INDEX.

A

ABDOMEN, Physical Diagnosis of the (review),

85

Abdominal pregnancy, supposed extra-uterine,

473

Abdominal supporter, Dr. Fitch's, 267

Aberdeen University and King's College, 307;

pass-list, 163; Universities, note of Dr. Chal-
mers on, 271

Abortion, an inquiry into some of the relations

between menstruation, conception, and lacta-
tion, and the influence of lactation in causing,

510

Absence of the anterior walls of the bladder

and pubic abdominal parietes, operation for
directing the orifices of the ureters into the
rectum; temporary success, 568

of the representatives of the medical
profession at the funeral of the great Duke of
Wellington, 496
Action for damages, Newcastle, 137; for defa-
mation, Edinburgh-Lizars v. Syme, 582
Acupuncture needle, new, 362

Acute inflammation of the knee-joint; pro-
tracted morbid state of the articulation;
amputation of the thigh: death, 471
Adams, Mr. J. (see Lectures); cases under the
care of, 9, 424; clinical lecture on a case of
gonorrheal ophthalmia, 28
Address to students, 292
Adulterations of Cayenne pepper, 19; curry-
powder, 63; of coffee, Treasury minute re-
scinded, 137, 158, 204; of vinegar, 200;
Tables, 202, 203, Messrs. Hill, Evans & Co.,
814; of potted meat and fish, 449; of sauces,
527

Advertising, a new mode of, 557

Affections allied to epilepsy, on the pathology
of, 478

Ague treated by terebinthinate liniment along
the spine, 107

Air-passages, mopping out the, 341, 366
Alæ nasi, compression of, for epistaxis, 445
Albuminous and saccharine urine, development
of torulæ in, 531; and fatty urine, sequel to
a case of, 592

Alderson, D. J. (see Lectures).

Aldis, Dr., a specimen of perforating ulcer, 455;
on purulent effusion and empyema, 592
Alexander, Dr. J., on the sea-bathing infirmary,
Scarborough, 226

Allanson, Mr. J., of Leeds, testimonial to, 505
Amended draught bill on medical reform, 496,

499

American slavery and the medical profession,

523

Ammonio-magnesian 'phosphate occurring in
the urine and other animal liquids, 151
Amputation of a healthy upper jaw, as a pre-
liminary step to the removal of a fibro-plastic
tumour of the pharynx, 58; of the leg in
utero, 326

ANALYTICAL SANITARY COMMISSION.
RECORDS OF THE RESULTS OF MICROSCOPICAL
AND CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF THE SOLIDS
AND FLUIDS CONSUMED BY ALL CLASSES
OF THE PUBLIC (Illustrated by numerous
Engravings):

On Poisonous Cayenne Pepper:
Results of the microscopical and chemical
examination of twenty-eight samples of
Cayenne pepper, purchased at the establish-
ments of grocers and oilmen resident in the
metropolis, 15

Curry-Powder, and its Adulterations:

Coriander, Cardamom, Cummin, and Fonu-
greck seeds; results of the microscopical and
chemical analyses of twenty-six samples of
curry-powder, purchased at the establish-
ments of various grocers and oilmen in the
metropolis, 63

On Poisonous Bottled Fruits and Vegetables :
Results of the chemical examination of
thirty-four samples of bottled fruits and
vegetables, purchased at the establishments
of many of the principal preservers of these
articles; as also obtained from grocers, fruit-
erers, and other retailers resident in the
metropolis: red currants, raspberries and
currants, cherries, gooseberries, greengages,
French olives, Spanish olives, limes, rhubarb,
rhubarb and gooseberries, peas, 133

Vinegar, and its Adulterations (Second Report):

Results of the chemical examination of
twenty-eight samples, purporting to be from
the vinegars of the different makers and
merchants by whom London and its suburbs
are supplied, and as procured from various
grocers, publicans, and oilmen, 200; the
vinegars of Messrs. Hill, Evans & Co.; the
vinegar of Messrs. Champion & Co, 270, 314
Anchovies, their substitutions and adultera-
tions:

Results of the microscopical, chemical, and
general examination of twenty-eight sam-
ples of anchovies, purchased of oilmen,
grocers, and bottlers of this fish, resident
in the metropolis, 539

On Potted Meats and Fish: their Adultera-
tions:

Results of the microscopical and chemical
examination of twenty-eight samples of
potted meats and fish-viz., tongue, beef,
Hamburgh beef, ham, Westphalian ham;
bloaters, shrimps, and anchovy paste, 449
On Sauces, and their Adulterations:

