North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826

Various, R. (René) La Roche, Benjamin Hornor Coates, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) Meigs, Hugh L. (Hugh Lenox) Hodge, Franklin Bache

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Title: North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826
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Editor: Hugh L. Hodge, Franklin Bache, Charles D. Meigs, Benjamin Homer
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THE
NORTH AMERICANMEDICAL AND SURGICAL
JOURNAL.
CONDUCTED BY
HUGH L. HODGE, M.D. | CHAS. D. MEIGS, M.D.
FRANKLIN BACHE, M.D. | B. H. COATES, M.D.
AND
R. LA ROCHE, M.D.
NON DOCTIOR, SED MELIORE IMBUTUS DOCTRINA.
VOL. II.
PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED BY J. DOBSON, AGENT.
JESPER HARDING, PRINTER.
1826.
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit
Be It Remembered, that on the 31st day of March, in the 50th year of the
Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1826, Hugh L. Hodge,
Franklin Bache, Charles D. Meigs, Benjamin H. Coates, and René La Roche,
of the said District, have deposited in this office the Title of a Book, the right
whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit:
"The North American Medical and Surgical Journal. Conducted by Hugh L.
Hodge, M. D., Franklin Bache, M. D., Chas. D. Meigs, M. D., B. H. Coates, M.
D., and R. La Roche, M. D. Non doctior, sed meliore imbutus doctrina. Vol. II."
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books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein
mentioned;"—and also to the act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act,
entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of
maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during
the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of
designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."
D. Caldwell, Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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CONTENTSOF VOL. II.
No. III.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Art. Page.
I. Description of the Gangrenous Ulcer of the mouths of children. By B. H.
Coates, M. D., one of the Physicians to the Philadelphia Children's Asylum, &c.
1
II. Case of Purpura in an Infant, attended with extraordinary symptoms. By R. M.
Huston, M. D. 24
III. History of the Natural and Modified Small Pox, or of the Variolous and
Varioloid Diseases, as they prevailed in Philadelphia, in the years 1823 and
1824. By John K. Mitchell, M. D., and John Bell, M. D., attending physicians at
the then Small Pox Hospital. With a plate. 27
IV. Remarks on the Pathology and Treatment of Yellow Fever. Arranged from
the notes of Dr. J. A. Monges, of Philadelphia. 53
V. Remarks on the Prophylactic Treatment of Cholera Infantum. By Joseph
Parrish, M. D., one of the Surgeons to the Pennsylvania Hospital. 68
VI. Case of Neuralgia cured by Acupuncturation. Communicated by J. Hunter
Ewing, M. D. 77
ANALYTICAL REVIEWS.
VII. Researches into the Nature and Treatment of Dropsy in the Brain, Chest,
Abdomen, Ovarium, and Skin. By Joseph Ayre, M. D., &c. 79
VIII. An Essay on Venereal Diseases, and the Uses and Abuses of Mercury in
their Treatment. By Richard Carmichael, M. R. I. A. With Practical Notes, &c. By
G. Emerson, M. D. 109
IX. Remarks on some Means employed to destroy Tænia, and expel them from
the Human Body. By Louis Frank, M. D. Privy Counsellor of her Majesty, Maria
Louisa, Duchess of Parma. 114
X. Researches, Physiological and Pathological, instituted principally with a
View to the Improvement of Medical and Surgical Practice. By James Blundell,
M. D., Lecturer on Physiology and Midwifery at the United Hospitals of St.
Thomas and Guy. 119
[Pg iv]XI. An Inquiry into the Nature and Treatment of Diabetes, Calculus and other
Affections of the Urinary Organs. By William Prout, M. D., F. R. S. With Notes
and Additions, by S. Colhoun, M. D. 125
MEDICAL LITERATURE.—RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.
XII. Tractatus de Ventriculo et Intestinis, cui præmittitur alius, de Partibus
continentibus in Genere, et in Specie de iis Abdominis. Authore Francisco
Glissonio. Lond. 1677, 4to. 138
QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INTELLIGENCE.Anatomy, 155
1, Papillæ of the Tongue. 2, Villi of the Stomach and Intestines. 3, Minute
distribution of the Vessels of the Liver. 4, Trachea perforating the Aorta. 5,
Monsters. 6, Malformation of the Heart. 7, Acephalous Mummy. 8, New
Anatomical Plates. 9, A Manual of Osteology. 10, Sœmmering's Work on the
Anatomy of the Ear. 11, Does the conjunctiva run over the Cornea?
