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structure of the pharynx and of a portion of Ioesophagus was obvious. ’
.
The stomach and intestines were in a
natural state, but extremely contracted, asmight be supposed. ’
TRANSLATION OF RICORD.
JOHN CHURCHILL.
To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR:-Permit me to state, in reply to
your correspondent 11 Alpha," in last week’sLANCET, that in Mr. Langston Parser’s smailwork The Modern Treatment of SyphiliticDiseases," will be found the opinions andpractice of M. Ricord, which that distin-guished surgeon kindly furnished to theauthor.Allow me to refer to the favourable re-
view of Mr. Parker’s work in THE LANCETof February 15. I am, Sir, your obedientRfrvant-
Princes-street, Soho, June 16,1840.
JALAPINE.
DR. BARNES, of Sydenham CoHee, in hisLectures on- Materia Medica, makes the
following observations relative to this sub.
stance :—
44 Jalapine, or the gum-resin of jalap,varies according to the quality of the drug ;but, taking an average of the whole, it is inthe proportion of about 15 percent.; or, as adose, one grain and a half of the j alapine toten grains of the jalap. Like all resins, it issoluble in alcohol, aether, pure alkalies,strong acetic acid, &c."
ANOTHER SUCCESSOR FOR MORISON.
A HINT OF VAST IMPORTANCE.—At twoo’clock, A,1B1., of the 9ih inst., Dr. Horn, 13,Cannon-street, was called to visit-whom?A dead man! Dr. H. maintains that thegenerality of sudden deaths are apoplectic,and if prompt and copious phlebotomy isnot practised, death will inevitably be theconsequence. Apoplexy, he remarks, hasbeen very prevalent of late. Was the dis-ease accurately known when it existed, andthe remedy duly appreciated, and seasonablypractised, many, very many valuable liveswould hllve been saved ! The skilful phy-sician can very readily foretel an approach-ing attack, and he can, by the self-same
remedy, prevent the confirmed attack of thisalarmin-ly fatal disease.The above is the result of twenty-five
years’suceessfnl practice, in the West Indiesand at home. Even in this town, duringDr. H.’s residence of two years, ha has beencalled in to several cases of threatened as
well as confit’med apoplexy. All recovered.-Pi-eston Chronicle.
MEDICAL REFORM.
MR. CARMICHAEL, of Dublin, has placedat the disposal of the Council of the MedicalAssociation of Ireland the sum of 500," tobe applied to the carrying out of an ampleand complete measure of medical reform."
SEROUS SECRETIONS.
On the 13th of January of this year,M. Guerin presented a paper to the RoyalAcademy of Sciences of Paais, in which heproposed to establish as a fact, that atmo.spheric pressure performed an importantpart in the function of secretion from theserous membranes, in the human body,A1’Chiv. Gen. de ltled.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
A Practical Essay on the Disease gene.rally known under the name of DeliriumTremens, written principally with a View toelucidate its Division into Distinct Stages,and hence to simplify its Method of Cure.By Andrew Blake, M.D., M.R.C.S., Phy.sician to -the Nottingham and Nottingham.shire General Lunatic Asylum, &c. SecondEdition,revised and much enlarged. London:Longman and Co. pp. 112.The Transactions of the Provincial Medi.
cal and Surgical Association. Instituted1832. Vol. VIII. London: Churchill.pp. 435, with 35 plates.A System of Anatomical Plates, with De.
scriptive Letter-press. By John Lizars,F.R.S.E. Parts 10 and 11.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A Medical Student will find an answer tohis questions, in the body of this week’sJournal.The communication from Mr. Otren has
been received, but, from its length, we havenot yet had time to read it.The letter of Dr. Sigmond was not re-
ceived until Wednesday.M. D., who writes respecting Mr. Ouen,
should exercise some research in the Mu.seum to prove his case, and then, iIlustrat.ing it by facts, expose the abuse that hecastigates in his letter.Mr. Wickltum’s note respecting the Aneu-
rism of the Arteria Innominata, came tohand too late for insertion in this week’sJournal; it shall appear in our next.
ERRATA.-In the last number, p. 424, cot.2, line 2, for " fairness," read fitness; line20, for *’ examination degrees" read exami-nation for degrees.