Results of the microscopical and chemical
examination of thirty-three samples of the
principal sauces, obtained chiefly from manu-
facturers: India soy, Harvey's fish sauce,
Cock's Reading sauce, Hickson's, Lazenby's,
and Wix's King of Oude's sauce, Burgess's
John Bull sauce, Soyer's sauce succulente,

Soyer's relish, Great Western sauce, Tomato
sauce, essence of lobsters, essence of shrimps,
essence of anchovies, Freeman's fish sauce,
527; potted meats and essence of anchovies,
530

Analytical Sanitary Commission and anchovies,
letter from Mr. Trowell on; letter of Hill,
Evans and Co., 252; and "Blackwood's
Magazine," 341

Anchovies, results of the examination of, 359
Anchylosis of the humero-ulnar articulation;
excision of the joint, 518

Andersonian University, Glasgow, 307
Aneurism of the left carotid artery, close to the
origin of the vessel; Brasdor's operation, 57:
of bone, 155; popliteal, cured by deligation,
396; popliteal, treatment of by pressure,
214, 325; thoracic, of uncertain seat, 469;
thoracic, consequent upon a blow on the
right side of the chest, 469; traumatic, after
venesection from the arm, cured by forced
flexion of the limb, 445

Animal Electricity (review), 12
Anniversary meeting of the Provincial Asso-

ciation at Oxford, 40, 110

Answer to a "" Warning Voice" on old Life
Offices, 224

Anticipations of cholera, 317
Aorta, disease of the, and hypertrophy of the
left ventricle of the heart, case of, 172
Aphorisms, professional, 244
Apothecaries' Hall, and their regulations, 42,
59; Company, and its prosecutions, 46; clas-
sical and mathematical examination pass-
list, 340; distribution of prizes, 481; election
of examiners, 163; examination at, 161; pass-
lists, 21, 43, 69, 91, 115, 138, 163, 185, 206,
229, 273, 317, 340, 364, 432, 456, 481, 505,
580, 600; regulations of the, 199; Ireland,
election of officers, 139; regulations, 311
Appointments: Civil, Mr. A. Freer, of Stour-
bridge, to the fellowship of Queen's College,
Birmingham; Dr. H. F. A. Goodridge, 76;
Mr. Wildbore, Mr. Adams, 91; Dr. E. How-
ard, 156; Dr. Moorhead, Dr. Heise, 185;
Mr. T. Abraham, to the Common Council,
273; Dr. Torry, to Lincoln General Dispen-
sary, 317; Dr. Anderson, to the chemical
chair, Glasgow University; Mr. Geo. Simpson,
as resident medical officer, Leicester; Dr.
Briscoe Owen and Dr. H. W. Carter, as
deputy-lieutenants of Kent, 341; Mr. John -
Sutton, deputy-lieutenant, Kent, 432; Dr. D.
Price, chairman of the Margate Local Board
of Health, 365; Mr. J. H. Simpson, to the
Leeds Public Dispensary, 389; Mr. W. Adams,
to St. Pancras Dispensary, 411; Dr. R.
Jamieson, to the lectureship on practice of
medicine, 425; Mr. O. Pemberton, to the Gene-
ral Hospital, Birmingham, 433; Mr. B. Hunt,
to the Kent County Ophthalmic Hospital, 472;
Dr. Tanner re-appointed to the Hospital for
Women; Dr. M. Schulhof, 547; Mr. C. Hogg,

405

215

600; Mr. H. J. Franks, Dr. C. Kidd, Mr. C.
H. Tovey, Dr. R. Pentland, 600; Collegiate,
Royal College of Surgeons, Mr. C. H. Haw-Bennett, Dr. R., cases of empyema, and the
kins, Mr. Luke, Mr. Keate, Mr. Gulliver, character of the prevalent pleuro-pneumonia,
Mr. Partridge, Mr. B. B. Cooper, 69;
Militia, Mr. G. Curme to Dorset militia; Bennett, Mr. G., on a case of placenta prævia,
G. B. Childs to London Militia, 412; Dr. W.
Williams, surgeon to Flintshire Rifle Regi-|
ment, 434, 457; Military, W. J. A. Orr, to 1st
Dragoons; G. P. T. Hill, to 17th Foot. 457;
Mr. G. Hyde, Mr. A. H. Frazer, Dr. A. Grier,
Mr. C. W. Griffith, 481; Mr. G. Moseley, 411;
W. C. Howtson, 600; Naval, Mr. A. Cross,
115; Dr. Beverige, Mr. Murphy, Mr. C. H.
Chambers, 185; Dr. J. Dawson, Dr. David
Geddes, Dr. J. Angus, Mr. W. G. J. Ayres,
Mr. W. J. Moore, 229; Assistant Surgeon
Seaton Wade to the "Fisguard;" Mr. J.
Stewart, Mr. H. Macfarlane, Mr. W. Ray,
Mr. J. Lilburn, 582; Dr. Willis, 600.
Army, the medical department of the Indian,
475; medical service, 302

