THE LANCET. A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Physiology, Surgery, Chemistry, MDCCC LIV. IN TWO VOLUMES ANNUALLY. VOLUME I. EDITED BY THOMAS WAKLEY, SURGEON, M.P. DURING EIGHTEEN YEARS FOR THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF FINSBURY, LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR, AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE CHURCHILL, 423, STRAND. THE LANCET. Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Physiology, Surgery, Chemistry, No, L TOL L. 1854. CLINICAL LECTURES on Dis- On a Case of Sarcina Ventriculi associated with Fatty Degenera tion of the Liver. By Robert Barnes, M.D. Lond... Beport of a Case of Extensive Phazedanic Ulceration, successfully treated by the Actual Cattery. By S. T. Chadwick, MD, Edin, M.R.C.S. Eng.......... C the Successful Treatment of Cholers, in Canada. By George G. God, M.D., &c. A MIRROR OF THE PRACTICE S. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL: Carina Ventriculi Criticism, Literature, and News. THE BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY For England, Wales, and Scotland, PRICE SIX SHILLINGS, IS NOW PUBLISHING. THE BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY OFFICE, 423, STRAND. United Kingdom. The Second Edition, in 8vo, price 5s. Preparing for publication, Second Edition, 8vo, On the Action of Medicines in the SYSTEM; or, the Mode in which Therapeutic Agents introduced into the Stomach produce their peculiar Effects on the Animal Economy, By F. W. HEADLAND, B.A., M.R.C.S. London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. Just Published, on India paper, price 7s. 6d,, A Portrait of R. D. Grainger, Esq., F.R.S., Lecturer on Physiology, St. Thomas's Hospital, &c. &c. &c. and Diseases of the Notice. The Microscopical Journal, Anatomy London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Post Octavo, 78. 6d. edited by E. LANKESTER, M.D., F.R.S., &c., and G. BUSH, F.R.C.S.E., Practical Remarks on Gout, Rheu-The Visiting List for 1854. MATIC FEVER, AND CHRONIC RHEUMATISM OF THE JOINTS. By E. B. TODD, M.D., F.R.S., Physician to King's College Hospital, &c. &c. Todd's book deserves the careful perusal of every one who wishes thaly to understand these diseases."- EDINBURGH MEDICAL AND SURGI "With the treatment of every feature, constitutional and local, our author appears to be intimately familiar. We feel satisfied that further van will confirm the views taken by Dr. Todd."-DUBLIN MEDICAL London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Now ready, No. I., price One Penny, and Part I., price Fivepence, of fession, the price has been greatly reduced, and the bulk so diminished as to Fourth edition, just published, illustrated, price 1s. Gilbert on the Extraction of Teeth being a work descriptive of a new and much less painful method of perating, by means of GILBERT'S PATENT FULCRUM. The jaw cannot be fractured, or the gums lacerated; there is less danger of breaking the Dr. Lardner's Museum of Science diseased tooth, and of hemorrhage, &c. Prical Sciences, and on their Application to the Uses of Life. 1,19 & wrapper, and in Quarterly Volumes, neatly bound, price One Shil- SHORTLY WILL BE PUBLISHED, In Royal Octavo, A Practical Exposition of the other Medical Practitioners having complained of the frequent use of Antimonial Powder, instead of the "Genuine James's Powder" prescribed, Physiology and Chemistry of Digestion, have represented to Messrs. NEWBERY, that the price of the powder has he led to this fraudulent practice, and has also greatly prevented the and of the CONDITIONS of the HUMAN BLOOD in HEALTH and DISEASE. By GOODCHILD WAKLEY, M.D. London. Feap 8vo, pp. 288, price 4s. Disease in Childhood. By Robert ELLIS, M.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c. Tables of "Diet for Sick Children" are added to the work. "The book is obviously the production of a thoughtful and intelligent man. It is soundly and clearly expressed, and we can strongly recommend it."BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL QUARTERLY REVIEW. G. Cox, King-street, Covent-garden, London. Also by the same Author, more general use of the powder; Messrs. Newbery have, therefore, yielded to the suggestions of the Profession, and have reduced the price; and, to secure the use of the genuine medicine, recommend that the same should be prescribed as prepared by Messrs. Newbery, thus-" Pulv. Jacobi Ver." (Newbery's.) The price for dispensing will henceforth be reduced from 21s. to 9s. an ounce. The genuine has the name, "F. Newbery, 45, St. Paul's," engraved on the Government Stamp. White's Saccharized Hydrate of MAGNESIA. This elegant and new preparation of magnesia may be relied on for its Chemical purity. The manufacturer having devoted several years to its preparation, can with confidence introduce it to the Medical Profession, from