THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL

REVIEW

OR

QUARTERLY JOURNAL

OF

PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

VOL. XLII.

JULY-OCTOBER, 1868.

LONDON:

JOHN CHURCHILL AND SONS, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

MDCCCLXVIII.

PRINTED BY

J. E. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

CONTENTS OF No. LXXXIII

OF THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL REVIEW.

JULY, 1868.

Analytical and Critical Reviews.

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REV. I.-1. On the Use of the Sphygmograph in the Investigation of

Disease. By BALTHAZAR W. FOSTER, M.D., &c.

2. On the Application of the Graphical Method to the Study of Diseases

of the Heart and Great Vessels. By BALTHAZAR W. FOSTER, M.D. ib.

3. On the Application of Physical Methods to the Exploration of the

Movements of the Heart and Pulse in Disease. By T. BURDON SAN-

DERSON, M.D., and FRANCIS E. ANSTIE, M.D.

4. Sphygmographic Observations on the Pulse of Typhus. By THOMAS

WRIGLEY GRIMSHAW, A.B., M.B.

5. Note on the Regulation of the Pressure on the Artery in the Appli-

cation of the Sphygmograph. By BALTHAZAR W. FOSTER, M.D.

6. Lectures on the Prognosis and Treatment of Certain Acute Diseases,

with special reference to the indications afforded by the graphic study

of the Pulse. By FRANCIS E. ANSTIE, M.D., &c.

7. Handbook of the Sphygmograph: being a Guide to its Use. in

Clinical Research. To which is appended a Lecture delivered at the

Royal College of Physicians on the 29th March, 1867, on the Mode

and Duration of the Contraction of the Heart in Health and Disease.

By J. BURDON SANDERSON, M.D., &c.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

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8. On a New Method of increasing the Pressure on the Artery in the

Use of the Sphygmograph. By BALTHAZAR W. FOSTER, M.Ď., &c. . ib.

REV. II.-Études sur les Causes du Cretinism et du Goître endémique. Par

le Dr. J. SAINT-LAGER

On the Causes of Cretinism and Endemic Goître. By Dr. J. SAINT-

LAGER

REV. III.-1. Études sur la Tuberculose. Par J. A. VILLEMIN

Observations on Tuberculosis. By J. A. VILLEMIN

On Tumours. By RUDOLPH VIRCHOW

3. The Nature and Affinities of Tubercle; being the Gulstonian Lectures

for the Year 1867. By REGINALD SOUTHEY, M.D.

2. Die Krankhaften Geschwülste. Von RUDOLPH VIRCHOW

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4. Sulla Struttura dei Tubercoli prodotti per Inoculazione. Nota del

Dottor GIULIO BIZZOZERO

Remarks on the Structure of Tubercle produced by Inoculation. By

Dr. JULIUS Bizzozero

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ib.

ib.

ib.

5. Beiträge zur Experimental-Pathologie. Von Dr. LEBERT und Dr.

OSCAR WYSS

Contributions to Experimental Pathology. By Dr. LEBERT and Dr.

OSCAR WYSS

6. Lecture on the Artificial Production of Tubercle, at the Royal College

of Physicians. By WILSON Fox, M.D.

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REV. IV.-St. George's Hospital Reports. Edited by JOHN W. OGLE, M.D.,

&c., and T. HOLMES, F.R.C.S.

REV. V. 1. The Physiology of Man, designed to represent the existing state of

Physiological Science, as applied to the functions of the Human Body.

By AUSTIN FLINT, Jun., M.D., Professor of Physiology and Micro-

scopy in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, &c., &c. . 57

2. A Treatise on Human Physiology, designed for the use of Students

and Practitioners of Medicine. By JOHN C. DALTON, M.D., Professor

of Physiology and Microscopic Anatomy in the College of Physicians

and Surgeons, New York, &c. &c.

3. Outlines of Physiology, Human and Comparative. By JOHN MAR-

SHALL, F.R.S., Professor of Surgery in University College, London;

Surgeon to the University College Hospital

4. Handbook of Physiology. By WILLIAM SENHOUSE KIRKES, M.D.

Sixth edition. Edited by W. MORRANT BAKER, F.R.C.S., &c.

5. Lehrbuch der Physiologie für Akademische Vorlesungen und zum

Selbst-Studium. OTTO FUNKE

A Treatise on Physiology for Academic Lectures and for Self-Instruc-

tion. By Dr. ОTTO FUNKE, Professor of Physiology in the University

of Freiburg

6. Lessons in Elementary Physiology. By THOMAS H. HUXLEY, LL.D.,

F.R.S.

ib.

ib.