Arsenic, case of poisoning by two ounces of,
recovery, 299

Artists Amicable Fund, 481

Ashton, Mr. T. J., on cases of fissure of the
anus and ulcer of the lower part of the rectum,
125; on the prevention of bed-sores, 430
Asiatic Cholera in an English Village (review),
444

Assistant medical officers of lunatic asylums,
249; surgeons of the navy, 45, 161
Assistants, medical, 114; unqualified, and the
medical bill, 557

Assumed medical titles, 432

Assurance offices and the medical profession,
68, 206, 272, 535; the Provincial Association
and, 199

Asylum, the regenerate model, 38
Atkinson, Dr. J. C., letter from-rich and poor, |
and a word on the carbuncular epidemic,

338

Dr. J. G., on the cause of tuberculosis,
with suggestions as to its prevention, 515
Atmopathic treatment, 505
Atrophy of the leg, on a simple boot for (with
an engraving), 467, 495; of the brain, 588
Avery, Mr. J., on the treatment of cleft palate,
29; cases under the care of, 193, 194, 326
Ayton, Mr. J., letter on loss of hair, 140

B

Babington, Dr., cases under the care of, 400, 401
Bail Court, the Queen v. Jackson, 505
Baker, Henry, prosecution of, by the lunacy
commissioners, 13

Ballingall, Sir George, abstract of an introduc-
tory lecture to a course of military surgery, 459
Barbadoes, yellow fever at, 389, 434
Barclay, Dr., cases of paraplegia, 386
Barnes, Dr. R., on eau-de-luce in serpent-bites,
481; an inquiry into some of the relations
between menstruation, conception, and lacta.
tion, and the influence of lactation in causing
abortion, 510; paper on menstruation, con-
ception, and lactation, discussion on, 532
Barrow, Mr. J., letter on professional etiquette,

482

Berlin, cholera at, 185, 365
Berzelius, autobiography of, 273
Bethlehem Hospital, another job at, 199; Court
of Common Council, their duty in the case of,
403; Court of Aldermen, the explanation of
Sir Peter Laurie, concerning the confidential
report of the commissioners, 447; election-
eering at, 38, 60; election at, 66; Dr. Wood's
resignation, 67; extraordinary powers of the
president and treasurer, 356; governors' re-
ply, 527; homicidal attack on a keeper at,
403; irregularities of, 13; its irresponsible
governors, 573; lunacy commissioners and
the public-recent disclosures, 335; notice by
Alderman Farebrother, 582; position of the
medical officers in relation to the abuses
recently disclosed, 383; proposed reforms of
the Lord Chancellor, 476; vacancy at, duties
of the governors on the occasion of filling it
up, 180; the history of this corporate institu-
tion, 598

Birkett, Mr., cases under the care of, 216
Birmingham, the Queen's Hospital, 229
Births during the week, 69, 139, 163, 186, 230,
252, 274, 818, 341, 365, 589, 412, 434, 457,
559, 583

Bishop, Mr. J., on some of the principal at-
tempts to reduce the phenomena of the
human body to an exact science, 372; cast
of the ankle-joint and foot of a noble lord, 373
Blackwood's Magazine and the Analytical Com-
mission of THE LANCET, 341

Bladder, dilatation of, in a new-born infant,
386; extroversion of the, description of two
cases, 541; puncture of, through the sym-
physis pubis, 42

Blair v. Frost, important decision, 228
Blane, Sir Gilbert, gold medal, award, 45
Blennorrhagia and Syphilis, their Nature and
and Treatment (review), 494
Board of Health, necessity for a change in the
constitution and arrangements of the, 87
Boils, use of yeast in the treatment of, 118
Bonnet, M., on the treatment of varicocele by
cauterization, 244

Borham, Mr. W. H., letter on the new Mid-
wifery Boards, 580; on a case of hour-glass
contraction of the uterus, 544
Bothriocephalus latus (Russian and Swiss tape-
worm) occurring in an English child, cured
by the oil of male fern, 145
Bourjeaurd's, M., elastic stocking, made on the
principle of spiral, regular, and easily modi-
fied compression (with engravings), 473; new
bandage and air-pad for hernia, 536
Bourn v. Cox, case of, 404, 437
Bourne, Mr., letter on the late trial for man-
slaughter at Wells, 183