many of whom he has had the pleasure of receiving evidence of approval. The preparation is Pure Magnesia, freed from all unpleasant taste, but possessing both an alkaline and detergent property, each ounce containing an equivalent to twenty grains of the carbonate. For uneasiness is produced, by reason of its not liberating carbonie acid. It will suspend many medicines, such as camphor, or rhubarb. Magnesia, in the form it is in this preparation, has lately been found the best antidote for numerous poisons, both metallic and vegetable. DISEASE OF THE CERVIX UTERI: a New Method of children and delicate persons it has proved most useful, as no disturbance or Exhibition; together with specimens of every improvement in the art. The Teeth.-Mr. Alfred Jones, of Gros riginals of THE LANCET PORTRAITS on view. H Silverlock's Medical Label Ware-appearance, and the unerring accuracy with which they are often to the • house, LETTER-PRESS, COPPER-PLATE, and LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING OFFICES, 3, Wardrobe-terrace, Doctor's-commons, London. The members of the medical profession are respectfully informed that at H. Silverlock's establishment they will find every kind of Label they can possibly require; and also that every description of Engraving, Letterpress, Copper-plate, and Lithographic Printing is executed by competent workmen, and at the lowest charges. Catalogues of each sort of Labels are published separately, and will be sent per post on application. Drug Price Currents forwarded free of Postage, on application, by Messrs. HEWLETT and GODDARD, Wholesale Druggists, 6, Arthur-street West, Upper Thames-street, near London Bridge, removed from Hatton-garden; containing the ready Cash Prices for Drugs and Pharmaceutical Preparations of the purest quality, Messrs. H. and G. solicit the attention of the Medical Profession resident in the Provinces, Infirmary Committees, Dispensaries, &c. &c., to the advantages attendant upon the above Price Current. Indian Bael. —“ As to the venor-street, has recently completed a new and important improvement in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, The superiority of their fitted mouth, wires, or and the lightness their con struction, gives greater facility in mastication and freedom to the speech, and imparts a more youthful appearance to the countenance than has hitherto been attained; they support any teeth that may be loose, and have been tested by many of the first medical men, the nobility, and gentry, from whom he has received the most flattering acknowledgments of success. Supplied only by Mr. ALFRED JONES, Surgeon-Dentist to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her late Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, and his late Majesty Louis Philippe, the ex-King of the French, &c.-64, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.-At home from Eleven until Five. Teeth-By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.-Newly-invented and Patented application of Chemieally-prepared White India-rubber in the construction of Artificial Teeth, Gums, and Palates.-Mr. EPHRAIM MOSELY, Surgeon-Dentist, 61, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, sole Inventor and Patentee.-A new, original, and valuable invention, consisting in the adaptation, with the most absolute perfection and success, of CHEMICALLY-PREPARED WHITE INDIARUBBER as a lining to the ordinary gold or bone frame. The extraordinary Bael results of this application may be briefly noted in a few of their most promi Fruit," says a professional friend in Calcutta, "I consider it the most eertain remedy we possess for Dysentery and Diarrhea, I have frequently seen it arrest the progress of these diseases in twenty-four hours, after all other medical treatment had failed. See "Practical Observations," by J. R. Martin, Esq., F.R.S., THE LANCET, July 16th. The Bael is imported and sold Wholesale, both in the ripe and unripe state, and in the form of Concentrated Decoction, by M. POUND, Chemist, 198, Oxford-street. nent features, as the following:-All sharp edges are avoided; no springs, wires, or fastenings are required; a greatly increased freedom of suction is supplied; a natural elasticity, hitherto wholly unattainable, and a fit perfected with the most unerring accuracy is secured; while, from the softness and fiexibility of the agent employed, the greatest support is given to the adjoining teeth when loose, or rendered tender by the absorption of the gums. The acids of the mouth exert no agency on the chemically-prepared white Indiarubber, and, as it is a non-conductor, fluids of any temperature may with thorough comfort be imbibed and retained in the mouth, all unpleasantness of smell or taste being at the same time wholly provided against by the street, London; 22, Gay-street, Bath; 34, Grainger-street, Newcastle-onTyne. Vegetable