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HOLLAND.

Recollections of Past Life,

By SIR HENRY HOLLAND, Bart., M. D., F. R. S., K. C. B., etc., President of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen,

etc., etc.

1 vol., 12mo, 351 pp. Price, Cloth, 82.00.

A very entertaining and instructive narrative, partaking somewhat of the nature of autobiography and yet distinct from it, in this, that its chief object, as alleged by the writer, is not so much to recount the events of his own life, as to perform the office of chronicler for others with whom he came in contact and was long associated.

The "Life of Sir Henry Holland" is one to be recollected, and he has not erred in giv. ing an outline of it to the public."-The Lancet.

"His memory was-is, we may say, for he is still alive and in possession of all his faculties-stored with recollections of the most eminent men and women of this century. A life extending over a period of eighty-four years, and passed in the most active manner, in the midst of the best society, which the world has to offer, must neces sarily be full of singular interest; and Sir Henry Holland has fortunately not waited until his memory lost its freshness before recalling some of the incidents in it."-The New York Times.

HOWE.

Emergencies, and How to Treat Them.

The Etiology, Pathology, and Treatment of Accidents,
Diseases, and Cases of Poisoning, which demand
Prompt Attention. Designed for Students and Prac
titioners of Medicine.

By JOSEPH W. HOWE, M. D.,

Visiting Surgeon to Charity Hospital; Lecturer on Surgery in the Medical Department of the University of New York, etc.

1 vol., 8vo. 265 pp. Cloth, $3.00.

This volume is designed as a guide in the treatment of cases of emergency occurring in medical, surgical, or obstetrical practice. It combines all the important subjects, giving special prominence to points of practical interest in preference to theoretical considerations, and uniting, with the results of personal observation, the latest views of European and American authorities.

"The style is concise, perspicuous, and definite. Each article is written as though that particular emergency were present; there is no waste of words, nor temporizing with remedies of doubtful efficacy. The articles on oedema glottidis, asphyxia, and strangulated hernia, are particularly clear and practical, and furnish all the information required in the management of those urgent cases.

"It will be found invaluable to students and young practitioners, in supplying them with an epitome of useful knowledge obtainable from no other single work; while to the older members of the profession it will serve as a reliable and ready remembrancer.'"The Medical Record.

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HUXLEY AND YOUMANS.

The Elements of Physiology and

Hygiene. With Numerous Illustrations.

BY THOMAS H. HUXLEY, LL. D., F. R. S., and
WILLIAM JAY YOUMANS, M. D.

New and Revised Edition. 1 vol., 12mo. 420 pp. $1.75.

A text-book for educational institutions, and a valuable elementary work for students of medicine. The greater portion is from the pen of Professor Huxley, adapted by Dr. Youmans to the circumstances and requirements of American education. The eminent claim of Professor Huxley's "Elementary Physiology" is, that, while up to the times, it is trustworthy in its presentation of the subject; while rejecting discredited doctrines and doubtful speculations, it embodies the latest results that are established, and represents the present actual state of physiological knowledge.

"A valuable contribution to anatomical and physiological science."-Religious Telescope. "A clear and well-arranged work, embracing the latest discoveries and accepted theories." -Buffalo Commercial.

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"Teeming with information concerning the human physical enconomy."-Evening Jour

HUXLEY.

The Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals.

BY THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY, LL. D., F. R. S.,

Author of "Man's Place in Nature," "On the Origin of Species," "Lay Sermons and Addresses," etc.

1 vol., 12mo. Cloth, $2.50.

The former works of Prof. Huxley leave no room for doubt as to the importance and value of his new volume. It is one which will be very acceptable to all who are interested in the subject of which it treats.

"This long-expected work will be cordially welcomed by all students and teachers of Comparative Anatomy as a compendious, reliable, and, notwithstanding its small dimensions, most comprehensive guide on the subject of which it treats. To praise or to criticise the work of so accomplished a master of his favorite science would be equally out of place. It is enough to say that it realizes, in a remarkable degree, the anticipations which have been formed of it; and that it presents an extraordinary combination of wide, general views, with the clear, accurate, and succinct statement of a prodigious number of individual facts."-Nature.

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JOHNSON.

The Chemistry of Common Life.

Illustrated with numerous Wood Engravings.

By JAMES F. JOHNSON, M. A., F. R. S., F. G. S., ETC., ETO., Author of "Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology," "A Catechism of Agricultura Chemistry and Geology," etc.

2 vols., 12mo. Cloth, 83.00.

It has been the object of the author in this work to exhibit the present condition of chemical knowledge, and of matured scientific opinion, upon the subjects to which it is devoted. The reader will not be surprised, therefore, should he find in it some things which differ from what is to be found in other popular works already in his hands or on the shelves of his library.