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7. Quain's Anatomy. Seventh edition. Edited by Dr. SHARpey, Dr.

THOMSON, and Dr. CLELAND

8. On the Elimination of Nitrogen during Rest and Exercise on a

Regulated Diet of Nitrogen and on a Diet without Nitrogen. By E.

A. PARKES, M.D., F.R.S.

9. Lehrbuch der Physiologischen Chemie. Von Dr. W. KUHNE, Leipsic ib.

Treatise on Physiological Chemistry. By Dr. W. KUHNE

10. Archives de Physiologie normale et Pathologique. Publiées par MM.

BROWN-SÉQUARD, CHARCOT, et VULPIAN

Archives of Normal and Pathological Physiology. Edited by MM. Brown-

SÉQUARD, CHARCOT, and VULPIAN

REV. VI.-1. Procès-Verbaux de la Conference Sanitaire Internationale,

ouverte à Paris le 27 Juillet, 1851

11. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. Conducted by G. M.

HUMPHRY, M.D., F.R.S., and W. TURNER, M.B., F.R.S.E.

12. Essais de Physiologie Philosophique. Par M. J. P. DURAND

Essays on Philosophical Physiology. By M. J. P. DURAND

Proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference, opened at Paris

27th July, 1851

2. Procès-Verbaux de la Conference Sanitaire Internationale, ouverte à
Constantinople le 13 Fevrier, 1866

ib.

Proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference, opened at Constan-

tinople, 13th February, 1866

3. Rapports faits à la Conference

Reports made to the Conference

REV. VII.-Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale de Médecine

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REV. VIII.-The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. By

CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S., &c.

Bibliographical Record.

ART. I.-The Diseases of the Ear, their Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

By JOSEPH TOYNBEE, F.R.S. With a Supplement by JAMES HINTON,

M.R.C.S., Aural Surgeon to Guy's Hospital

ART. II.-A Report on Amputations at the Hip-joint, in Military Surgery.

Circular No. 7. War Department, Surgeon-General's Office, Wash-

ington, July 1, 1867

A Contribution to the History of the Hip-joint Operations performed

during the late Civil War, being the Statistics of Twenty Cases of

Amputation and Thirteen of Resections at this Articulation in the

Southern Service. By PAUL F. Eve, M.D., Professor of Surgery in

the University of Nashville, Tenn.

ART. III.-Essays on Physiological Subjects. By GILBERT W. CHILD, M.D.,

of Exeter College, Oxford, M.R.C.P., &c.

ART. IV.-Leçons de Clinique Chirurgicale professées à l'Hôtel Dieu de

Lyon. Par M. A. DESGRANGES, &c. &c.

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170

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Clinical Lectures on Surgery. By M. A. DESGRANGES

ART. V.-Essai de Pneumatologie Médicale :-Recherches Physiologiques,

Cliniques, et Therapeutiques, sur les Gaz. Par J. N. DEMARQUAY

Essay on Medical Pneumatology, &c. By J. N. DEMARQUAY

ART. VI.-An Explanation of the Movements of the Iris. By ROBERT J.

LEE, M.B. Cantab., M.R.C.P. Lond..

ART. VII.-Over de Uiteinden der Smaakzenuwen in de Tong van den

Kikvorsch. Door TH. W. ENGELMANN, Assistent bij het Physiologisch

Laboratorium te Utrecht

On the Terminations of the Gustatory Nerves in the Tongue of the Frog.

By TH. W. ENGELMANN, Assistant in the Physiological Laboratory

at Utrecht.

ART. VIII.-The Diseases of the Prostate: their Pathology and Treatment.

By Sir HENRY THOMPSON, &c. &c.

ART. IX.-Germinal Matter and the Contact Theory: an Essay on the

Morbid Poisons, their Nature, Sources, Effects, Migrations, and the

means of limiting their Noxious Agency. By JAMES MORRIS, M.D. 195

ART. X.-Irritability: Popular and Practical Sketches of common Morbid

States and Conditions bordering on Disease, with Hints for Manage-

ment, Alleviation, and Cure. By JAMES MORRIS, M.D.

ART. XI.-On the Constituents of Food, and their relation to Muscular Work

and Animal Heat. By F. C. DONDERS. Translated from the 'Neder-

landsch Archief' by W. D. Moore, Esq., M.D.

ART. XII.-On Non-nitrogenized Food in a Physiological Point of View. By

Messrs. SELLA and STEPHENS