THE

EDINBURGH

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

JOURNAL:

EXHIBITING

A CONCISE VIEW

OF THE

LATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES

IN

MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND
PHARMACY.

VOLUME EIGHTEENTH.

1822.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by the Heirs of D. Willison,

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND COMPANY, EDINBURGH ;

HURST, ROBINSON AND COMPANY, LONDON;

AND JOHN CUMMING, DUBLIN.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. XVIII.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

No. LXX.

Page

ART. I. Outline of an Inquiry on the Pathology of Consumptive Diseases. By

John Abercrombie, M. D. Part II.

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II. Remarks on Tropical Diseases. By James Thomson, M. D.

III. On the Medical and Moral Treatment of Young Women who have

swallowed Laudanum in large Quantity, with a design of proving

Fatal to Life; illustrated by two Cases successfully treated. By

William Howison, M. D.

IV. Observations and Cases, illustrative of the Pathology and Treatment

of Necrosis. By Robert Knox, M. D.

V. Official Report, containing a Case of Disease of the Knee-joint, with

Necrosis of the Patella, its Excision, and subsequent Amputation

of the Thigh. By James Elliot, Surgeon to the Forces, Barbadoes.

Communicated, according to the Instructions of the Director-Ge-

neral, by Theodore Gordon, M. D. Physician to the Forces

VI. Case of Difficult Parturition, from the Locking of the Heads of

Twins. By Mr James Alexander Junior

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VII. Sketch of two small Supernumerary Muscles of the Arm. By Mr

Michael Dawson. (With an Engraving.)

VIII. On the Uses of the Spleen. By Mr Thomas Hodgkin

No. LXXI.

IV. Case of Tetanus, arising from a Contusion on the Belly a fortnight

after receiving the Injury. By Mr George Barr

V. Observations on the Disease usually termed Puerperal Fever, with

Cases. By William Campbell, M. D.

VI. Case of General Dropsy, in which copious Blood-letting was employ-

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Anr. I. Cases of Poisoning.

By Mr Alexander Murray

II. On the Contagious Nature of the Yellow Fever. By Alexander

Coventry, Esq.

III. Observations on Variola, Varicella, and Modified Small-pox. By

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James Reed, M. D.

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ed with Success. By Robert Graham, M. D.

VII. An Account of some Experiments made upon Dogs bitten by the

Cobra de Capello, or Coluber Naja. By James Rankine, M.D.

VIII. On the Use of the Dilute Sulphuric Acid in Cutaneous Affections.

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By Mr J. Fosbroke

IX. Narrative of a Case of Tie Douloureux. By Mr George Nesse Hill 241

X. Case of Painful Subcutaneous Tubercle. By Mr David Laing 245

No. LXXII.

ART. I. On the Sporadic Abdominal Typhus of Young People. By Her-

mann Autenrieth, M. D.

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