Bowman, Mr., cases under the care of, 153
Bradford Infirmary, election of surgeons, 412,

499

Brain, atrophy of, 588

Breach of professional etiquette, 390

Bullet found in the left ventricle of the heart
in a case of gun-shot wound of the left
shoulder, 491

Burke, Dr. Denis, medical patriarch, 185
Burslem, Dr. W. M., on Pulmonary Consump-
tion and its Treatment (review), 472
Bury, Mr. G., letter on the Medical Benevolent
College, 160

C

Cæsarian section, a case of, Madame Françoise
République, 433

Caffeine, theine or, 491

Calcis, removal of a carious os, 173
Calculus in the female, case of; extraction with-
out incision or crushing, and with the assist-
ance of instantaneous dilatation of the ure-
thra, 442; with a cork nucleus, 430, 441;
male; nucleus formed of the stem of the
parsley plant; extraction, recovery, 442
California, cholera at, 434
Cambridge University regulations, 275
Camphor as an antidote to strychnia, 80, 161
Cancer Hospital, Brompton, 427
Cancer, encephaloid, in abdomen of child five
years old, 493; medullary, in chest, without
morbid symptoms, 492; and miliary tubercle,
co-existence of in the lungs, 409

Cancerous disease of the uterus; analysis of one
hundred cases of, 40

Candidates, regulations respecting certificates
of qualification in midwifery, at the Royal
College of Surgeons of England, 558
Capsicum berries, chemical composition of, 15;
microscopical structure of, 16
Carbuncles and boils, with especial reference to
their prevalence as an epidemic, 149; table
of deaths from, 190; increase of small-pox,
191; their treatment; furuncle; whitlow, 236
Carbuncular epidemic of the lip, 174, 175, 388.
Cardamom seeds, structure of, 63
Cardiganshire, appointment of Mr. Propert as
deputy-lieutenant of, 39

Carey-street public dispensary, 185
Carotid artery, aneurism of; Brasdor's opera
tion, 57

Cartwright, Mr. R., observations on the impulse
of the heart, 375, 467, 566
Case of gun-shot wound, left shoulder, 491; of
Kirwan, 584; of nigrities, 503
Casson, Mr. F. W., on life prolonged, from
food artificially introduced into the sto-
mach, 518

Catalepsy, case of, illustrating some new prin-
ciples of treatment in convulsive and spas-
modic diseases, 101

Cataract, on the development of, note on, 455;
the pathology of, 340
Catgut introduced into the urethra; consequent
urethritis; orchitis; suppuration of the epi-
didymis on both sides; recovery, 448
Cauterization in the treatment of varicocele,

Chilblains, treatment of, 86

Children's Hospital, Ormond-street, 207
Chloroform, 489; alleged death from, 153;
another death from, 388; in croup, 506;
impending death by resuscitation by rais-
ing epiglottis, and direct insufflation, 571; |
injections in the treatment of gonorrhoea,
6, 90; ointment for hemicrania and neur-
algia, 107
Cholera the, 251, 389; breaking out of the,
115; in Germany, 251; at Warsaw, 267,
457; Poland, 341; and sanitary regulations,
316; anticipations of, 317; position of the
profession in respect to, 245; progress in
Prussia, 300; at Berlin, 185, 365; at Dant-
zic, 162; at Magdeburg, 229; in Warsaw,
143, 207; sanitary measures, and the, 337;
sulphuric acid in, 354, 432, 455, 523, 581
Chowne, Dr., cases under the care of, 81; on a
remarkable case of hirsute growth, 51
Cider in Paris, baneful effects of bad, 58
City of Dublin Hospital, 311; City Ortho-

pædic Hospital, anniversary dinner, 43;
City of London Assurance Society, Mr. E.
F. Whitaker on, 68
Clark, Sir James, letter from, 87

Mr. Le Gros, cases under the care of,
35, 175, 422

Professor, note on Marischal College,
Aberdeen, 248

Clavicle and scapula, encephaloid disease of,
34

Cleft palate, illustrations of the successful treat-
ment of, 29

Climate of the hill stations in India, 579
Clinical notes, by Dr. M. Hall: Note I. Epi-
lepsy and its treatment by tracheotomy, 374;
Note II. On the malady of the late Duke of
Wellington, 393; Note III. On tracheotony,
a new mode of opening the trachea, 419;
Note IV. The series of cases in which tra-
cheotomy or tracheotony may be required,
table of cases, 437; Note V. On epileptic
torticollis, tracheotomy in, 463; Note VI.
Case of the beneficial effects of strychnia,
486; Note VII. On muscular tic, 510; Note
VIII. On epilepsy, 540: Note IX. On the
influence of posture in the treatment of epi-
lepsy, 564