LETTERMAN.

Medical Recollections of the Army of

the Potomac.

By JONATHAN LETTERMAN, M. D.,

Late Surgeon U. S. A., and Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac.
1 vol., 8vo. 194 pp. Cloth, 81.00.

"This account of the medical department of the Army of the Potomac has been prepared, amid pressing engagements, in the hope that the labors of the medical officers of that army may be known to an intelligent people, with whom to know is to appreciate; and as an affec tionate tribute to many, long my zealous and efficient colleagues, who, in days of trial and danger, which have passed, let us hope never to return, evinced their devotion to their country and to the cause of humanity, without hope of promotion or expectation of reward."-Preface.

"We venture to assert that but few who open this volume of medical annals, pregnant as they are with instruction, will care to do otherwise than finish them at a sitting."-Medical Record.

"A graceful and affectionate tribute."-N. Y. Medical Journal.

LEWES.

The Physiology of Common Life.

By GEORGE HENRY LEWES,

Author of "Seaside Studies," "Life of Goethe," etc.

2 vols., 12mo. Cloth, $3.00.

The object of this work differs from that of all others on popular science in its attempt to meet the wants of the student, while meeting those of the general reader, who is supposed to be wholly unacquainted with anatomy and physiology.

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MAUDSLEY.

The Physiology and Pathology of the

Mind.

By HENRY MAUDSLEY, M. D., LONDON,

Physician to the West London Hospital; Honorary Member of the Medico-Psychological Society of Paris; formerly Resident Physician of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital, etc.

1 vol., 8vo. 442 pp. Cloth, $3.00.

This work aims, in the first place, to treat of mental phenomena from a physiological rather than from a metaphysical point of view; and, secondly, to bring the manifold instructive instances presented by the unsound mind to bear upon the interpretation of the obscure problems of mental science.

"Dr. Maudsley has had the courage to undertake, and the skill to execute, what is, at least in English, an original enterprise."-London Saturday Review.

"It is so full of sensible reflections and sound truths that their wide dissemination could not but be of benefit to all thinking persons."-Psychological Journal. "Unquestionably one of the ablest and most important works on the subject of which it treats that has ever appeared, and does credit to his philosophical acumen and accurate observation."-Medical Record.

"We lay down the book with admiration, and we commend it most earnestly to our readers as a work of extraordinary merit and originality-one of those productions that are evolved only occasionally in the lapse of years, and that serve to mark actual and very decided advances in knowledge and science."N. Y. Medical Journal.

Body and Mind: An Inquiry into their Con

nection and Mutual Influence, specially in reference to Mental Disorders; being the Gulstonian Lectures for 1870, delivered before the Royal College of Physicians. With Appendix.

By HENRY MAUDSLEY, M. D., LONDON,

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in University College, London: President-elect of the Medico-Psychological Association; Honorary Member of the Medico-Psychological Society of Paris, of the Imperial Society of Physicians of Vienna, and of the Society for the Promotion of Psychiatry and Forensic Psychology of Vienna; formerly Resident Physician of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Asylum, etc., etc.

1 vol., 12mo. 155 pp. Cloth, $1.00.

The general plan of this work may be described as being to bring man, both in his physical and mental relations, as much as possible within the scope of scientific inquiry.

"A representative work, which every one must study who desires to know what is doing in the way of real progress, and not mere chatter, about mental physiology and pathology."-The Lancet.

"It distinctly marks a step in the progress of scientific psychology."—The Practitioner.

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MARKOE.

A Treatise on Diseases of the Bones.

By THOMAS M. MARKOE, M. D.,

Professor of Surgery in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, etc.

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This valuable work is a treatise on Diseases of the Bones, embracing their structural changes as affected by disease, their clinical history and treatment, including also an account of the various tumors which grow in or upon them. None of the injuries of bone are included in its scope, and no joint diseases, excepting where the condition of the bone is a prime factor in the problem of disease. As the work of an eminent surgeon of large and varied experience, it may be regarded as the best on the subject, and a valuable contribution to medical literature.

"The book which I now offer to my professional brethren contains the substance of the lectures which I have delivered during the past twelve years at the college. . . . I have followed the leadings of my own studies and observations, dwelling more on those branches where I had seen and studied most, and perhaps too much neglecting others where my own experience was more barren, and therefore to me less interesting. I have endeavored, however, to make up the deficiencies of my own knowledge by the free use of the materials scattered so richly through our periodical literature, which scattered leaves it is the right and the duty of the systematic writer to collect and to embody in any account he may offer of the state of a science at any given period."-Extract from Author's Preface.

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