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Medical Repository

1807; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

Dr. Jesse F. Jones, Jacob V. Brower, D. B. Warden, C. P. Delasteyrie, Dr. John C. Osborn, Thomas Ewell, V. Seaman, William Darlington, Captain Alexander Coffin Jr., Dr. William W. Miner, Dr. Aaron C. Willey, James Woodhouse, Samuel Bard, William P. Dewees, Lyman Spalding, C. P. Lasteyrie, John Stearns, M. R. Braconnot,

Frontmatter: Medical Repository. Essay: Method of Purifying Fish Oils, and Other Oils, and for Converting the Unrefined Parts to Use, Change of a Human Body to a Fatty Substance, by Submersion in Water, after Death, Case of an Extraordinary Swelling of the Abdomen, Which Terminated Fatally; with an Account of the Appearances on Dissection: Communicated by Dr. William W. Miner, to Dr. Miller, Madison's Map of Virginia, Account of the Art Now Practized in Europe for Multiplying Copies of Drawings and Manuscripts, by Means of a Peculiar Stone and Ink, Lately Discovered: Communicated to Dr. Mitchill, by D. B. Warden, Secretary of Legation to the American Embassy at Paris, and by C. P. Delasteyrie, Member of the National Institute, &c., Remarks on the Yellow Fever and Epidemic Catarrh, as They Appeared in South-Carolina during the Summer and Autumn of 1807: in a Letter from David Ramsay, M. D. &c. To Dr. Mitchill, Dated Charleston, Dec. 24, 1807, Case of Discharge from the Urethra of a Pin, Which Had Been Taken into the Stomach: Communicated by Dr. Jesse F. Jones, to Dr. Miller, Mineralogical Notices from Kentucky, Foreign Interesting Chemical Discoveries by Professor Davy, of the Royal Institution, London, An Abridgement of Mr. Heath's Translation of Baudelocque's Midwifery, with Notes, by William P. Dewees, M. D. Lecturer on Midwifery in Philadelphia. 8vo. Pp. 685. Philadelphia. Bartram and Reynolds. 1807, Account of the Internal Exhibition of the Acetate of Lead in Several Diseases: Communicated by Thomas Ewell, M. D. of Washington, to Dr. Miller, Dark Day at Huntington, Pennsylvania, Bill of Mortality, for Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, for a. D. 1807. By Lyman Spalding, M. D., A Compendium of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, Containing Practical Instructions for the Management of Women during Pregnancy, in Labour, and in Child-Bed; Calculated to Correct the Errors and to Improve the Practice of Midwives; as Well as to Serve as an Introduction to the Study of This Art, for Students and Young Practitioners. By Samuel Bard, M. D. 12mo. Pp. 239. New-York. Collins and Perkins. 1808, Observations on the Epidemic Disease Which Prevailed in the City of New-York during Part of the Summer of 1807: Communicated to the College of Physicians and Surgeons, by Jacob V. Brower, M. D., Wheaton's Method of Making Quicksilver Ointment, Mr. Griscom's Lectures on Chemistry, Elements of Chemistry, by M. I. A. Chaptal. Fourth American Edition, with Great Additions and Improvements. By James Woodhouse, M. D. Professor of Chemistry, &c. 2 Vols. 8vo. Kite. Philadelphia. 1807, Account of the Pulvis Parturiens, a Remedy for Quickening Child-Birth, Philadelphia Prize Medal, Attempt to Introduce the Long-Leaved Pine of Carolina into New-York, Masses of Hair Found in the Human Stomach, and Extracted on Dissection after Death: in a Communication from the Hon. Jonathan O. Mosely, Representative in Congress from Connecticut, to Dr. Mitchill. (With a Sample of the Hair), New-England Association in Favour of Inventors and Discoverers, and Particularly for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Extracts from Mr. Delasteyrie's Letter Concerning the Stone Employed to Multiply Engravings or Copies of Manuscripts, Southern Shrubs Becoming Acclimated to Northern Situations, Medical & Philosophical News Domestic, Warm Day at Northampton, Massachusetts, The Mammoth Really a Northern Elephant, Remarkable Fruitfulness, Officers of the State Medical Society of New-York, An Improvement of the Galvanic Trough, to Prevent the Cement from Being Melted When the Action Is Very Powerful. Extracted from the Athenæum for March, 1808, American Tourmaline, Account of the Successful Extirpation of Tumours from the Neck; Stated in a Letter from Dr. Charles Harris, to Dr. Calvin Jones: Communicated by Dr. John C. Osborn, to Dr. Miller, Progress of Vaccination in Bengal, Lafon's Map of the Orleans Territory, Farther Discoveries in Fossil Zoology, Columbia College, Observations on Heavy Substances Wasted through the Atmosphere, New-York Prize Medals, Smoking Segars, Questions Relating to the Culture of the Cotton-Tree, in the United States, The Destructive Operation of Foul Air, Tainted Provisions, Bad Water, and Personal Filthiness, upon Human Constitutions; Exemplified in the Unparalleled Cruelty of the British to the American Captives at New-York during the Revolutionary War, on Board Their Prison and Hospital Ships. By Captain Alexander Coffin, Jun. One of the Surviving Sufferers: in a Communication to Dr. Mitchill, Dated September 4, 1807, Price and Strother's Map of North-Carolina, Extracts from Observations by M. R. Braconnot, on the Phytolacca, or American Poke Weed. Annales De Chemie, Vol. lxxii. P. 71, An Examination of the Account of an Analysis of the Balltown Waters, as Published in the Last Number of the Medical Repository. (Hexade ii. Vol. V. P. 214.) by V. Seaman, M. D., A Bed Frame, on Which Sick or Wounded Persons May Be Conveyed to Distant Places, with Ease and Safety. Letter to the editor: The Rev. Mr. D. B. Warden, Secretary to the American Legation at Paris, Has Transmitted to the Editors the Following Account of a French Prize Question, Remarks on the Influenza, as It Appeared on Block-Island, in the Year 1807: Communicated to the Editors by Dr. Aaron C. Willey, Remarks on Dr. Hugh Williamson's Opinions Concerning the Fascination of Serpents, (See Med. Rep. Hex. ii. Vol. iv. P. 341:) Communicated in a Letter to the Editors, by William Darlington, M. D. of West-Chester, Pennsylvania. Review: Review Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Vol. ii. Part 2. 4to. Pp. 168.