Clinical instruction, 387, 445; and the best

modes of profiting by it, 351; illustrations
of sub-acute ovaritis, 53; instruction in
Edinburgh, 458, 572; Medicine, Lectures
on (review), 85; surgery, state of, in Edin-
burgh, 561

Clitoris, enormous enlargement of the; removal
of the mass, 468

Cobra de Capello, fatal bite from a; rapid
death; autopsy, 389, 397; engraving and
description of the serpent, 398; eau-de-luce,
as an antidote for the bite of a, 431; on the
manner of treating a case of, 411; poison
of the; treatment, 431; poison, to prevent
inflammation, 474

Cock, Mr., cases under the care of, 83, 442
Codeia, 490

Cod-liver oil, new way of taking, 58
Coffee, adulteration of; Treasury minute re-
scinded, 137, 158; regulation as to chicory,

204

Cogswell, Dr. Charles, on local action of poisons,

488

Colchester County Court, 229
College gossip, 365

College of Physicians and the Board of Health,
294; of Surgeons, the coming election of
councillors at, 15; election of fellows into
the council, 45; regulations respecting new
certificates in midwifery, 550; of Surgeons,
Ireland, and navy, 502; the New Medical,
498, 527

Coma, excessive vomiting in connexion with, 396
Common-councilman, medical, 273
Compliment to the medical profession, 317
Compression of the alæ nasi for epistaxis, 445
Congenital deficiency of the diaphragm, 430
Congress of the medical profession in Germany,

318

Conia, 490

Conjunctival, sub- dislocation of the lens, 486
Conolly, Dr., resignation of, at Hanwell, 45
Constriction of the thigh in utero, 326

INDEX.

Consultations with unqualified practitioners;
Mr. Toulmin, of Blackheath, 813; with
quacks, 318

Consumption, the Nature, Symptoms, and
Treatment of (review), 379

Contraction, hour-glass, of the uterus, 544
Contribution to clinical midwifery, 174; to the
surgery of rupture, by Mr. J. Gay, 464; Mr.
J. S. Bostock, letter from, 503
Cooke, Mr. Weedon, cases under the care of,

194; on infusoria in cancer of the mouth, 385
Cooper, Mr. B. B., on cases of hernia; opera-
tion by dividing the stricture; forcible taxis;
anomalies in the form of herniæ, 122; coagu-
lable lymph; diathesis, 125; cases under the
care of, 34, 300, 470

Copahine-Mège, M. Jozeau's; cases of gonor-
rhoea treated by, 422, 423, 424, 553
Copland, Dr. J., Dictionary of Practical
Medicine (review)

Corfu, medical inspector at, 251; fever at, 389
Coriander seeds, structure of, 63

Cork Lunatic Asylum, 251; New Lunatic
Asylum, 457

Coronership for north-eastern division of Somer-
set, 491

Coroner's inquest, extraordinary way of con-
ducting, 389; summoning witnesses on, 140
Correspondents, notices to, 21, 46, 70, 92, 116,
140, 164, 186, 208, 230, 274, 294, 318, 342,
366, 390, 412, 434, 458, 482, 506, 537, 560,
584, 600

Cottenham, sanitary condition of, 388
Cotyledon umbilicus in epilepsy, 239
Coulson, Mr., on the surgical treatment of some

forms of scrofulous disease, 452 (see Lectures)
Courts, medical, importance of, 62
Court of Requests, Sydney, 12; of Session,
Edinburgh (second division), 582
Cox and Bourn, the case of, 404, 437
Cox, Mr. W. A., letter from, on the case of
Bourne. Cox, 535; retirement from Pro-
vincial Association, 498

Mr. W. J., on the treatment of cholera by
sulphuric acid, 354, 455, 581; on a case of
tumour obliterating the vena cava, 100
Credulity and ignorance, the Suffolk imposture,

245

Crewkerne and Yeovil District Medical Asso-
ciation, 388

Cripps, Mr. F., on the medical profession and
assurance offices, 248

Critchett, Mr., cases under the care of, 54, 325
Critchley, Mr., donation to Gloucester Infirmary,

