Jervis-street Hospital, Dublin, regulations, 311 Johnson, Mr. H. C., cases under the care of, 9,
Joints, injuries and diseases of the, 121, 144 Jones, Dr. B., on albuminous and fatty urine,
Mr. G. F., on a case of placenta prævia, and fœtal monstrosity, 590 Journal, Provincial Medical and Surgical, on New Medical-Bill, 575 Jozeau, M., Copahine-Mège of, 553
Judd, Mr. J., note from, to what use can we apply the rhubarb-leaf? 458 Jurists, medical questions for, 237
Keate, Mr. cases under the care of, 106 Keith, Mr. W., on Medical Reform Bill, 549 Kelis, case of, in a little girl of twelve years old, 567
Kent Ophthalmic Hospital, 115; annual meet- ing, 139; legacy to, 433
Kidney, on the Diseases of, their Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment (review), 177 "Killing no murder," sale of poisons, 358 Kick from a horse, rupture of the jejunum, 78; on the abdomen, previous irreducible hernia, perforation of intestines, peritonitis, death, autopsy, 300
King's College Hospital, meeting of governors,
341; result of Dr. Warneford's offer, 130; and Medical School regulations, 282; Mu- seum, collection of skeletons added to, 317; introductory lecture at, 330
King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ire- land, $10
Kirwan, the case of, 584
Knee-joint, acute inflammation of the, pro-
tracted morbid state of the articulation, am- putation of the thigh, 471; excision of the, 818
Kyd, Mr. H., remarks on the effects of clothing on cutaneous exhalation, 263
Labour, induction of premature, 297; on the induction of, by the water-dash, 431 Lactation, on the influence of, in causing abor. tion, 510; tables illustrating the influence of, 514, 533
Lacy, Mr. J. P., on a case of pelvic distortion,
in which premature labour was induced by water-douche, 517
"Lady Montague," the mortality on board the, 44
Lambeth M.D., 230; and St. Andrew's, 274 Lancashire Assurance Company, and the medi- cal profession, 409
Lane, Dr. B., testimonial to, 536 Lankester, Dr., Quarterly Journal of Micro-
scopical Science (review) 353; on a new acupuncture needle, 362; on the state of the London Medical Society, 363 Lane, Mr., cases under the care of, 57 Laurie, Sir Peter, explanation of, concerning the confidential report of the Commissioners at Bethlehem, 447
"La Plata," the, 491 Lawrence, Mr., cases under the care of, 10, 104, 327
The Irregularities of Bethlehem Hospital-Pro- secution of Henry Baker, a former keeper at Bethlehem, by the Commissioners in Lunacy, 13; the power of granting diplomas by the Irish Medical Corporations and the Colleges, 14; libels upon the practitioners of medicine, 15; the coming election of councillors of the College of Surgeons, ib.; electioneering at Bethlehem-the regenerate model asylum, 88; the vaccine question-evidence afforded by naval and military statistics, ib.; appoint- ment of Mr. Propert as Deputy-Lieutenant for Cardiganshire, 39; the approaching anni- versary meeting of the Provincial Association at Oxford, 40; Bethlehem electioneering-
the conclusion of the farce, 60; the ethics of the profession-unworthy modes of esta- blishing a practice, ib.; Dr. Webster's report on French lunatic asylums, 61; importance of courts medical, 62; further frauds of homœo- pathic quacks-letter from Sir James Clark, 87; necessity for a change in the constitu- tion and arrangements of the Board of Health, ib.; Dr. R. D. Thomson and the chair of chemistry in the University of Glas- gow, 88; the income tax and the medical profession, 108; evil effects of gratuitous medical services on practitioners of medicine, ib.; case of Daniel Freeman-insanity and crime, 109; Mr. Mechi and the hygeia of the fields, 110; the quacks and their “Directory," 131; anomalies of gratuitous medical ser- vices, ib.; actions for malpractice against qualified men, 132; the new charter of the College of Physicians, 133; the University of Durham, and their power of making cheap physicians and cheap surgeons, 134; the New Medical Reform Bill of the Provincial Association, 157; necessity for medical mem- bers of Parliament, ib.; rescinding of the Treasury minute respecting the adulteration of coffee, 158; the late trial for manslaugh- ter at Wells, 159; the British Medical Directory, 160; the British Medical Directory and fictitious medical titles, 179; further evils of the gratuitous advice system, 180; the vacancy at Bethlehem Hospital-duties of the Governors on the occasion of filling it up, ib.; inoculation for small-pox in the Isle of man, 181; a medical pluralist, St. Ann's, Soho, 182; injustice of the income tax to- wards medical practitioners, 197; the New Medical Bill-importance and necessity of continued, vigorous, and united action, ib.; evils of gratuitous hospital services, 198; the Provincial Association and fees from life as- surance offices, 199; another Bethlehem job, ib.; the regulations of the Society of Apo- thecaries, ib.; the Hunterian Museum worthy the support of the country, 223; rising im- portance of the University of London, ib.; an answer to a "Warning Voice" on old life offices, 224; injustice of life assurance offices to medical men, 225; the position of the profession in respect to cholera, 245; the Suffolk imposture-credulity and ignorance, ib.; Dr. Webster's report on the French lunatic asylums, 246; funeral "perform- ances"-the late Duke of Hamilton, 247; Mr. Farr and the income tax, ib.; gratuitous medical services-wretched remuneration of public medical officers, 268; injustice of the War-office authorities to surgeons of militia regiments, 269; the new charter of the Col- lege of Physicians, ib.; address to students, 292; the College of Physicians and the Board of Health, 294; the British Medical Directory, 313; consultations with unquali- fied practitioners-Mr. Toulmin, of Black- heath, ib.; the motley group of medical officers of the London City Mission, 314; ob- stetric physicians and the college, 334; frightful evils from the indiscriminate sale of poisons, ib.; Bethlehem, the Lunacy Commis- sioners and the public-recent disclosures, 335; opening of the session-the introduc- tory lectures, 336; sanitary measures and the cholera, 337; the subdivision of labour- specialities in the practice of medicine and surgery; 382; Bethlehem-the position of the medical officers in relation to the abuses recently disclosed, 283; habitual drunkards -how are they to be reformed? 384; Beth- lehem-the Court of Common Council-their duty in the case, 408; homicidal attack of a patient at Bethlehem upon a keeper-evil effects of the late mismanagement, ib.; the case of Cox v. Bourn, 404; Miss Squirrell, the Suffolk wonder, 405; inequality in the numbers of patients in the medical and sur- gical wards of the London hospitals, 428; the election of surgeons to the Bradford in- firmary-legitimate medicine v. quackery, 429; The Hull Association for the Protec- tion of the Medical Profession, 430; the Uni- versity of London-the report of the select committee of the senate on the future organ-
