On the Remote Cause of Epidemic Diseases. By JOHN PARKIN, Esq. I. Essais sur la Méthode Sous-Cutanée. Par le Docteur JULES GUERIN Essays upon the Subcutaneous Mode of Operating II. Memoire sur l'Etiologie Generale des Deviations Laterales de l'Epine IV. Memoire sur l'Intervention de la Pression Atmospherique dans le Mecha- nisme des Exhalations Sereuses. Par le Docteur JULES GUERIN Memoir upon the Influence of Atmospheric Pressure in the Production of the V. Memoire sur un Cas de Luxation Traumatique de la Seconde Vertebre C'er- vicale, datant de sept mois. Par le Docteur JULES GUERIN Relation of a Case of Dislocation of the Scond Cervical Vertebra of Seven Months' Duration, successully treated 1. The Subcutaneous Mode of operating B. Subutaneous Wounds of the Articulations The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology. Edited by R. B. TODD, M.D. The Cyclopædia of Practical Surgery. Edited by Wm. B. COSTELLO, M.D. Part X. 149 Bibliographical Notices. 3. Brandy and Salt. A Remedy for various Diseases. By J. H. Vallance . 163 4. On the Employment of the Microscope in Medical Studies. By John Hughes 11. Ioduretted Mercurial Syrup for the Treatment of Secondary Syphilis 12. Baron Larrey: his Memorable Career 13. On the Formation of an Artificial Anus: Discussion at the Royal Academy 1. Diseases of the Visiculæ Seminales 15. Section of the Muscles of the Eye in Amaurosis, &c. 16. Division of the Muscles of the Eye in certain cases of Blindness 18. Animal Magnetism prohibited by the Vatican 19. On the Medicinal Properties of Fish-Liver Oil 20. Phthisis Pulmonalis with a Fistulous Opening in the Parietes of the Chest 21. M. Rayer on certain Lesions and Morbid Formations in the Kidneys 1. Observations on certain Diseases originating in Early Youth; illustrated by Cases of defective Expansion of the Lungs. By George H. Barlow, M.D. 225 2. Medico-legal Report of the Evidence given on a recent Trial for Murder E. Concussion of the Brain 5. Cases of Malignant Disease of the Lungs. By H. Marshall Hughes, M.D. 6. Report of Cases requiring Capital Operations which have been performed since October 1, 1840. By Bransby B. Cooper, Esq. ▲. Operations in Cases of Importance, performed in Guy's Hospital 2. Report of Cases treated in the Hospital. By Samuel Annan, M.D. 1. Paralysis of the left side of the Trunk and Extremities, and of the right 1. Case of Chronic Pleurisy: Paracentesis Thoracis . 2. Rubbing Sound in Pericarditis. 3. Diagnostic Symptoms of Malignant Disease of the Liver PERTH INFIRMARY. 6. Difficulties in the Diagnosis of Tumors 7. Clinical Remarks on some Cutaneous Affections. By W. Davidson, M.D. Spirit of the British and American Periodicals. 1. Delirium connected with certain States of the Heart in Fever. By Dr. Hudson, 1. Abstract of Remarkable Cases, communicated at the last Meeting of the British Association at Plymouth, entitled "Extraordinary Case of Aibuminous As- cites, with Hydatids," &c. By Sir David H. Dickson, M.D. 2. Copy of a Letter from Dr. W. B. Carpenter, of Bristol, to Professor Dunglison 2. Regulations of Council respecting Professional Education of Candidates 8. Subjects of the Jacksonian Prizes of 20 Guineas each 300 9. Copy of a Clause, &c. 300 10. Court of Examiners 301 11. Finances; Receipts and Expenditure of the College from Midsummer 302 4. Letter from Dr. Crommelinck 303 THE Medico-Chirurgical Review, No. LXXI. [No. 31 OF A DECENNIAL SERIES.] OCTOBER 1, 1841, To JANUARY 1, 1842. MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL TRANSACTIONS, PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. Second Series. Volume the Sixth. Octavo, pp. 253. Longman and Co., London, 1841. THE present volume is as interesting as the general run of its predecessors. And this is no mean praise, for the Medico-Chirurgical Transactions occupy the very first place in Medical periodical literature. The Profession in this country has reason to be proud of them, for a happier mixture of the abstract and the practical-of the curious and the useful, has never, we think, been published. It might be expected that, reflecting, as these Transactions do, the medical character of Britain, their general tone would be practical. And such is really the case. Not a volume but contains much that will help us at the bed-side, in diagnosis or in treatment. The table of contents presents us with the following bill of fare;— 1. Observations on the structure of the entozoa belonging to the genus