430

Croft, Mr. R. C., on a simple boot for atrophy
of the leg, 467

Crouch v. the Guardians of the Shepton Mallet
Union, 162

Croup, chloroform in, 506

Crystal Palace, the New, opening on Sundays,
and the public health, 414; sea-water com-
pany, 91

Cuba, medical practitioners in, 139
Cummin seeds, structure of, 64
Curling, Mr., cases under the care of, 241
Curry-powder and its adulterations, 63
Cutaneous exhalation, effects of clothing on, 263
Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology (re-
view), 106

Cysts of the female breast in communication
with lactiferous tubes, 216; sanguineous
pelvic; pathology and treatment of 553

D

Dantzic, cholera at, 162

Davies, Dr. H., the Young Wife's Guide (re-
view), 472

Davey, Dr., testimonial to, 21

Deaf and dumb, Irish census returns, 365
Death of the president of the Western Medical
and Surgical Society of London, 579; from
atmopathic treatment, 505; from extravasion
of blood on the brain, 315; from alleged im-
proper medical treatment, 116; from the
formation of fibrinous concretion in the heart,
191; from eating poisonous fungi, 273
Declaration of the medical faculty of Leipsic, 12
Degradation of the title of M.D., 339, 364, 387,
456, 480

603

De la Rive on Electricity (review), 572
De l'Avortement Médical, by Dr. L. J. Hubert
(review), 471

Delirium tremens, use of opium in, 390
Denmark, vaccination in, 457, 505

Denny, Mr. J., on diarrhoea, its treatment by
sulphuric acid, 556

Destitution and sickness, 552

Diaphragm, congenital deficiency of the, 430;
deficiency of the muscular fibres in the left
half of the, 327

Diarrhoea, treatment of by sulphuric acid, 323,
495, 556

Dick, Dr., on Mr. Mackarsie's case of convulsions,
402

Dictionary of Practical Medicine (review), 572
Dietetics of the Soul (review), 443
Difficult question, a, 140

Difficulty, suggestions to meet a, 587
Diffuse aneurism of the femoral artery, 470
Dinner in honour of Dr. R. D. Thomson, 433
Diphtheritic exudation in scarlet fever, &c., 503
Diplomas, the power of granting, by the Irish
medical corporations and the colleges, 14;
forged, note on, 227

Directory, British Medical, 92, 140, 164, 179,
182, 186, 208, 227, 230, 252, 274, 313, 318,
342, 366, 537, 550; London and Provincial,
and quackery, 131

Disclosures at Bethlehem Hospital, 335
Disease in Childhood (review), 195
Diseases of the eye, practical remarks on, 486
Dispensary, Alie-street, anomaly in the, 205;
Western, for Diseases of the Skin, 582
Distortion of the pelvis, in which premature

labour was induced by the water douche, 517
Dixon, Mr. J., practical remarks on diseases of
the eye; on the manner in which cataract is
developed in elderly persons, 260, 455, 486
Donations, S.C.A.L., Miss Mary Hill, 536
Douche, water, use of in inducing premature
labour, 517

Draught, amended, bill, 499
Druitt, Dr., on congenital deficiency of the dia-
phragm, 430; on the treatment of vesico-
vaginal fistula, 576

Drunkards, habitual, how are they to be re-
formed? 384

Duke of Wellington, tribute of respect to, 384;
the medical treatment of, 355; and the medical
profession, 389; clinical note on the late, 393
Dumas, M., on compression of the alæ nasi for
epistaxis, 445

Duplex and another e. The Economic Life
Assurance Company, 206

Durham University, and medical degrees, 113;
and their power of making cheap physicians
and surgeons, 134; the M.B. degree at, 160
Durham, trial of Jane Harland at, for the
murder of her new-born child, 138
Dyastolic theory of the impulse of the heart, 467
Dynamics, obstetric, 178, 227
Dyspepsia, on a new method of treating, 77

E

Eastern Dispensary, Alie-street, anomaly in, 205
East India Company, and lectures on insanity, 21
East India medical service, 303; practical in-
struction at a lunatic asylum, required in the,
341

Eau-de-luce, as an antidote for serpent-bite, 431
Economic Life Assurance Company, Duplex
and another against the, 206
Ectropia vesica (absence of the anterior walls
of the bladder and pubic abdominal parietes),
directing the orifices of ureters into the rectum,
568
Elbow-joint, chronic inflammation of the, ex-
ploration, 521; excision of the, upon a child
of five years, 546; upon a child of twelve
years, 546; upon a child of eight years, 546;
recovery, 520; chronic disease, excision, 520;
removal of olecranon and coronoid process,
521; with enchondromatous inflammation, 35
Edinburgh, clinical instruction at, 413, 458,
572; Court of Session at (second division),
582; Royal College of Physicians, 305; Royal
College of Surgeons, 305; Surgeon's Hall,
306; state of clinical surgery there, 551;
University regulations, 305

