Medical Publications of The F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia.
BOENNING
A Text-Book on Practical Anatomy.
Including a Section on Surgical Anatomy.
By Henry C. Boenning, M.D., Lecturer on Anatomy and Surgery in the Philadelphia School of Anatomy; Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Medico-Chirurgical College, etc., etc.
Fully illustrated throughout with about 200 Wood-Engravings. In one handsome Octavo volume, printed in extra-large, clear type, making it specially desirable for use in the dissecting-room. Nearly 500 pages. Substantially bound in Extra Cloth. Also in Oil-Cloth, for use in the dissecting-room without soiling.
Price, post-paid, in the United States, $2.50, net; Canada (duty paid), $2.75, net; Great Britain, 14s.; France, 16 fr. 20.
This work is fully illustrated throughout with clear and instructive engravings. It is not as large as the usual text-books on anatomy, nor yet so small as many of the ready remembrances, but it occupies the middle ground, and will find an acceptable place with many students.—Columbus Med. Journal.
There is not an unnecessary word in this book of nearly five hundred pages. As a typographical specimen it is elegant. Systematic, comprehensive, and intensely practical, we heartily commend it to all medical students and practitioners.—Denver Med. Times.
BOWEN
Hand-Book of Materia Medica, Pharmacy,
and Therapeutics.
By Cuthbert Bowen, M.D., B.A., Editor of "Notes on Practice."
The second volume in the Physicians' and Students' Ready Reference Series. One 12mo volume of 370 pages. Handsomely bound in Dark-Blue Cloth.
Price, post-paid, in the United States and Canada, $1.40, net; in Great Britain, 8s. 6d.; in France, 9 fr. 25.
This excellent manual comprises in its 366 pages about as much sound and valuable information on the subjects indicated in its title as could well be crowded into the compass.—St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal.
BURET
SYPHILISIn Ancient and Prehistoric Times.
With a Chapter on the Rational Treatment of Syphilis in the Nineteenth Century.
By Dr. F. Buret, Paris, France. Translated from the French, with the author's permission, with notes, by A. H. Ohmann-Dumesnil, Professor of Dermatology and Syphilology in the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons.
No. 12 in the Physicians' and Students' Ready-Reference Series. 230 pages. 12mo. Extra Dark-Blue Cloth.
Price, post-paid, in the United States and Canada, $1.25, net; in Great
Britain, 6s. 6d; in France, 7 fr. 75.
This volume, which is one of a series of three (the other two, treating of Syphilis in the Middle Ages and in modern times, now in active preparation), gives the most complete history of Syphilis from prehistoric times up to the Christian Era.
The subject throughout is treated in a clear, concise manner, and readers will find many things which are historically new.
In order to give some idea of the contents of this first volume, the following are cited as among the subjects treated:—
In What does Syphilis Consist? Origin of the Word Syphilis. The Age of Syphilis. Syphilis in Prehistoric Times. Tchoang.—Syphilis Among the Chinese 500O Years Ago. Kasa.—Syphilis in Japan in the Ninth Century b.c. Syphilis Among the Ancient Egyptians, 1400 b.c. Syphilis Among the Ancient Assyrians and Babylonians. Syphilis Among the Hebrews in Biblical Times. Upudansa.—Syphilis Among the Hindoos, 1000 b.c. Sukon.—Syphilis Among the Greeks. Finis.—Syphilis at Rome under the Cæsars. Conclusion: Rational Treatment of Syphilis in the Nineteenth Century.
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