cysticercus, by George Gulliver, F.R.S. F.Z.S. Assistant-surgeon to the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards; -2. Case of osseous union of a fracture of the neck of the femur within the capsule, by Walter Jones, Esq., Surgeon, Worcester;-3. Observations on vaccination and small-pox, more especially with reference to the theory of vaccine influence, and the relations subsisting between the cicatrix and the character of the consecutive variola, by George Gregory, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician of the Small-pox and Vaccination Hospital, St. Pancras-4. On gouty concretions, with a new method of treatment, by Alexander Ure, Esq. M.D. A.M. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London;-5. History of a remarkable case of phlebitis, with observations, by Thomas H. Silvester, M.D, Consulting Physician to the South London Dispensary, &c.;-6. Cases of cancerous or malignant disease of the spinal column, with remarks, by Cæsar Hawkins, Esq. Surgeon to St. George's Hospital;-7. A case of slow pulse with fainting fits, which first came on two years after an injury of the neck from a fall, with observations, by T. H. Holberton, Hampton, Surgeon Extraordinary to the Queen Dowager;-8. Fourth memoir on some principles of pathology in No. 87. 1 the nervous system, by Marshall Hall, M.D. F.R.S. L. & E.;-9. On dislocations, especially of the hip-joint, accompanied by elongation of the capsule and ligaments, by Edward Stanley, F.R.S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital;-10. Observations on the anatomy of the lungs, by Thomas Addison, M.D. Physician to Guy's Hospital;-11. Results of amputations at University College Hospital, London, statistically arranged, by John Phillips Potter, Esq. late House Surgeon, with some remarks on the mode of amputation and method of dressing there adopted, by Robert Liston, Esq.;-12. Colica pictonum treated with warm water, by John Wilson, M.D. Physician to the Middlesex Hospital;-13. Case of malposition of the kidneys, absence of the vagina, uterus, and Fallopian tubes; disease of left ovary, by R. Boyd, M.D. Resident Physician to St. Marylebone Infirmary, and lecturer on Medicine;-14. Pathological and surgical observations on the diseases of the ear, by Joseph Toynbee, Esq. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and late Assistant to the Conservators of the Museum of that Institution;-15. Two cases of dislocation of the tendon of the long head of the biceps humeri from its groove, by John Sodon, Jun. Esq. Surgeon, Bath;-16. An account of two cases of aneurism of the superior mesenteric artery, in one of which jaundice was induced by pressure of the sac, by James Arthur Wilson, M.D. Physician to St. George's Hospital;-17. On congenital tumors of the pelvis, by Edward Stanley, F.R.S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. These articles we shall take in succession. 1. OBSERVATIONS ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENTOZOA BELONGING TO THE GENUS CYSTICERCUS. By George Gulliver. We cannot present a full account of this paper, for which we refer our readers to the volume itself. The principal point in it is this. In a communication on certain oval corpuscles obtained from the genus cysticercus, read to the Zoological Society, by Mr. Gulliver, in March last, he drew attention to the fact that, if the white part near to the head of the entozoon be gently pressed, a little rather viscid fluid will escape, in which will be found a great number of oval corpuscles, presenting a beautiful microscopic object. Mr. Gulliver's intention, now, is to shew the situation and extent which these bodies occupy in the worm, and their probable use in its generation; with an attempt to elucidate some other points in the structure of the parasite, hitherto imperfectly known. Passing over the description of the oval corpuscles-of the bladderlike body, or caudal extremity of the worm and its containing cyst-and of the hooks or spines of the worm-we may notice Mr. Gulliver's hypothesis of the uses of the oval corpuscles. He thinks they are the ova of the cystecercus. "It will be difficult to entertain any other view of their nature when we recollect their heterogeneous structure, their regularity in size and shape, their aggregation together in the true body of the worm, and the abundance of carbonate of lime contained in their shells. I am not aware that any gemmæ or sporules have yet been found to possess |