Observations on the Use and Abuse of
Colchicum. By Sir CHAS. SCUDAMORE,
M.D. &c. Octavo. pp. 127. Second Ed.
enlarged. 1833.

10. The Cholera Spasmodica, as observed in Paris in 1832, comprising its Symptoms, Pathology, and Treatment. By ABEL SMITH, M.D. Octavo, pp. 80. New York, 1933.

11. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise upon the Ligature of Arteries. Translated from the French of P. J. MANEC, by Messrs. GARLICK and COPPERTHWAITE, with notes and Appendices, selected from the Writings of many celebrated Surgeons. Quarto, pp. 227, with numerous coloured Plates, price £1 173. 6d. bds. Highley, London, Jan.

1833.

We have reviewed the original work in our last Number (p. 67–79), and have now only to recommend an excellent translation, with many valuable notes to our readers.

which work they stand as able and conspicuous articles under their alphabetical heads.

15. New Views of the Process of Defecation, and their Application to the Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, and other Organs; together with an Analytical Correction of Sir Charles Bell's Views respecting the Nerves of the Face. By JAMES O'BEIRNE, M.D. Surgeon Extraordinary to the King, &c. Octavo, pp. 286. Dublin and London, Feb. 1833.

16. Memoir of the Life and Medical Opinions of John Armstrong, M.D. To which is added, an Inquiry into the Facts connected with those Forms of Fever attributed to Malaria or Marsh Effluvium. By FRANCIS BOOTT, M.D. Secretary to the Linnæan Society, &c. First Vol. 8vo. pp. 612. Feb. 1833; with a Profile and Autograph of Dr. Armstrong.

17. Principles of Obstetric Medicine, in a Series of Systematic Dissertations on Midwifery, &c. By DAVID D. DAVIS, M.D. 12. Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, Parts 14, 15, and 16, 1833, with Plates, Part XIV. Feb. 1833. price 2s. each.

18. A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, consisting of four Parts: -Part the First, the Cervical and Thoracic Portions of the Sympathetic, and the Nerves of the Thoracic Viscera. Part the Second, the Lumbar and Sacral Portions of the Sympathetic, and the Nerves of the Abdominal Viscera. Part Three, the Cerebral Nerves. Part Four, the Spinal Nerves. By JOSEPH SWAN. Part the Third, fourteen Pages of Letter-press and fourteen Plates, £3. 13s. 6d. Longman's, Feb. 1833.

Such a magnificent and national work deserves the patronage of all public bodies, and of every private practitioner who has the means of encouraging merit.

19. Remarks submitted to the Medical Professors of the Universities of Scotland and Ireland, as well as to the Licentiates, on the Necessity of Medical Reform, &c. By MACHAON. Octavo, pp. 16. Burgess and Hill, Feb. 1833.

We have touched on the same subject in the present Number.

29. The Dublin Journal of Medical and Chemical Science, No. VII. March, 1833. This contemporary is rapidly acquir

MOBILITATE VIGET.

23. Clinical Illustrations of the more im- ing strength, and consequent circulationportant Diseases of Bengal, with the Result of an Inquiry into their Pathology and Treatment. By W. TWINING, M.R.C.S. and Assistant Surgeon of the General Hospital of Calcutta. Octavo, pp. 705. Parbury and Allen. 1833.

P This work should be in the hands of every medical man who sails for our Eastern possessions. We shall notice its contents in our next.

24. A Discourse delivered on commencing the Lectures in Jefferson Medical College. By GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON, M.D. &c. Philadelphia, 1832.

appeared in the City of New York. By 30. Letters on Cholera Asphyxia, as it has MARTIN PAYNE, M.Ď.

IP The mercurial treatment appears to have been the most successful in New York. The idea of importation and contagion, in re spect to cholera, is scouted by all the most scientific observers in America.

31. The Dissector. By R. DEWEY FORSTER. Part the First.

The Demonstrator; being an Explanation of the Dissector, in 16 Parts, Part the First, 8vo.

25. Letter on Cholera from Professor Pattison to Dr. Carmichael, of Virginia. our next. Philadelphia, 1832.

This ingenious work will be noticed in

32. Traité Pratique des Maladies de l'Uterus et de ses Annexes, &c. Par Mad. BOIVIN et par A. M. DUGES. Fifth Fasciculus. Bailliere, March, 1833.

We are gratified to see that our distinguished countryman has ably and eloquently advocated the non-contagious nature of the late epidemic in the United States. An overwhelming majority of the most talented physicians in America, are of opinion that the disease was not imported into the United States, but this Journal regularly.

This work will be found analyzed is

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