THE

DUBLIN JOURNAL

OF

MEDICAL SCIENCE,

&c. &c.

THE

DUBLIN JOURNAL

OF

MEDICAL SCIENCE;

EXHIBITING

A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW

OF THE

LATEST DISCOVERIES

IN

MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND THE COLLATERAL
SCIENCES.

VOL. IX.

DUBLIN:

PUBLISHED BY HODGES AND SMITH,
21, COLLEGE-GREEN;

LONGMAN, REES, & CO. AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.LONDON;
MACLACHLAN AND STEWART, EDINBURGH; AND

SMITH AND SON, GLASGOW.

1836.

Printed by R. GRAISBERRY.

CONTENTS OF No. XXV.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ART. I.-On a peculiar Affection of the Nerves of the Teeth.

By ROBERT J. GRAVES, M. D., King's Professor of the

Institutes of Medicine

ART. II.-Practical Observations on some of the most common

Causes of tedious Labour. By ROBERT LITTLE, M. D.,

Physician to the Belfast Hospital, Physician Accoucheur

to the Belfast Lying-in Charity, Physician to the Ulster

Female Penitentiary, Lecturer on Midwifery and Diseases

of Women and Children, &c. &c. &c.

ART. III.-Researches on Laennec's Vesicular Emphysema,

with Observations on Paralysis of the Intercostal Muscles

and Diaphragm, considered as a new Source of Diagnosis.

By WILLIAM STOKES, M. D., M. R. I. A., one of the

Physicians to the Meath Hospital, &c.

PART 1ST.-Signs connected with the Intercostal Muscles and

Diaphragm

Tabular view of signs in cases with and without diaphragmatic

displacement.

Signs from displacement of the Mediastinum

Signs from the existence of Bronchitis

Treatment of dilatation of the cells

PART 2ND.-On Paralysis of the Intercostals and Diaphragm, con-

sidered as a new source of Diagnosis

ART. IV.-Observations on the Effects of Cold on the Human-

Body, and on a Mode of measuring Refrigeration. By

JONATHAN OSBORNE, M. D., President of the King and

Queen's College of Physicians, &c. &c.

ART. V.-On Fistula Lachrymalis, in which a new Method of

operating is proposed; and on Injuries of the Eye from

Lime and Foreign Bodies. By ARTHUR JACOB, M. D.,

M. R.I.A., Professor of Anatomy in the Royal College of

Surgeons, and one of the Surgeons to the City of Dublin

Hospital

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