ization of the university, 446; Bethlehem- the Court of Aldermen-the explanation of Sir Peter Laurie concerning the confidential report of the commissioners, 447; injurious tendency of the laws of the Hull Medical Protection Association, 448; generous can- duct to a poor-law medical officer, 449; elec- tion to the chair of chemistry in the Univer- sity of Glasgow, ib.; the University of Lon- don-the practical character of the examin- ations for degrees in medecine-recent ex- tensions, 475; the medical department of the Indian army, ib.; Bethlehem--the pro- posed reforms of the Lord Chancellor, 476; election of Mr. Robert Gardiner Hill ai Mayor of Lincoln, ib.; the amended draught bill on medical reform, 496; the funeral of the great Duke of Wellington-absence of the representatives of the profession of medi cine; neglect of medical men by the state, ib.i the University of London-the move- ment for obtaining the franchise, 497; the case of Mr. Cox-his retirement from the Provincial Association, 498; the New Medi- cal College, ib.; the New Medical Reform Bill, 524; the movement in favour of extending the franchise to the University of London, 525; the vacancy for the office of physician at St. Thomas's Hospital, 526; a quack doc- tor at Fife, ib.; Bethlehem Hospital-the Governors' reply, 527; New Medical College, ib.; the regulations of the College of Sur- geons respecting the new certificates in mid- wifery-their injurious tendency as regards the profession, 550; the state of clinical sur- gery in Edinburgh-Mr. Syme's comicalities, 551; destitution and sickness, workhouses and hospitals-their bad management in respect to urgent cases, 552; Bethlehem Hos- pital and its irresponsible governors, 573; the election of physician at St. Thomas's Hos- pital-termination of the contest, 574; evils of passenger-ships carrying unqualified sur- geons, ib.; the Provincial Medical Journal on the New Medical Bill, 575; unsatisfactory nature of the medical evidence in the case of William Bourke Kirwan, convicted for the murder at "Ireland's Eye," 595; Bethle hem Hospital, the history of this coporate institution, 598; necessity for qualified sur- geons to passenger-ships; death of the last surviving officer of the "Amazon," 599
The Lumleian Lectures, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians for the Session 1852.
ON THE EFFECTS OF LEAD UPON THE SYSTEM. -Remarks on the state of science, hydro- pathy, homœopathy, mesmerism, 73; valuable fruits of science, ozone, epidemics, quarantine, history of lead disease, Citois, Sir George Baker, Hippocrates, Nicander, Dioscorides, Pliny, Paulus Ægineta, Avicenna and Rhazes; use of lead among the ancients, Vitruvius, Horace, Celsus; forms of the disease, 74; channels of reception, respiration, digestive organs, state of the saliva and gastric juice, reception accidentally and medicinally, skin and conjunctiva, preliminary signs, dis- coloration of the gums and mouth, Tanquerel, Burton; taste, change of complexion, state of the blood, symptoms of lead colic, pain, con- stipation, retraction of the abdomen, nausea, eructations, vomiting, exciting causes; mana- facture of white lead, ancient method; Vitru- vius; alleged immunity of females, age of patients attacked; Perceval, Pereira, Christi- son, 95; manufacture of minium, Vitruvius; manufacture of litharge; Sir H. De la Beche, report of Messrs. Pelouse and Rayer; house painters; chemical analysis of secretions; post-mortem examinations; Tanquerel Bright, Louis, Andral; other forms of lead disease; pains in the limbs (metallic rheu matism of Sauvages-arthralgia of Tan- querel); paralysis of the upper extremities- of the lower extremities; amaurosis, deafness, loss of voice; inspections after death in para-
lysis; Hunter, Tanquerel, Devergie; compara- tive influence of lead on the system; Andral and Gavarat, Merat, 165; results of the ab- sorption of mercury by fumes exemplified in the water-gilder in metals; theory of modes of absorption of lead; treatment; empirical treatment at La Charité; purgatives, warm baths; opiates; electricity; galvanism; tonics; alkaloids; other artisans in the use of lead in various manufactures-compositors, plumbers, potters, glass-makers, sealing-wax makers, German card makers; use of lead in cosmetics, 202; acute paralysis; the Bath waters, mineral baths in general, bath of sulphide of potassium for the poor; Henlé; German opinions of lead disease, comments; acute poisoning by lead, treatment; un- scientific use of lead in medicine, exact loss of the acetate of lead when combined with extract of opium in practice; contamination of water for domestic purposes by lead; wines and fermented liquors, the beer-engine; refinement of sugar, 392; contamination of rain-water kept in leaden cisterns; of water containing lead at Claremont; the royal family of France; analytical examination of the water, and its mode of contamination explained; similar cases explained by Dr. Paris in his "Life of Sir Humphry Davy;" galvanic agency established; other sources of contamination enumerated; supply of water to London by the Government; plan of the Board of Health; the Government Commission of Chemists; filtration of water and disturbance of sediment remove the lead; real cause of poisoning; leaden pipes and cisterns; accidental causes of contamination of water; galvanic agency; abandonment of lead in the distribution of water for domestic purposes; conclusion, 416-419
Clinical Lecture on a case of Gonorrhoeal Ophthalmia, 28.