Physiology, 158
12, Electro-Galvanic phenomena of Acupuncturation. 13, Variations in Milk. 14,
Hyoscyamus dilates the Pupils of the Eyes. 15, Worms in the Eye. 16,
Digestion.
Pathology, 161
17, Dothinenteria—Pustules of the small Intestines. 18, Dr. Broussais. 19,
Whooping Cough. 20, Antiperistaltic Globus—Globus Hystericus. 21, Non-
contagion of Yellow Fever.
Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and the Practice of Medicine, 166
22, Iodine. 23, Non-mercurial Treatment of Syphilis. 24, Cancer treated by
Antiphlogistics. 25, Essential Oil of Male Fern as a remedy in Cases of Tænia.
26, Tincture of Bastard Saffron for the expulsion of Tænia. 27, Oil of Turpentine
in Tænia. 28, Action of the Oil of the Euphorbia Lathyris. 29, Medicinal
Properties of the Apocynum Cannabinum or Indian Hemp. 30, Remarkable
Effects from the external application of the Acetate of Morphia. 31, Cure of
Urinary Calculi, by means of the internal use of the Bicarbonate of Soda. 32,
Attempt to cure Abdominal Dropsy by exciting Peritoneal Inflammation. 33,
Artificial Respiration. 34, Secale Cornutum. 35, Animal Magnetism. 36, Sketch
of the Medical Literature of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. 37, Erysipelatous
Mumps or Angina Parotidiana. 38, Tænia. 39, Scrophula. 40, Digitalis.
Surgery, 192
41, Dr. Physick's Operation for Artificial Anus denied to have been performed.
42, Gangrenous Sore Mouth of Children. 43, Operation for Phymosis. 44, Lunar
Caustic on Wounds and Ulcers. 45, Hæmorrhage from Lithotomy. 46,
Extirpation of the Parotid Gland. 47, Aneurism from a Wound, cured by
Valsaiva's method. 48, Protrusion and Wound of the Stomach. 49,
Œsophagotomy. 50, Retention of Urine, caused by a Stricture of the Urethra,
relieved by a forcible but gradual Injection. 51, Tracheotomy. 52, Fistula
Lachrymalis. 53, Aneurisma Herniosum. 54, Extirpation of the Two Dental
Arches affected with Osteo-sarcoma. 55, Traumatic Erysipelas. 56, Obliteration
of a portion of the Urethra, remedied by an Operation. 57, Artificial Joint cured
by Caustic. 58, Epilepsy cured by Trephining.
Midwifery, 205
59, Gastrotomy. 60, Cæsarian Operation, performed with safety to the Mother
and Fœtus. 61, Extirpation of the Uterus. 62, Uterine Hæmorrhage.
Chemistry and Pharmacy, 208
63, State in which Morphia exists in Opium. 64, Peculiar Principles of Narcotic
[Pg v]Plants. 65, Relative quantities of Cinchonia and Quinia with indention in the
most esteemed Varieties of Peruvian Bark. 66, Sulphate of Quinia, extracted
from the Cinchona Bark, exhausted by Decoction. 67, Analysis of Rhubarb. 68,
Alkaline Lozenges of Bicarbonate of Soda. 69, Presence of Mercury in
Samples of Medicinal Prussic Acid. 70, Proposed Method of preparingProtoxide of Mercury by precipitation, for Medical Employment. 71, Goulard's
Extract of Lead.
Quarterly List of American Medical Publications, 214-16
No. IV.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Art.
I. On the Epidemic of 1825 in Natchez, Miss. By Ayres P. Merrill, M. D. 217
II. History of the Natural and Modified Small Pox, or of the Variolous and
Varioloid Diseases, as they prevailed in Philadelphia, in the years 1823 and
1824. By John K. Mitchell, M. D., and John Bell, M. D., Physicians at the then
Small Pox Hospital. (Concluded from page 53.) 238
III. Cases of Nervous Irritation, exhibiting the Efficacy of Cold as a Remedy. By
S. Jackson, M. D. 250
IV. Remarks on the Pathology of Jaundice. By G. B. Wood, M. D. 260
V. Account of a Case in which a New and Peculiar Operation for Artificial Anus
was performed in 1809. By Philip Syng Physick, M. D., Professor of Surgery in
the University of Pennsylvania, &c. Drawn up for publication by B. H. Coates,
M. D. 269
VI. Observations on Asphyxia from Drowning, to which is added a Case of
Resuscitation. By Edward Jenner Coxe, M. D. 276
ANALYTICAL R