peculiar nature of its preparation. To be obtained only at 61, Grosvenor Mathey Caylus' Gluten Vegetable CAPSULES; containing, in an unimpaired state, Copaiva and Rathany Cubebs, Citrate of iron, &c.; approved by the Academy of Medicine of Paris, and patronized by the London and Paris Hospitals, as most efficient for diseases resulting from intemperate habits. Their agreeable appearance and their astringent and tonic properties make them a most useful remedy, suited to all constitutions. Sold in Bottles, at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, with stamp, bedring the name of MATHEY CAYLUS. Sole agent in England, Robert King, Chemist, 21, Princes-street, Hanover-square, London; to be had also of all Medicine-vendors and respectable Chemists. Sir William Burnett's Patents.—In the year 1838, Patents were granted to Sir William Burnett, M.D., FRS, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy, for the use of Chloride of Zinc, as applied to the preservation of Timber, Canvas, Cordage, Cotton, Woollen, and other articles from Rot, Mildew, Moth, &c.; and in 1852 Her Majesty was pleased to grant an extension for 7 years. Parties using Chloride of Zine for any such purposes must purchase the same from the Proprietors of the Patents, at their Office, No. 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge; and any person using it without license will be proceeded against for infringement of their Patents. N.B.-The Prize Medal of 1851 was awarded by the Royal Commissioners for Sir William Burnett's Patent. The Royal Turkish Towels.-Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, and which received the Prize Medal at the Great Exhibition. The Brown Linen combines the advantages of a Flesh-brush with the qualities most desirable in a Towel; the white Cotton is the softest Towel ever made, and absorbs moisture without the necessity of using friction. To be had of all respectable Linendrapers, F and S. Windsor, Phial and Bottle MERCHANTS, DEALERS IN DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, &c., 37, BARTHOLOMEW-CLOSE, CITY. THE CHEAPEST HOUSE IN LONDON FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF MEDICAL SAMPLES AND PRICE LISTS FORWARDED FREE ON APPLICATION. Important Saving, by Pre-payment, in the PURCHASE of NEW WHITE MOULDED VIALS. Sir William Burnett's Disinfecting PREPAYMENT ON O FLUID.-The great and invariable success of Sir William Burnett's Patent Solution, in preserving Timber, &c., from Rot, and in arresting the Decomposition of Animal and Vegetable Matters, soon led to its general application as an Antiseptic or Disinfecting Agent; and for the last eight years it has been been in general use, with a success and public benefit truly marvellous, for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c.; the Prevention of Contagion; the Purification of Bilge-water and Ships'-holds, Cesspools, Drains, Water-closets, Stables, Dog-kennels, &c. It is now only necessary to caution the public against an imitation which, or the last month or two, has been advertised as an "IMPROVED CHLORIDE OF ZINC," and even recommended by selections from Sir William Burnett's own Testimonials, Sir William Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid is sold by all Chemists and Druggists, and at No. 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge. oz., 1 oz., & 1 oz. per Gross, 6s. 2 oz. 78. 8s. 10s. 6 oz. 15s. 8 oz. 288. In quantities of not less than Six Gross, assorted to suit the convenience of the purchaser, delivered to carriers in London. No charge for Package. Breakage at risk of Purchaser. 4 oz. graduated in 3 doses 12s. 6d. The above Prices being based upon a calculation which excludes all charges whatever between the Manufacturer and the Consumer, no attention can be paid to any order not accompanied by a remittance in full; but where Credit is desired, another List of Prices will be forwarded on application.-Orders and remittances to be addressed, APSLEY PELLATT & CO., THE LANCET CENERAL ADVERTISER. Twinberrow begs to draw the Pure and Healthy Leeches.-Potter TEMP, prepared expressly for him at Calcutta, its peculiar sedative properties being beachicial where opiates are inadmissible: also to his MEDICINAL EXTRACTS, prepared from the fresh plants (Hyoscyamus Niger, Conium Manatun, Atropo, Belladonna, Cotyledon Umbilicus, &c.;) also to his Liq. Tara, Liq. Galli Aparinis (a valuable alterative), Liq. Parietaria (diuretic), Liq. Bale (prepared from the Egle Marmelos, or Indian Bael), for Dyentery and Diarrhea. W. T. has a large supply of INDIAN BAEL on hand. 2, Edwards-street, Portman-square. TO PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, AND DRUGGISTS. Brown's Cantharidine Blistering TISSUE, prepared from pure Cantharidine. An elegant preparation, ricating in much less time than the Emp. Lytta P.L., easily