COULSON, MR. W.-
Lectures on Lithotomy and Lithotrity. Lecture III.-The ball extractor of Alphonso Ferri; the quadrupulus vesice of Franco; the forceps of Fabricius Hildanus, 1; Sanc- torius' instruments; Thomassini; Gruithui- sen's instruments for perforating and crushing calculi; instruments for crushing after perforation; M. Civiale's original in- struments, 2; Mr. Elderton's instrument for crushing; M. Amussat's crushing forceps; M. Leroy d'Etiolle's perforator, 3; improved instruments, 4; M. Civiale's improved in- struments; Mr. Weiss's instruments; Dr. Haygarth's instrument for crushing; Re- toré's instrument for measuring, 23; Mr. Weiss's catheter-forceps and screw scoop; Professor Jacobson's instruments; Baron Heurteloup's original instrument for percus- sion; Dr. Costello's modification of the ori- ginal percussor, 24; Mr. Weiss's instrument for sawing the stone; Baron Heurteloup's bed, 25; Charrière's rack and pinion; state of the urethra, prostate, and bladder, 26; position of the patient, and mode of pro- ceeding, 28 Lecture IV.-Method of removing detritus and fragments of calculus from the bladder, 71; conditions which present obstacles to the operation, 72; accidents which sometimes supervene on the operation of lithotrity, 93; instruments for crushing and removing frag- ments lodged in the urethra, 94; breaking or bending of the instruments, inclusion of the mucous membrane within the blades of the crusher, 95
Lecture V.-Pain in lithotrity; chloroform, dis- charge of blood, 141; retention of urine, cystitis, peritonitis, retention of fragments in the bladder, 142; relapse of the disease, 143
Lecture VI.-Pathological effects of urinary calculi, 170; the urethra does not necessarily suffer from the presence of stone; modifica- tions of sensibility and contractility as a consequence of stone; pathological effects of calculus, inflammation of the mucous mem- brane, hypertrophy of the muscular tissue,
chronic disease of the prostate gland, en- largement, 171; atrophy, conditions of the ureters and kidneys, obscurity of renal dis- ease, 172
Lecture VII.-Indications and contra-indica- tions of lithotrity, nature of the calculus, size of the calculus, density, form and position, con- dition of the urinary organs, 209; state of the prostate, partial or total enlargement, enlargement of the middle lobe, 210; chronic inflammation or catarrh, hypertrophy, 211; abnormal development of muscular fibres,
Lecture VIII.-Sacculated condition of the bladder, fungoid tumours, paralysis, atony, morbid sensibility, constitutional disturb- ance, *233
Lecture IX.-Lithotomy, tabular classification, embracing nearly all the various modes of operating, 295; the apparatus major of Johannes de Romanis, 296; high operation; infiltration of urine through the wound; in- struments of the time of Franco, Cheselden, Dupuytren; Hawkins's gorget, 319 Lecture X.-Lateral operation, perineal tri- angle, 367; modern instruments, position of the patient, first incision, 368; parts divided by the operation, 369; internal incision, various ways of dividing the prostate, 370; lithotome caché; seizing the stone; the modern French operation, 371
Lecture XI.-Obstacles which impede lithotomy: enlargement of the prostate, morbid condi- tion of the bladder, mucous membrane re- laxed and thrown into folds; encysted cal- culi, irregular position of the calculus; the presence of more than one calculus, small- ness of size, shape of the stone, fracture of the calculus; the calculus should always be extracted whole if possible, 415 Lecture XII.-Size of the calculus, modification of the lateral operation for calculi beyond a certain size, double incision, necessity for breaking of the calculus in the bladder- hypertrophied fibres may be caught in the blades of the forceps, 484; injury to the rectum, tearing and disorganization of the rectum; shock on the system, retention and incontinence of urine from the lateral ope- ration; impotency, 485
Lecture XIII.-Causes of death in lithotomy: hæmorrhage, arterial or venous, primary or secondary; bleeding from division of an artery during the operation; arteries of the perinæum; primary hæmorrhage may arise from division of the superficial artery of the perinæum, the transverse artery, and the internal pudic; primary hæmorrhage from irregular distribution of arteries, 507; venous hæmorrhage following division of a portion of the bulb, from the venous plexus about the neck of the bladder and prostate; secondary hæmorrhage, from various causes, opinion of Cruveilhier, infiltration of urine, circum- stances which give rise to, 508; purulent infection; inflammation of the bladder; table of the causes of death in the Parisian hos- pitals; general tendency to disease of the bladder, ureters, and kidneys, an impeding cause to the operation; choice between litho- tomy and lithotrity in renal disease, 509 Lecture XIV.-Parallel between lithotrity and lithotomy; summing up in relation to both methods considered merely as operations,
Lecture XV.-Comparison of the two methods, in the accidents they give rise to, and the cases to which they are respectively applicable, 561; conclusion, 564.
