THE

EDINBURGH

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE,

EXHIBITING A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE

PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENTS AND DISCOVERIES

OCCURRING IN

PRACTICAL MEDICINE, PRACTICAL SURGERY, MIDWIFERY,
ANATOMY (HUMAN, COMPARATIVE, MORBID), PHYSIOLOGY (HU MAN,
COMPARATIVE), PATHOLOGY (HUMAN, COMPARATIVE), CHEMISTRY,
PHARMACY, BOTANY, MATERIA MEDICA, AND MEDICAL
JURISPRUDENCE.

VOL. II.

JULY 1. 1826 To JANUARY 1. 1827.

TO BE CONTINUED QUARTERLY.

EDINBURGH:

MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH :

BALDWIN, CRADOCK AND JOY, LONDON; AND

HODGES AND M'ARTHUR, DUBLIN.

MDCCCXXVI.

OF

No. III.

PART I-ORIGINAL PAPERS,

AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM VARIOUS CHANnels.

I. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

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ART. I. Observations on Spasmodic Contraction of the Passages for the

Food, the Bile, and the Urine. By ALEXANDER MONRO, M. D.

F. R.S. E. Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the University

of Edinburgh, President of the Royal College of Physicians, &c. 1

II. Cases of Apoplexy. By WILLIAM SHANAHAN, M. B. T. C. D.

III. Clinical Cases. By JAMES LOMAX BARDSLEY, M. D. Physician

to the Manchester Infirmary and Dispensary, Lunatic Hospi-

tal and Asylum, and to the House of Recovery, &c. (Continued

from Vol. I. p. 249.),

IV. Case of Empyema. By WILLIAM DONALDSON, Surgeon, R. N. 59

V. Remarks on the Use of Colchicum autumnale in Chronick Rheu-

matism. By WILLIAM GORDON, Surgeon, Welton, Yorkshire,

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, &c. &c. 62

VI. Cases of Hemorrhea, with Hereditary Tendency. By JAMES

CRAIG, Esq. Surgeon, Ratho, Member of the Medico-Chirurgi-

cal Society of Edinburgh,

II. PRACTICE OF SURGERY.

VII. On Aneurism. By ROBERT ALLAN, Esq. F. R. S. E. Surgeon to

the Royal Infirmary, and Lecturer on Surgery in Edinburgh,

VIII. Curious Variety of Intestinal Strangulation. By JOSEPH BROWN,

M. D. Sunderland,

IX. Case of Curvature of the Tibia, resembling Fracture, which oc-

curred after an injury to the Bone, in a Child affected with Me-

senteric Disease. By ROBERT ARROWSMITH, Esq.

X. Case of Strangulated Hernia of five days standing; performed

successfully. By M. PRIOU, National Associate at Nantes,

III. MIDWIFERY.

XI. Case of Congenite Ulcer on the Cranium of a Fetus, terminating

in fatal Hemorrhage on the 18th day after birth. By WIL

LIAM CAMPBELL, M. D. Lecturer on Midwifery, Fellow of the

Royal College of Surgeons, &c. Edinburgh,

IV. PATHOLOGY.

XII. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Inflammation. By Mr

ALEXANDER TURNBULL, Civil Surgeon at Darwar, in the Hon.

East India Company's Madras Establishment,

V. ANATOMY (HUMAN).

XIII. Description of a Monster in which the Upper and Inferior Ex-

tremities were entirely wanting. By CHARLES HASTINGS,

M.D. Physician to the Infirmary, Worcester,

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XIV. Observations on the Comparative Anatomy of the Base of the

Iris, and its mode of union with the Cornea, Annulus albus,

and Choroid Tunick. By R. KNOX, M. D. F. R. S. E. Lec-

turer on Comparative Anatomy, &c.

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XV. Texture of the Liver. Note from Prof. CRUVEILHIER'S Lectures, 116

VI. PHYSIOLOGY.

XVI. Case of Uterine Hemorrhage, in which Transfusion of Blood

was successfully employed. By WILLIAM BRIGHAM, Mem-

ber of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, and Sur-

geon to the Lock Hospital, Manchester,

VII. MATERIA MEDICA.

XVII. Of the Action of the Codiate of Morphia upon the Animal Eco-

nomy; a Series of Experiments by MM. ORFILA and OLI-

VIER of Angers,

XVIII. On the External and Internal Use of Chloride of Lime. In a

Letter from Dr CIMA of Bergamo to Prof. G. Brugnatelli,

VIII. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

XIX. Case of Poisoning from Arsenic, with a new and satisfactory

mode of indicating the Poison, even to the 40th part of a

grain, in the metallic form. By ROBERT CHRISTISON, M.D.

F. R. S. E. Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the Uni-

versity of Edinburgh,

XX. Note on Provisionary Association among the Members of the

Medical Profession. By one of the Editors,

PART II-REVIEWS.

I. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

XXI. A Nosological Practice of Physic, embracing Physiology. By

GEORGE PEARSON DAWSON, M. D.

XXII. A short Inquiry into the Capillary Circulation of the Blood;

with a Comparative View of the more intimate Nature of

Inflammation; and an Introductory Essay. By JAMES

BLACK, M. D. S. R. N. and Member of the Royal College

of Physicians of London,

XXIII. Apparatus for restoring Suspended Animation. By J. MUR-

RAY, Esq.

XXIV. Practical Observations on certain Pathological Relations which

exist between the Kidneys and other Organs of the Human

Body, especially the Brain, Mucous Membranes, and Liver.

By JOHN FOSBROKE, Surgeon, Cheltenham,

XXV. Observations sur la Natur et le Traitment de l'Hydropisie.

Par M. PORTAL, Premier Medecin du Roi, &c.

Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Dropsy. By

M. PORTAL, First Physician to the King, &c.

XXVI. Miscellaneous Works of the late R. WILLAN, M.D. F.R.S.

F. A. S. comprising an Inquiry into the Antiquity of Small-

pox, Measles, and Scarlet Fever, Reports on the Diseases

of London, and detached Medical Papers from various Pe-

riodical Publications. Edited by ASHBY SMITH, M. D. Li-

centiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, &c.

XXVII. Transactions of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edin-

burgh, instituted May 1. 1821. Vol. II.

XXVIII. Doubts of Hydrophobia as a specific Disease to be communi-

cated by the Bite of a Mad Dog; with Experiments on

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