The Baltimore Medical and Philosophical Lycæum
1811; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
William Gibson, Charles Bell, Clark Sanford, Samuel L. Mitchill, J. D. Synott, Everard Home, Jos. Kelso, Richard Hopkins, William Brande, M. Magendie, A. R. Delile, Richard W. Hall, Everard Home, John B. Davidge, Lemuel Hayward, John Warren, John Brooks, Thomas Welsh, Aaron Dexter, Josiah Bartlett, William Spooner, John Fleet, James Jackson,
ResumoFrontmatter: The Baltimore Medical and Philosophical Lycæum. Essay: The Brain Is a Mass of Soft Matter, in Part of a White Colour, and Generally Striated; in Part of a Grey or Cineritious Colour, Having No Fibrous Appearance, Medical and Philosophical Intelligence Prize Questions for 1812, Kelso on the Use of Cotton in Burns, A Letter on the Differences in the Structure of Calculi, Which Arise from Their Being Formed in Different Parts of the Urinary Passages; and on the Effects That Are Produced on Them by the Internal Use of Solvent Medicines, from Mr. William Brande, to Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.—[From the Philosophical Transactions for 1808, Part II] Some Observations on Mr. Brande's Paper on Calculi. By Everard Home, Esq. F. R. S.—(From the Same Volume), Extract from a Report Made to the Class of Phisico-Mathematical Sciences, on the 9th of Sept. 1811, by a Committee, Composed of Messrs. Hallé, Humboldt and Percy, on a Memorial of Mr. Legallois, M. D. Concerning the Principle of Action of the Heart, and the Seat of That Principle. Translated from the Paris Moniteur by J. D. Synott, M. M. & C. F. M. and Professor of Belles Lettres in St. Mary's College, To Dr. Potter, Williamson on Scrofula—In Continuation, The Hurry in Which the Three First Numbers of the Lycæum Were Printed, Occasioned a Number of Errors, Which the Reader Will Please Correct, as Follows, Cure of Syphylis by Alkalies, Dr. Hall's Treatise on the Acetite of Lead, The Following Is Its Botanical Character, Mr. George Myers, of This City, Has Discovered, in the Neighbourhood of Baltimore, a Perfect Specimen of the Sulphuret of Molybdœna, the First We Believe That Has Been Found Native in the United States, Hints on the Subject of Animal Secretions Communicated by the Society for the Improvement of Animal Chymistry, Hopkins on the Poisonous Effects of Strammonium, A Memoir upon the Organs of Absorption in Mammiferous Animals, Read at the Institute, on the 7th of August, 1809, by M. Magendie, Doctor of Medicine of the Faculty of Paris, Professor of Physiology, &c. The Experiments Conducted by Doctors Magendie and Delile. Communicated to Dr. David Hosack, by A. R. Delile, M. D. of the Institute of Egypt, &c., Idea of a New Anatomy of the Brain; Submitted for the Observations of His Friends; by Charles Bell, F. R. S. E., College of Medicine of Maryland, Sanford's Additional Observations on the Peruvian Bark, Interesting Particulars Concerning a New and Undescribed Species of Nettle (Urtica) Which Is Capable of Being Manufactured into Yarn, Thread, Cordage and Cloth. In a Letter from Samuel L. Mitchell, M. D. Dated Washington, Jan. 27, 1812, to the Editor Governor Tomkins to Dr. Mitchill, Note, Observations on Albumen, and Some Other Animal Fluids; with Remarks on Their Analysis by Electrochymical Decomposition Communicated by the Society for the Improvement of Animal Chymistry, The Prevailing Doctrine of the Anatomical Schools, Is, That the Whole Brain Is a Common Sensorium; That the Extremities of the Nerves Are Organized, so That Each Is Fitted to Receive a Peculiar Impression; or That They Are Distinguished from Each Other Only by Delicacy of Structure, and by a Corresponding Delicacy of Sensation; That the Nerve of the Eye, for Example, Differs from the Nerves of Touch Only in the Degree of Its Sensibility. Letter to the editor: To the Editor of the Baltimore Medical and Philosophical Lycæum. Review: A Review of Dr. Mease's Case of Varicose Aneurism, by John B. Davidge, M. D. Professor of the Institutes or Principles of Physick in the Medical College of Maryland. Obituary: Medical Obituary.
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