A course of lectures on some of the more Important Points in Surgery:
Lecture VI.-Wounds of the knee-joint, com- pound fractures of the patella, excision of the knee-joint, amputation of the leg, 47; exci- sion of the ankle-joint, 48; removal of the os calcis; gun-shot wounds of the foot; ampa- tation at the tarsus, 49; amputation of the foot, Mr. T. Wakley's successful operation, 50; amputation of a single metatarsal bone; M. de Beaufoy's rolling-foot, 51
Lecture VII.-Amputation at the shoulder- joint, 117; operation by two flaps, by one flap; amputation immediately below the tu- berosities of the humerus, excision of the head of the humerus, 118; amputation of the arm, excision of the elbow-joint, 119; ampu- tation at the elbow-joint, of the fore-arm, at the wrist; injuries of the hand; removal of the phalanges, 120
Lecture VIII.-Secondary amputations, mode and time of the operation; tying the arteries, animal substances as ligatures, 187; com- pound fractures, condition of the wounded after the battle of Toulouse; splintering of bone by a gun-shot, 188; lodging of ball in the bone; splintered femur should not be saved, re- moval of splinters; position of patient of much importance, varieties of splints, 189; best apparatus for compound fractures, ex- tempore bearers; fractures of the arm by musket-shot, splints and pads for, 190 Lecture IX.-Hospital gangrene, 256; treat- ment of, 257; conclusions, 258; returns of the number of cases, 259
A course of Clinical Lectures delivered at Guy's Hospital:
Lecture IV.-Case of stone in the bladder, case in which the patient died with the calculus in the bladder, exhibition of the preparation, details of the case; the symptoms of stricture of the urethra and those of stone in the bladder compared; the pathological signifi- cancy of an habitually hot and dry skin; the importance of consultations; should, in the present case, lithotomy or lithotrity be per- formed? circumstances favourable to litho- trity; question of the quantity of water which should be in the bladder during the operation of lithotrity; appearance of the urine, micro- scopical examination; determination of the lesion which produces hæmaturia; reasons for not using leeches in peritonitis connected with diseased kidney; the advantages of wash- ing out the bladder; quotation of a case in which this practice was especially useful; symptoms of urea in the blood, somnolency, irritable bladder; good effects of chloroform applied to the hypogastrium; nervous irrita- bility brought on by poisoned blood; death by coma, post-mortem examination; urine in the cavity of the abdomen, pus in the kidneys, parietes of the thickened bladder of a green colour; attempt at an explanation of this phenomenon; cause of the thickening of the bladder, and of the formation of sacculi; decomposition of the urine retained in these sacculi, 167
Lecture V.-Remarks on the case of calculus in the bladder, related in the last lecture; recapitulation of the facts of this case, con- siderations touching the amount of dilatation which the urethra should undergo by the use of catheters, rules regarding this dilatation, which is generally carried too far; the meatus urinarius is the criterion or gauge; case in which over-dilatation might have done much harm; another case in which over-dilatation and slitting up of the meatus failed to effect a cure; good results in the same case obtained by a second surgeon in adopting an opposite course; remarks on this case; question as to when a stricture of the urethra may be consi- dered cured; distinction to be made as to the age of patients; enumeration of the signs which point out that a stricture is quited cured,- viz., 1. Unobstructed passage of the instru- ment; 2. Nature of the stream; 3. Complete emptying of the bladder; 4. No ammoniacal odour; 5. Absence of mucus or pus; 6. Ab- sence of any discharge; remarks on the causes of constitutional disturbance in cases of stone in the bladder, disease of the kidney one of the principal causes, danger of resort- ing to operations of any kind with patients labouring under disease of the kidney; paral- lel between the symptoms produced by the presence of a stone in the bladder and those depending on diseased kidney; symptoms exclusively owing to the presence of the cal- culus; case illustrating such influence, for-
merly treated by Mr. Aston Key; the opera- tion of puncturing the bladder through the rectum for the complete retention of urine, dislike of some surgeons to the operation; case of complete retention of urine; enume- ration of the various symptoms of stricture, and remarks touching their cause; tumours in the perinæum, necessity of opening them early; fistulous apertures, complete retention, bleeding from the urethra from forced at- tempts at catheterism; evil effects of this practice, 234
Lecture VI. Continuation of the case of retention of urine in which the bladder was punctured through the rectum; fruitless at- tempts at passing a catheter; discharge of pus through the meatus urinarius; the use of opium in cases of retention; the surgeon should endeavour to give relief without an operation; symptoms of a full and distended bladder; distinction between suppression and retention; anatomical reasons why the blad- der distends in a particular direction; pa- rallel between the urinary apparatus and the hydraulic press; operation of puncturing the bladder through the rectum, description of the operation; precautions to be taken when the patient returns to his bed; progress of the case after the operation; great im- provement; blood in the urine; removal of the canula; severe constitutional symptoms, death; remarks upon the likelihood of peri- tonitis having taken place; safety of the operation; post-mortem examination; ana- tomical preparation showing the course of the trocar; pathological peculiarity of this patient's bladder; considerations. about the cause of death in this case; reasons why this patient's bladder was punctured through the rectum; review of the several methods of puncturing or relieving the bladder distended with urine-1. By forcing a catheter into the bladder; 2. By puncturing above the pubes; 3. By puncturing through the perinæum ; 4. By puncturing through the rectum; re- capitulation of the reasons which support the operation of puncturing the bladder through the rectum; analogy with tracheotomy in disease of the larynx, and rest to the stric- tured œsophagus in giving nourishment by the lower bowel; case of patient nourished by enemata for thirty-four days, 343 Lecture