:

604

Edmonds, Mr. J. W., on unqualified assistants
and medical bill, 557; letter on gratuitous
medical services, 140
Edwards, Mr. E., on chloroform in croup, 506
Egan, Dr. Myles, tribute of respect to, 505
Elastic stocking, M. Bourjeaurd's, 473
Election of councillors of the College of Sur-
geons, 15; of physicians at St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, 573, 582; of Mr. R. Gardiner Hill, as
mayor of Lincoln, 476, 481
Electioneering at Bethlehem, 38

Electricity, a Treatise on, in Theory and Prac-
tice (review), 195

Ellis, Mr., Diseases in Childhood (review), 195
Emigrant ships, surgeons to, 46, 456; unqua-
lified surgeons to, 556, 580

Emperor of the French, his visit to the Hôtel
Dieu, 559

Emphysema, spontaneous or idiopathic, 385
Empyema, cases of, and the prevalent pleuro-

pneumonia, 405; and purulent effusion, 592
Encephaloid cancer in abdomen of child of five
years old, 493; disease of lower end of left
femur, 576; of the femur, cases of, 7, 8; of
pelvis and of the femur, 9, 10; of the hume-
rus, 33; of the cavicle and scapula, 34; of
the testicle, three cases, 35
Enormous enlargement of the clitoris, removal,

468

Epidemic carbuncular disease, letter from Dr.
Gregory on, 184

Enormously enlarged spleen, 362

Epidemic of carbuncular inflammation of the
lip, 174; mild variety, very simple variety,

175

Epidemics of Ireland, 229
Epidemiological Society, 44, 230, 388, 419, 437,
.463, 540

Epilepsy, clinical notes on, by Dr. M. Hall: on

the treatment by tracheotomy, 374; -case of,
successfully treated by tracheotomy, 337;
cotyledon umbilicus in, 239; influence of pos-
ture in the treatment of, 564; on the patho-
logy of affections allied to, by Dr. Radcliffe,
394, 478

Epileptic torticollis, 463

Epistaxis, compression of the alæ nasi for, 445
Epsom, the Medical College at, 444

Erichsen, Mr., cases under the care of, 104, 105
Eruptive diseases, treatment of, 46
Erysipelas, on the treatment of, by Mr. V.
Litchfield, 517

Ether, 489

Ethics of the profession; unworthy mode of
establishing a practice, 60
Etiquette, professional, 482, 600
Evidence afforded by naval and military sta-
tistics on the vaccine question, 38
Evils of the gratuitous advice system, 108, 181,
180; of passenger-ships carrying unqualified
surgeons, 574

Examinations, M.D., University of London,

558; second, M.B., University of London,
558; for honours, 558

Examining boards and quacka, 413
Excessive vomiting in connexion with profound
coma, 396

Excision of the elbow-joint; necrosis of the
humerus, 386, 520; chronic disease, 520
Erysipelas, death, 545; head of the humerus,

547

Exeter, alleged mal-practice at, 138
Exostosis and other diseases of the teeth, on, 544
Extra-uterine abdominal pregnancy, supposed,

473

Exudation, diphtheritic, in scarlet fever &c., 503
Extroversion of the bladder, two cases, 541
Eye, paralysis of the left, extirpation of the
globe, 58; practical remarks on diseases of
the, 260, 486

F

Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow,
and the Army Medical Board, 340
Falmouth, the general election, 21
Farr, Mr., and the income-tax, 247
Fatty degeneration of the uterine fibres after
delivery, 409

Faxon, Mr., on the transmission of liquid
vaccine lymph, 67

INDEX.