applied and ved, and will not produce strangury or troublesome after-sores. It has ired the sanction and commendation of many of the most eminent Practi and HAILEY beg to assure the Profession, Druggists, &c., that the Leeches they offer are such as can be recommended for purity, health, and readiness of biting. Potter and Hailey, Importers of Leeches and Turkey Sponge, Herbalists, &c., 66, Farringdon-market, London. Established upwards of forty years. Blake's Aerated Citrate of Potash WATER. — BLAKE, SANDFORD, and BLAKE, 47, Piccadilly, have recently prepared an Aërated Solution of Citrate of Potash, in distilled water, which they beg to introduce to those members of the profession who may desire it for the use of their patients. It will be found an exceedingly agreeable beverage. Their Potash Water, as usual, contains 18 grains of the Bicarbonate in each bottle; Soda, 15 grains; Magnesia, 12 grains; and Ammonia, 10 grains. Seltzer, Vichy, and other foreign waters, from the respective analyses. kar in the Kingdom. -In Tin Cases, containing twelve square feet, 6s. 6d.; Galium Aparine (Hooper's) for Cuta and all Cases of six square feet, 3s. 6d. BROWN'S TISSUE DRESSING.-An elegant, economical, and cleanly stitute for all ointments as a dressing for Blisters, and may be called a Companion to the above.-In Tin Cases, containing twelve square feet, 1s. 6d. ་ "10, Finsbury-place South, March 16th, 1852. "DEAS SIR,-I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a case of your CanthariTissue, as well as a case of your 'Tissue Dressing,' for which I have to Ser you my best thanks. "I have given both preparations a thorough trial, and cannot refrain from speaking of them in the highest terms. The Cantharidine Plaster' is the at elegant and effective blistering agent with which I am acquainted, and repares a trial or two to ensure its being preferred before those applicaof a similar kind that are now in use. "To Mr. Brown," "I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, "JOHN GUY, F.R.C.S., "Hon. Surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital, &c. &c. &c. Mr. Dalrymple presents his compliments to Mr. Brown, and is much hed to him by his kindness in sending Specimens of his Preparation for Bastering, ke. Mr. D. delayed answering this present until he had had an tity of testing it in practice, and is most happy to acknowledge its y, elegance, and cheapness, and he has recommended it with great satisaction." Grosvenor-street, London. "Army Medical Department, Jan. 16, 1847. "The principal Medical Officer of the General Hospital, Fort Pitt, Chatham, that Mr. BROWN'S BLISTERING TISSUB has been used extensively in The Military Hospital,--has been found effective as a Vesicatory, when careay apple, and has not been productive of any degree of Strangury. "ANDREW SMITH, M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals. "Mr. T. B. Brown, Druggist, Handsworth, Birmingham." Prepared by Thomas B. Brown, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 42, Admiral, Vauxhall-bridge-road, London; and sold by the Sole Consignee, Mr. Bailey, Wolverhampton, and all wholesale and retail Druggists and Medicine Agents throughout the British Empire. IMPORTANT TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. Davenport's Syrup of the Iodide of QUININE AND IRON. FROM DR. GOLDING BIRD. "48, Russell-square. "I have now for some time employed pretty largely the triple Compound Ladine, Quinine, and Iron, prepared by Mr. John T. Davenport, in the Syrup. I do not hesitate to express my opinion of its great value a therapeutic agent. It has appeared to me that the Quinine assisted the assimilation of the Iron, and I have found it to be of very great value case in which the use of the Iodide of Iron is recognised. This triple med posesses many advantages over the simple Iodide, and not the least of them is the satisfactory manner in which it is tolerated by the ch, especially if administered (as all preparations of Iron ought to be) imately after a meal. "GOLDING BIRD, A.M., M.D., F.R.S., "Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, "Physician and Professor of Materia Medica, at Guy's." FROM DR. GEORGE P. MAY. neous Diseases, Psoriasis, &c. DR. WINN, of Finsbury-square, having published in "The Medical Gazette," October 4th, 1851, an account of the peculiar properties of the Galium Aparine in Cutaneous Diseases, Lepra, Psoriasis, &c., Mr. Hooper has given his attention to preparing it in various forms. Dr. Winn finds the inspissated juice the most efficient preparation, which can be had from Mr. Hooper, or direct through the Wholesale Houses. HOOPER, Operative Chemist, Pall Mall East, and Grosvenor-street. FOR EPILEPSY. Cotyledon Umbilicus.