VII. Additional observations on puncturing the bladder through the rectum; principles upon which the operation is founded; complete rest of the urethra; reasons derived from analogy; the same treatment used in the affections of bones, salivary fistulæ, arti- ficial anus, &c.; directions as to the manage- ment of the patient after the operation; es- cape of fæcal matter at the umbilicus treated on the same principle; so also the passage of urine through the umbilicus in persistent urachus; case of umbilical urinary fistula; comments on some points of the case men- tioned in the preceding lecture; blood from the urethra; danger of healing the wound made by the trocar too soon; observations on the post-mortem examination; the rare occurence of peritonitis; stricture before and after death; gonorrhoea not the cause of the corrugated state of the urethral mucous mem- brane; displacement of the bladder by distention, and altered relation of parts in retention; danger of false passages; wounding the ejaculatory duct of little im- portance; the cause of death in this case; case of retention of urine; puncturing the bladder through the rectum; very severe symptoms; impermeable stricture resisting various methods of treatment; puncture of the bladder through the rectum; injecting the bladder with warm water; slipping out of the instrument; second puncturing; hæ- morrhage; favourable progress, the canula remaining twenty-nine days in the rectum; discharge from the hospital; puncturing of the bladder through the rectum should only be performed when other means fail, 435; second case; severe symptoms of stric- ture; puncturing of the bladder through the rectum; favourable progress; canula kept
in sixteen days; recovery; question as to how long a canula may remain in the rec- tum; late case of retention, and puncturing the bladder through the rectum; fall on the perinæum, and subsequent stricture; reten- tion; puncture of the bladder through the rectum; slipping out of the canula; second puncture of the bladder through the same bowel; variable symptoms; final recovery; answers to objections offered to the operation of puncturing the bladder through the rec- tum, 460
SMITH, DR. TYLER-
A lecture on the Induction of Premature Labour, by the method of Professor Kiwisch of Würzburg, 297
Clinical lectures on Injuries and Diseases of the Joints; delivered at St. Tho- mas's Hospital, 121, 144
WINSLOW, DR. FORBES-
Lettsomian Lectures, No. II., on the Medical Treatment of Insanity, 253, 321 Lectures on insanity and the East India Com- pany, 21
Lee, Dr. R., on cancerous disease of the uterus, 40
Mr. H., a calculus with a cork nucleus, 430, 441; cases under the care of, 264, 265 Mr. Richard, on a case of rupture of the peritoneal coat of the uterus, 192
Leeds School of Medicine, 304 Leipsic, the University of, alleged sale of degrees at, 12; declaration of the Medical Faculty of, 12
patients in the medical and surgical wards of, 428
Lord Chancellor, proposed reforms of the, at Bethlehem, 476
Lords of the Admiralty and cholera, 365 Loss of hair, 116, 140
Lumleian lectures, on the effects of lead on the system, 73, 95, 165, 212
Lunacy commissioners and St. Pancras work- house, 411
increase of, amongst the working classes, 274, 389; returns, 412 Lunatic asylum, Cork, 457; Hanwell, 69; Thorpe Asylum, 582
asylums, 505: the assistant medical officers of, 249; balance of accounts, 251; inspection of, 251
Luxation of the elbow-joint of seven years date; anchylosis, excision, recovery, 320
M'Cormack, Dr., on a case of rupture of the jeju- num, 78
Macdonald, Dr. W., case of ranula successfully treated on the principle of mechanical pres- sure, 238
Mackarsie, Mr. W., case of epilepsy treated by tracheotomy, communicated by Dr. Hall, 337, 349; Dr. Dick on, 402
Mackmurdo, Mr., cases under the care of, 83 McWilliam, Dr., on the climate of hill stations, in India, 379
Maisonneuve, M., on a case of deligation of the vertebral artery, 195; on the syphon-douche,
Leg, atrophy of the, a simple boot for, 467, Malgaigne, M., new mode of treating varicose
Legion of Honour given to quacks, 341 Legitimate medicine versus quackery at Brad- ford, 429
Lens, sub-conjunctival dislocation of, 486 Letter to Dr. Lyon Playfair, on his recent Analysis of the Buxton Tepid Water (review), 301
Leucorrhoea, on the pathology and treatment of, 10
Libel, Lizars v. Syme, 162; Queen v. Jackson,
Libels upon the practitioners of medicine, 14 Liberality, medical, 251
Librarian, the indefatigable, Mr. Panizzi, 536 Liebig medal, 559
Life prolonged from food artificially introduced into the stomach, by Mr. F. W. Casson, 518 Lille, new School of Medicine at, 341 Limerick, St. John's Fever Hospital, 388 Limes, preserved, 135 Lincoln Dispensary, 185
election of Mr. Robert Gardner Hill as mayor of, 476, 481 Liquid vaccine lymph, the transmission of, Mr. Chatterley on, 41; Mr. Marson on, 42; Mr. Faxon on, 67 Litchfield, Mr. V., on the treatment of ery- sipelas, 517
Lithotomy and lithotrity, lectures on, 1, 23, 71, 93, 141, 170, 209, 231, 295, 319, 561 Lithotrite, modification of the, 474 Lithotrity, who invented? 70 Liverpool College of Chemistry, 289; firmary School of Medicine, ib. Lizars v. Syme, libel, 162
Lloyd, Mr,, cases under the care of, 174, 241, 422, 423
Local action of poisons, 488 Lock Hospitals, 557, 581 Longevity of the English, 206
Dr. Denis Burke, 185 London Hospital Medical School, 600
and Provincial Medical Directory, letter on, 386
City Mission, motley group of medical officers, 314
Dispensary, state of the funds, 317 Hospital and Medical and Surgical School, 282; meeting of governors, 139; number of cases, 251
University, movement for obtaining franchise, 497; regulations, 275
hospitals, inequality in the numbers of
Malpractice, actions for, against qualified medical men, 132
Manchester Royal School of Medicine and Surgery, 206, 289
Manslaughter at Wells, the late trial for, 159; Charge of, against a surgeon, 115 Manual of Elemental Chemistry (review), 381 Margate Royal Sea-Bathing Infirmary, quar- terly court, 536
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 22, 116, 225, 248; and University, 308
Marine Life and Casualty Mutual Assurance Society and Mr. F. Fussell, 535 Markwick, Mr. A., letter on the prevention of bed-sores, 458
Marley, Mr. R., use of sulphuric acid in the
diarrhoea of the insane, 432 Marson, Mr., on transmission of liquid vaccine lymph, 42; on preservation of, 114 Marylebone Institution for Diseases of Women,