Fecundity, extraordinary, 115

Fees to medical witnesses, letter from Dr. S.
Holdsworth on, 316

Fellows, new, Royal College of Surgeons, 582
Fellowship examinations 21; of the college,
letter on, 228, 271; and Mr. W. Seth Gill,

537

Femoral artery, diffuse aneurism of the, oc-
curring six months after an injury, deligation
of the vessel, 470

Femur, cases of encephaloid disease of the,
7-10

Fergusson, Mr., cases under the care of, 106,
154, 176, 376

Fever and dysentery at the General Hospital,
Calcutta, 220

Fever from patent fuel, 230; scarlet, diphtheritic
exudation in, 503

Fibrinous concretions, Dr. Ogle on, 226, 315,

339

Fibrous tumour of the lower jaw, removal of
bone, 424

Field, Mr. A. G., on removal of a carious os calcis,

173

Fife, a quack doctor at, 526

Fine arts, portrait of the late Mr. A. White,

196

Finger, the little, amputation of, dangerous
symptoms manifested after the administra-
tion of chloroform; resuscitation by galvan-
ism, 103

Fistula, treatment of vesico-vaginal, 576
Fitch's abdominal supporter, 267
Fenugreck seeds, structure of, 65

Food, artificial administration of, into the
stomach, 594

Foramen ovale, the muscular fibres of the valve
of the, 409

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.

New mode of treating varicose aneurism, by
M. Malgaigne; a West Indian Remedy for
tania solium, 37; amputation of a healthy
upper jaw, as a preliminary step to the re-
moval of a fibro-plastic tumour of the pharynx;
a new way of taking cod-liver oil; oculists
in Turkey; baneful effects of bad cider in
Paris, 58; operation for hare-lip the day
after birth; nitric acid in rain water; pro-
fessional international courtesy; treatment of
chilblains, 86; chloroform ointment for hemi-
crania and neuralgia; foreign bodies intro-
duced into the urethra; ague treated by
terebinthinate liniment along the spine, 107;
alleged death from chloroform, aneurism of
bone, 155 gun-shot wound in the cervical
region, deligation of the vertebral artery,
necrosis of a portion of the body of the sixth
cervical vertebra, death, autopsy, 195;
curious case of neuroma pervading all the
nerves of the economy; discussion in the
Acadamy of Medicine of Paris, on induction
of premature labour, 219; treatment of vari-
cocele by cauterization; professional apho-
risms, 244; a new form of itch, observed by
M. Boeck, Professor at the Faculty of Medi-
cine of Christiania; bichromate of potash
as a substitute for mercury in the treatment
of syphilis, 427; traumatic aneurism after
venesection from the arm, cured by forced
flexion of the limb; compression of the alæ
nasi for epistaxis, 445; supposed extra-
uterine abdominal pregnancy, natural de-
livery; modification of the lithotrite; the
prize for the most useful improvements in
the treatment of urinary diseases; syphili-
zation in France; pruritus of the vulva; the
syphon-douche in England and France, 473;
chancre of the meatus, death probably caused
by catheterism; hydatid cyst of the ovary,
tapping of the tumour, injection of tincture
of iodine, recovery; impending death by
chloroform, resuscitation by raising the
epiglottis, and direct insufflation, 570
Forged diplomas, letter on, 227; testimonials
and quack pills, 504

Fowler, Dr., on a fatal case of variola contem-
poraneous with vaccinia, 239

Forster, Mr. J. C., on poisoning by strychnia,
33; note from, on death from extravasation
of blood on the brain, 315

Fracture of the hand, compound, extensive
laceration, 127; of the os calcis, 177; un-
united, treated by the introduction of ivory
pegs, 152; ununited, of long standing, 205
Fractures, a new method of treating, 592
France, new School of Medicine, 841
Franchise, movement in favour of extending it
to the University of London, 525
Frauds of the homœopathic quacks, 87
Fraudulent medical partnerships, 358
Freeman, Daniel, case of, insanity and crime,

109

Freeman and Co., letter from, on potted meats
and essence of anchovies, 530
French Lunatic Asylum, Dr. Webster's report
on, 61, 246

President, the, and the medical pro-
fession, 388

Frightful evils from the indiscriminate sale of
poisons, 334

Frog, anatomy of the heart of, 434
Fruits and vegetables, poisonous bottled, 138
Fuchtersleben, Dr., Dietetics of the Soul (re-
view), 443

Fuller, Dr. H. W., on Rheumatism, Rheumatic
Gout, and Sciatica (review), 494
Funeral of the great Duke of Wellington, ab-
sence of the representatives of the profession
of medicine; neglect of medical men by the
state, 496

from infancy, 126; Rheumatic, Rheu-
matism, and Sciatica (review), 494
Grainger, Mr., visit to the Wolverhampton
Union, 381

Granular, incipient, fatty degeneration of the
heart, 578
Gratitude, 273

Gratuitous medical services, evil effects on
practitioners of medicine, 108; anomalies
of, 131; further evils of, 180; letter on,
182, 183; hospital arrangements, 198;
wretched remuneration of public medical
officers, 268.

Green, Dr. H., on treatment of diseases of
the mucous membranes of the air-passages,
259