632 ...533 The Postage on this Journal is 24 Cents a year--payable quarterly in advance. ...538 ...542 ..554 .562 ..564 ..575 .678 .580 ..680 .583 ..583 .555 Respectfully refers to Prof. Joseph Pancoast, Philadelphia; Prof. S. D. Gross, Philadelphia; Dr. D. Hays Agnew, Philadelphia; Dr. J. C. Nott, Mobile, Ala.; Prof. Hunter McGuire, Richmond, Va. je 1866-1y Particular attention is called to the improved Artificial Legs and Arms; Apparatus for Resection, shortened legs, ununited fracture. Apparatus for the variations of club-foot, bow-legs, knock-knees, weak ankle; Spinal Supporter Apparatus, for disease and injuries of hip-joints, &c. The Manufacturer, claiming for himself, that he has had a practical experience of ten years, in the most celebrated work-shops of Paris, Belgium and Germany, and twenty years in the United States, in the manufacturing of Surgical and Orthopædical Instruments, Artificial Limbs, &c. For References, refer to our most eminent Surgeons of Philadelphia. my 1866-1y. MANUFACTURING CHEMIST AND PHARMACEUTIST, Philadelphia, COLD EXPRESSED CONCENTRATED MEDICINAL FLUID EXTRACTS Made by N. Spencer Thomas' process. l'atented Jun. 31, 1865. We would call the attention of Druggists and Physicians to these preparations, as being far superior to other Fluid Extracts, from the fact that they are made without the aid of heat, and are not exposed to the air in any way-are made, in all cases, from the best selected drugs, and the operation performed by experienced Pharmaceutists-thus securing a valuable Fluid Extract that contains in perfect solution the medicinal properties of the drug, avoiding the inert matter. They are made to represent exactly their own weight of the crude drug, of the best quality, and are most valuable for Apothecaries and Physicians to use in making their Tinctures, Syrups, and other Fluid preparations, by using the same weight of Fluid Extract as is ordered in the standard works, of the crude drug, and adding enough liquid to make up the measure. Sugar Coated Pills of the U. S. P., Spread and Roll Plasters, Syrups, Ointments, Cerates and other Pharmaceutical Preparations, Also, N. Spencer Thomas' Geared Drug Mills. These mills have stood the test of eight years, and have given entire satisfaction. Price List sent to Druggists on application. je '66-1y-if For Sale. An excellent opening for an experienced Physician in one of the most beautiful villages and intelligent communities in the South, with a practice worth from $3,500 to $5,000 per annum, a commodious and pleasant residence, &c., and all necessary outfits for a Physician. Terms reasonable. For information, address je-1m Box 7.0, Richmond, Va. B. H.SLEEPER & CO., DRUGGISTS' GLASS WARE AND SUNDRIES. Drug Stores fitted out with everything requisite for business. Doctors' and Plantation Medicine Chests, and a general variety of Druggists' and Physicians' Goods. je '66-1yf 515, 517 and 519 Minor Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. THE PALMER LEG AND ARM. BREVOORT HOUSE, NEW YORK, January 12, 1865 SIR-I have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the Artificial Leg you made for me. I have used it long enough to convince me of the superior mecharical construction of the limbs you make. My intercourse with yourself has impressed me with your unwearied devotion to your patients, and the rare scientific accomplishments you bring to their re'ief. In placing this note at your disposal, I only perform a duty to my comrades who. Lay, by the fortune of war, have occasion for your services. I remain, dear sir, very respectfully, B. FRANK. PALMER, LL. D., Philadelphia. D. E. SICKLES, Major General. BOSTON, MASS., January 6, 1865. DEAR SIR-I have now used the Palmer Leg (full length) for more than two years. During most of that tie, I have been on active duty in the fi ld. It has stood the severe test of campaigning, exposure to all weathers, and constant use in the suddle, admirably, I have never been kept off duty an hour by any fault in its mechanism. I willingly bear testimony to its superior merits, and express my com plete satisfaction with the result of the test to which I have subjected it. I am, sir, very respectfully, B. FRANK. PALMER, LL. D. W. F. BARTLETT, Major.General, WASHINGTON, December 27, 1864. DEAR SIR,--Having worn one of your Patent Legs, I desire to add my testimony in favor of an invention so beneficial to humanity. I suffered amputation of my right leg, six inches below the knee, on April 30, 1864. Five months later, I began |