tax to, 197; practitioners in Cuba, 130: profession and American slavery, 523; and life assurance companies, 248, 272, 409, 535; and assurance offices, 68; compliment to the, 317; congress of in Germany, 318; Protection Society at Hull, 581; reform, amended draught bill on, 496; reform bill, 329, 524, 534, 535, 549; reform bill of the Provincial Association, 157; reform, extended report on, 129; registrars, letter on, 204; Societies, opening of the session of the 357; the new College, 498; titles, assumed, 432; treatment of the Duke of Wellington, 355; witnesses, payment of, 205; fees to, 316; unqualified, 482
Medical news, 12, 40, 68, 91, 115, 138, 162, 184, 206, 229, 251, 273, 317, 340, 364, 388, 411, 432, 456, 480, 504, 536, 558, 582 M. D., degradation of the title of, 339, 364, 387, 456, 480
Medicine, a Practical Dictionary of, (review), 572
Medullary cancer of the superior maxilla and malar bone, 194; in chest, without morbid symptoms, 492
Meeting of medical officers of hospitals for the insane, 115
Melanosis of left eye, extirpation of the globe,
58; of the eye in a child five years old, 587 Melanotic tumour growing from the heel, am. putation of the leg, 175; in different parts of the trunk, 176
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SOCIETY-On an epidemic "Suette Miliaire," in the Hérault, 480; on the climate of the hill stations in India, 579 HARVELAN SOCIETY-Dr. James Bird's intro- ductory address, 408 MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON-Spontaneous
or idiopathic emphysema; infusoria in can- cer of the mouth; excision of the elbow-joint; necrosis of the humerus, 385; cases of em- pyema, and the character of of the prevalent pleuro-pneumonia; laceration of the umbi- lical cord; internal strangulation; on the constitutional treatment of scald-head and ringworm, 405; congenital deficiency of the diaphragm; a calculus with a cork nucleus. 430; on the surgical treatment of some forms of scrofulous disease; on the question of relation between phthisis and hysteria, 452; on the pathology of affections allied to epilepsy, 478; diphtheritic exudation in scarlet fever, &c.; case of nigrities; bella- donna as a prophylactic or curative agent in scarlatina, 503; a new styptic; dis- cussion on Dr. Barnes's paper on men- struation, conception, and lactation, 532; M. Jozeau's saccharine capsules of copaiba and cubebs; scirrhus of the uterus complicated with pregnancy, funis presentation, delivery; on the pathology and treatment of sangui- neous pelvic cysts, 553; on the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula (with engravings); encephaloid disease of the lower end of the left femur; "suppurative derivation" therauputic agent, 576; prophylatic and curative syphilization, 593 PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON-The muscular fibres of the valve of the foramen ovale; fatty degeneration of the uterine fibres after delivery; co-existence in the lungs of cancer and military tubercle (?); intestine in typhoid fever, 409; granular and incipient fatty degeneration of the heart, causing sudden death; internal strangulation caused by adhesion of the vermiform process to the ovary, 578 ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY -A memoir on the pathology and treatment of leucorrhoea, based upon the microscopical anatomy of the os and cervix uteri, 10; an analysis of one hundred cases of cancerous disease of the uterus; an account of a case of pulsating tumour in which the urine contained cancer-cells; remarks on the pathology of hydrophobia, with an account of a case of that disease, 40; first meeting of the session, 452; a comparative view of some
of the more important points of the pathology of rheumatic and non-rheumatic pericarditis, deduced from an analysis of cases; on the cure of nævus and erectile tumours by elastic subcutaneous strangulation and section, 477; on the development of torule in the urine, and on the relation of these fungi to albu- minous and saccharine urine, 531; case of fracture of the thigh-bone occurring sponta- neously, 591; sequel to a case of albuminous and fatty urine, published in the Medical and Chirurgical Transactions for 1850, with some account of two other cases of so-called chy- lous urine, 592; cases of peritonitis with copious purulent effusion and empyema, ib.; on a new method of treating fractures, ib. WESTERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON-Paraplegia; dilatation of the bladder in a new-born infant, 356; on the therapeutical effects of gold, 455; on exos- tosis and some other diseases of the teeth, and their consequences, 554; death of the President; suppurative peritonitis, attended with the evacuation of the pus through the abdominal walls, and followed by recovery,
Mercury, bin-iodide of, in syphilis, 491 Méric, Mr. de, on the saccharine capsules of copaiba and cubebs, 553; on prophylactic and curative syphilization, 593 Merriman, death of Dr., 498 Microscope, questions about the, 70 Microscopical lectures by Prof. Quekett, 375 Middlesex Hospital, 115; Mr. W. H. C. Plow- den, 273; and medical school, 284; intro- ductory lecture, 330
Midwifery board, Royal College of Surgeons, 581
boards, 457, 536, 580; regulations respecting candidates for certificates of qua- lifications in 550, 558
Lectures on the Principles and Prac- tice of (review), 242; Elements of Practical (review), 427; contribution to clinical, 174
on some of the more important points in the physiology, pathology, and practice of, by Dr. J. Power:-Introductory observations, 4: anatomy of the uterine sys- tem; the cervix; normal parturition, or la- bour; active labour, 5; the exciting causes of labour, 31; diagram illustrative of excito- motory action, 32; abnormal parturition; deviations connected with the exciting causes of uterine action; deficiency of nervous power mental emotions; various accidental causes, 79; abnormal parturition, 101; re- flex action; painful affections of the uterus ; treatment, 103; painful reflex action; treat- ment, bleeding, opium, anæsthetics, 146; fomentation, friction, pressure, promotion of uterine action, ergot of rye, 147; convulsion,
Military medicine, and medical statistics of Indian goals, 91
Militia, the, 388, 412; bill and medical prac- titioners, 366; injustice of the war office authorities to surgeons of militia regiments, 269; surgeons, inadequate pay of, 315 Miller, Dr., on the treatment of diarrhoea by sulphuric acid, 323, 495 Mineral acids, 489
Ministerial budget and professional incomes, 557
MIRROR OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDI- CINE AND SURGERY IN THE HOS- PITALS OF LONDON.
CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL-Hysterical para- lysis, 81; rapid necrosis of the tibia; ampu- tation above the knee according to Mr. Luke's method; fissure of the soft and hard palate; operation, 193; medullary tumour of large size, situated in the right inguinal region, partial removal, death, autopsy, 265; amputation of the leg in utero (with an en- graving), 326; melanosis of the eye in a child five years old, 587; secondary melanotic tumour of the orbit, after removal of the eye; melanosis of the liver, 588
GUY'S HOSPITAL.-Encephaloid disease of the
lower portion of the femur; amputation high up; new tourniquet; recovery, (with an engraving) 7; encephaloid disease of the clavicle and scapula, 34; cases of amputation at the shoulder-joint; severe injury to the upper part of the arm by machinery; ampu- tation at the shoulder-joint, 85; amputation of the little finger; dangerous symptoms manifested after the administration of chloroform; resuscitation by galvanism, 103; ununited fracture of the tibia in an old sub- ject; union promoted by the introduction of ivory pegs, according to Dieffenbach's method, (with engravings), 152; cysts of the female breast in communication with a lactiferous tube; operation; microscopic investigation (with engravings), 216; kick on the abdo- men; previous reducible inguinal hernia; anomalous symptoms; perforation of in- testines; peritonitis; death; autopsy, 300. Two cases of hemiplegia: one connected with diseased arteries and ramollissement of the brain; the other presenting the pecu- liarity of metastatic paralysis; death and autopsy in the first case; partial recovery in the second.-Hemiplegia; metastasis; par- tial recovery, 400; cases of gonorrhoea, treated by M. Jozeau's Copahine-Mège, a peculiar mode of administering copaiba, 42; stone in the male bladder; nucleus formed of the stem of the parsley plant; extraction; recovery, 442; thoracic aneurism, consequent upon a blow on the right side of the chest.- Diffuse aneurism of the femoral artery occur- ring six months after an injury; deligation of the vessel; recovery, 469; case of kelis in a little girl, twelve years old, 567 KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL Encephaloid cancer of the testicle; removal of the organ, 35; scirrrhus of the testis; removal, 106; gout from infancy, 126; fracture of the tibia and fibula at the age of three months; non-union from neglect: great de- formity; operations for its rectification, the last operative measure being the use of Dieffenbach's pegs. (With engravings), 153; Ununited fracture of the ulna.-Dieffenbach's operation for promoting union, 154; me- lanotic tumours in different parts of the trunk. Recurrence of an osteo-cartilaginous tumour connected with the nasal process of the superior maxilla; second removal; re- covery. Fracture of the os calcis, 176; spasm of the muscles of the larynx, simu- lating hiccup, and supposed to be excited by the presence of the tænia solium in the digestive canal, 218; trephining of the tibia in two cases: in one for abscess in the interior of the bone, and in the other for necrosis unconnected with any tegumentary solution of continuity.-Trephining of the tibia for necrosis, unconnected with any tegumentary solution of continuity, 264;. tic douloureux, seated in the mental branch of the inferior dental nerve; division of that branch; recovery, 376; large calculus in the female, of which the nucleus was a piece of cork; previous paraplegia; extraction; re- covery, 441; acute inflammation of the knee-joint; protracted morbid state of the articulation; amputation of the thigh; death, 471; excision of the knee-joint.- Luxation of the elbow-joint of seven years' date; anchylosis of the humero-ulnar ar- ticulation; excision of the joint; recovery with satisfactory motion in the articulation. -Excision of the elbow-joint; recovery, with a useful arm.-Chronic disease of the elbow-joint; excision of the articulation, 518 LONDON HOSPITAL-Encephaloid disease of the pelvis aud upper part of the femur, 9; fracture of the skull in a chlld; trephining; hernia cerebri; recovery; subsequent death, 54; inguinal hernia; imperfect descent of the testicle; strangulation; reduction with- out operation, 241; popliteal aneurism suc- cessfully treated by compression of the arterial trunk, 325; fibrous tumour of the lower jaw; removal of the portion of bone involved in the disease; recovery, 424 MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL-Two cases of scirrhous cancer of the breast of twelve years' stand-
ing; former ablations of the organ in the first case; non interference in the second, 128; enormous enlargement of the clitoris ; removal of the mass-(With an engraving.) 468; scrofulous caries of the upper cervical vertebræ; sudden death; autopsy, 585 ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL-Irreducible femoral hernia; severe pain occasioned by the truss ; removal of the adherent omentum and a portion of the sac by operation, 218 ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL-Encephaloid disease of the femur; amputation; small fungus of the bone soon after the operation; death; autopsy, 8; encephaloid disease of the femur and ilium, 10; encephaloid disease of the humerus; amputation at the shoulder- joint, 33; strangulated hernia in a child ten weeks old; operation; recovery, 104: epidemic of carbuncular inflammation of the lip, 174; encysted hernia in the right inguinal canal; abnormal situation of the right testicle; strangulation; operation; re- covery. Inguinal hernia on the right side; imperfect descent of the testicle on the same side; strangulation; formation of a watery cyst; operation; recovery, constriction of the thigh in utero. (With an engraving.) Congenital deficiency of the muscular fibres in the left half of the diaphragm; displacement of the stomach; double pneumonia; death, autopsy, 327; cases of Gonorrhoea treated by M. Jozeau's Copahine-mège; a peculiar mode of ad- ministering copaiba, 422; catgut introduced into the urethra; consequent urethritis; or- chitis; suppuration of the epididymis on both sides; recovery, 443; medullary cancer Occupying a great portion of the chest, without morbid symptoms until a few days before the patient's death, 492; diseased elbow-joint; removal of the olecranon and coronoid process.-Chronic inflammation of the elbow-joint; exploration of the joint without removal of the bone, 521; fall on the nape of the neck; compression of the medulla spinalis; death; autopsy, 586 ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL. - Encephaloid dis- ease of the lower portion of the femur; am- putation; recovery, 9; encephaloid disease of the testicle presenting an enchondro- matous induration, 35; supposed spina bi- fida in a young man; enormous size of the tumour; puncture; tetanus; death; autopsy,
disease of the hip-joint of several years' standing; death; examination of the joint, 106; strangulated femoral hernia; mortification and rupture of the intestine ; operation; death; autopsy, 493
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL.-Aneurism of the left cartoid artery close to the origin of the vessel; Brasdor's operation, 57; injury to the upper part of the left arm; amputation at the shoulder-joint; death, 84; compound fracture of the hand, with extensive laceration of the integuments and tendons; recovery with- out amputation, 127; two cases of ovarian disease: one of ovarian dropsy, the other of ovarian tumour; deaths; autopsies.-Ova- rian tumour; extirpation; death; autopsy, 377; encephaloid cancer developed in the abdomen of a child five years old; death; autopsy, 493
ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.-Encephaloid disease of the testicle; removal of the organ.-En- cephaloid disease of the testicle; post-mortem examination, 35; severe neuralgia arrested by surgical operation, 83; melanotic tumour growing from the heel; amputation of the leg, 175; cephaloma developed in the me- dullary canal of the lower part of the right ulna; removal of the diseased portion of bone, 378 cases of gonorrhoea treated by M. Jozeau's Copahine-mège, a peculiar mode of administering copabia, 422; calculus in the female; extraction without incision or crushing, and with the assistance of instan- taneous dilatation of the urethra, 442; ex- cision of the elbow joint; erysipelas; death; 545; ectropia vesica; (absence of the ante- rior walls of the bladder and pubic abdo- minal parietes ;) operation for directing the orifices of the ureters into the rectum;
temporary success; subsequent death; New Lunatic Asylums, 505
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Strangu- lated hernia in a child five months old; ope- ration recovery.-Strangulated congenital hernia in a child ten weeks old; operation; death. Strangulated congenital hernia in a child ten weeks old; operation, recovery, 105; bite from the hooded snake, (cobra de ca- pello ;) rapid death; autopsy, (with en- gravings,) 397; excision of the elbow-joint upon a child of five years; inflammation of the humerus; phlebitis; death.-Excision of the elbow-joint upon a child of twelve years; recovery with a useful arm.-Exci- sion of the elbow-joint upon a child eight years old; recovery with a useful arm.-Ex- cision of the head of the humerus; recovery with a moveable joint.-Remarks upon the cases, 546
WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Thoracic aneurism of uncertain seat, 469.