-The intro duction of this valuable agent has proved a valuable discovery. The satisfactory accounts Mr. HOOPER has received have induced him to pay great attention to its collection and preparation. He cautions medical men against the use of worthless preparations, passed off for his, and as prepared for Mr. Salter, &c. Mr. Hooper has instructions to state that Mr. Salter never used any but what he has obtained from him. A copy of Mr. Salter's reports in the "Medical Gazette" sent free by post. HOOPER, Operative Chemist, Pall Mall East, and Grosvenor-street. Hooper's Inspissated Juice of Tarax ACUM, prepared by dry air, can be obtained in the following The EXTRACT; dose, a tea-spoonful. forms: The FLUID EXTRACT; dose, a dessert-spoonful. The LIQUOR, with CORTICAL ESSENCE of SARSAPARILLA; dose, a dessert-spoonful. With Seltzer Water, either of these preparations forms a pleasant draught, and with which their effects are greatly augmented. "For emaciated constitutions, I know of no medicine equal to Hooper's Taraxacum and Sarsaparilla."-DR. JOHNSON. For Affections of the Liver, Kidneys, Jaundice, Indigestion, Cutaneous Affections, and Constipation, these preparations have long been prescribed by the most eminent of the Faculty with the best results. The above Extracts of Taraxacum, when mixed with water, produce a milky appearance, similar to the juice in its fresh state. INSPISSATED JUICE of COTYLEDON UMBILICUS, for Epilepsy, introduced by Mr. Salter, of Poole (see “Medical Gazette" of March 2nd and May 11th), for whom Mr. Hooper first prepared it, and has continued to do so, Mr. Salter finding it to possess the properties of the fresh juice. The following remarks of the Rev. A. Leapingwell show the value of Taraxacum when properly prepared :— "So valuable a preparation as your Taraxacum can need no recommendation from me; still I feel bound to say its beneficial effects have surpassed my most sanguine expectations. My mother, who is in her 78th year, and who through the greater part of her life has been a martyr to liver complaint, appears to have had ten years added to her life by a three months' use of it. "I remain, yours truly, ARTHUR LEAPINGWELL. "To Mr. Hooper, 7, Pall-mall East." "Haydon Vicarage, Sleaford. BRIGHTON SELTZER WATER, 4s. per doz. Other factitious Mineral Waters, at a reduction of 25 per cent. HOOPER, Operative Chemist, 55, Grosvenor-street, and 7, Pall-mall East, London. Laboratory, Great Scotland-yard. TO SURGEONS, CHEMISTS, &c. Farting for some time past extensively used the ternary Compound of Sulphates of Quinine, (without tire, Iodine, and Iron, prepared by Mr. J. T. Davenport, I can with testify to its marked efficacy in cases of Struma and Anemia, ed, indeed, in all instances in which the exhibition of Iron and its Comis is indicated. This preparation appears to combine all the therapete powers of its constituents, without their nauseous qualities, which sit an admirable medicine in the treatment of some of the disorders of Cad "Maldon. "GEO. P. MAY, M.D." STRUP OF THE IODIDE OF ZINC, as prepared for Dr. Barlow, Gay's Hospital. TARANACUM (Davenport's) LIQUOR, or FLUID EXTRACT, prepared 7 Spontaneous Inspissation, possesses every characteristic of the Fresh are, and has proved highly efficacious where the ordinary Extracts have Pael inert. Dose, a liquid drachm. 65. per lb. CITRATE OF QUININE AND IRON, 25 per cent. of Quinine. 43. 6d. SYRUP OF THE IODIDE OF IRON (P.L.), 3s. per lb. T. DAVENPORT, Operative Chemist to H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Alcohol,) Patented 28th July, 1853, by EDWARD HERRING, Chemical Works, Trinity-street, Southwark, London.-These Sulphates of Quinine are prepared by extracting the colouring of the bark by means of a caustic solution of Soda or Potash, thus avoiding the necessity of the usual bleaching agent,impure Animal Charcoal,--and dispensing with the use of Alcohol. The Patent has therefore the advantage of manufacturing a Sulphate of a quality very superior to that produced by the ordinary Spirit process. The WHITE (BLEACHED) SULPHATE is the usual article of commerce, but being manufactured by the patent Caustic Alkali process, requires the agency of pure Animal Charcoal for the perfect bleaching of the Salt, producing a whiteness which is scarcely possible to be obtained by the hitherto known processes. Put up in the usual 1 oz. bottles; also in 4oz. bottles (free). The UNBLEACHED SULPHATE, although of such recent introduction, has not only been chemically tested and approved, but already put into extensive application by the large London and Provincial Hospitals and Dispensaries. The crystalline form is the same, and is, in every respect, identical with the usual white article, with the exception of the one being bleached and the other unbleached. Independently therefore of its commercial purity, the vast saving of about 20 per cent, in price is not the least of its recommendations. Put up in bottles (free) of 3 oz. each; also 1oz. sample |