HALF-YEARLY ABSTRACT

OF THE

MEDICAL SCIENCES,

JANUARY-JUNE,

1861.

PRINTED BY J. E. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

THE

HALF-YEARLY ABSTRACT

OF THE

MEDICAL SCIENCES:

BEING

A PRACTICAL AND ANALYTICAL DIGEST OF THE CONTENTS OF THE PRINCIPAL
BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL MEDICAL WORKS PUBLISHED

IN THE PRECEDING SIX MONTHS:

TOGETHER WITH A

SERIES OF CRITICAL REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF MEDICINE AND
THE COLLATERAL SCIENCES DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

EDITED BY

W. H. RANKING, M.D. CANTAB.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON PHYSICIAN TO THE NORFOLK AND
NORWICH HOSPITAL;

AND

C. B. RADCLIFFE, M.D. LOND.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON;

PHYSICIAN TO THE WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL; AND LECTURER ON MATERIA MEDICA AT THE WESTMINSTER
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

Apparatu uobis opus est, et rebus exquisitis undique et collectis, arcessitis, comportatis.
CICERO.

VOL. XXXIII.

JANUARY-JUNE, 1861.

LONDON:

JOHN CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

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MDCCCLXI,

VOL. XXXIV will appear on the 1st of January, 1862.

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LIST OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN PERIODICALS REFERRED TO IN THE HALF-YEARLY ABSTRACT.'