Misrepresentations, Dr. Wallis and his con- frères, 434
Modification of the lithotrite, 474 Molloy, Dr. R., on questions for medical jurists, 237; on excessive vomiting in connexion with profound coma, 396
Monmouth and South Wales Branch of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association,
Monmouth Dispensary, annual meeting, 457 Monstrosity, fœtal, and placenta prævia, 590 Moore, Mr., on a case of pulsating tumour, in which cancer-cells were found in the urine, 40; on stricture of the urethra, with a new method of treating the disease, 351 Mopping out the air-passages, 318, 342, 366 Morphia, 490
Mortality of London during the week, 69, 139, 163, 186, 230, 251, 274, 318, 341, 365, 389, 412, 484, 457, 482, 505, 559, 583 Mortality among the troops in China, 251; at the seat of war, 185; on board the "Lady Montague," 44
Mosse, Mr., on the use of yeast in the treatment of boils, 113
Motley group of medical officers of the London City Mission, 314
Movement at University of London for obtain- ing franchise, 496
Mucous membranes of the air-passages; topical medication in the treatment of, 259 Munificence, 116; Miss Abigail Pratten, 230 Munificent donations, 536
Murder by a quack, alleged, 389; committed by a patient upon his medical adviser, 317 Muscular tic, Dr. Hall on, 510 Museum, Hunterian, 223, 457 Mushrooms, test for, 434
Napoleon's surgeon, death of, 317 Narcotine, 490
Naval appointments, 582
Medical Directory and foreign degrees, 182; medical reform bill, 524, 534, 535
Medical Bill, importance and necessity of continued vigorous and united action, 197; medical college, 527
Sanitary Barracks at Octamund, 249 -method of treating dyspepsia, by Dr. Spurgin, 77
News, medical, 12, 40, 68, 91, 115, 138, 162, 184, 206, 229, 251, 273, 317, 310, 364, 383, 411, 432, 456, 480, 504, 586, 558, 582, 599 Nitrate of silver in pruritus of the vulva, 474 Neuralgia arrested by surgical operation, 83 Nigrities, case of, 503
Nisi-Prius Court, Newcastle, action for compen- sation, alleged want of care and skill, 137 Nitric acid, death from the fumes of, 162; in rain water, 86
Non-medical Board of Health, 318 North medical district of St. Pancras, 457 Northern Circuit, Trial of Jane Harland, 138 Sea Bathing Infirmary, Scarborough, 216, 226, 229 Notes, Clinical, on influence of posture in treament of epilepsy, 564
Notices to correspondents, 21, 46, 70, 92,
116, 140, 164, 186, 208, 230, 274, 294, 318, 342, 366, 390, 412, 434, 458, 482, 506, 537, 560, 584
Obituary, Dr. John Taylor, 21; Dr. Moreno, 40; Dr. John Kidd, Dr. R. B. Dennison, 45; Professor Recamier, 46; Mr. Vincent, 91; Dr. Gosden, 92; Mr. Lucas Bennett, 116; Mr. H. Mayo, Dr. D. O'Flynn, 207; Mr. W. Robinson, 230; Mr. H. G. King, Dr. T. Brown, 274; Mr. J. Stokoe, Na- poleon's surgeon; Dr. A. J. Impey, Dr. M'Can, Dr. H. M. Smith, Dr. A. Fitzgerald, Dr. John Shaw Wells, 317; Dr. J. Barlow, Dr. J. Guillemard, Dr. H. Galloway, 389; Dr. J. Peeble, Dr. J. B. Watson, Dr. W. B. Gilgeous, 434; Francis Whitestone, Dr. T. W. Calder, and Dr. Hewitt, at Barbadoes, 457; Dr. G. A. Mantell, 481; Dr. Merriman, 498; Mr. Alex. Walker, Dr. Rodrick McLeod, Mr. John Smith, 583; Dr. G. Soulby; Mr. J. Berry, 600
Obré, Mr. H., On the induction of labour by the water dash, 431
Observations, London Medical Society of, what to observe at the bedside, and after death, in medical cases, 591
Observations on the impulse of the heart, 467, 566
Obstetric dynamics, 130, 178; physicians and the college, 334
assistant-surgeons, 47, 161, 251; medical Opening of the New Crystal Palace on Sundays, and the public health, 474; of the session; introductory lecture, 336; of the medical so- cieties, 357
Navy, the, and College of Surgeons in Ireland,
Nap after dinner, 274; letters on a, 318, 342,
Necessity for qualified surgeons to passenger- ships, 599
Necrosis of the sixth cervical vertebra; death,
Nees von Esenbeck's herbarium, 116 Neligan, Dr., on Discases of the Skin (Review),
Neuroma pervading all the nerves; curious case of, 219
Newcastle-upon-Tyne College of Medicine and Practical Science, 290; in connexion with the University of Durham, 290; Infirmary, 291; tracheotomy and extraction of a portion of broken glass, 471 New acupuncture needle, 362
Charter of the College of Physicians, 269 Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons, 582; letter on the, 228
Ordnance medical department, 303 Ormerod, Dr., on some of the more important points in the pathology of rheumatic and non-rheumatic pericarditis, 477
Orange, Mr., note on mopping out the air pas- sages, 342
Orthopedic Hospital, City, anniversary dinner of, 43
Os calcis, fracture of the, 177 Os uteri, occlusion of the, note from Dr. Power, 272; notes from Dr. Highmore and Mr. Hendry, 248; supposed occlusion of the, 204; Dr. Whitworth, note from, 227 Ovarian abscess, on two cases of, with remarks,
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