JOHN WILLIAM MOORE RA, M.D., M.CH., UNIV. DUBL.;
BOSTON SOLO PHYSICIANS IN IRELAND;

FELLOW OF THE KING

PHYSICIAN TO THE TH HOSPITAL AND COU DUBLIN INFIRMARY;

EX-SCHOI

MAR1889LEGE, UBLIN.

FANNIN AND COMPANY, GRAFTON-STREET.
LONDON: LONGMANS & CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO.
EDINBURGH: MACLACHLAN AND STEWART.

PARIS: HACHETTE & CO.

1888.

CATALOGUED,
R. F. D.

3/29189.

DUBLIN: PRINTED BY JOHN FALCONER, 53 UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET.

THE DUBLIN JOURNAL

OF

MEDICAL SCIENCE.

CONTENTS.

THIRD SERIES, No. CXCIX.-JULY 2, 1888.

PART I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

ART. I. The Diagnosis of Cancer of the Testis. By WILLIAM COLLES,

M.D., Univ. Dubl.; Fellow and Secretary, R.C.S.I.; Surgeon-in-

Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen in Ireland; Regius Professor

of Surgery in the University of Dublin; Surgeon to Steevens'

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ART. II.-Pуæmia of Dental Origin. By ARTHUR W. W. Baker,

M.D., F.R.C.S.; Surgeon to the Dental Hospital of Ireland,

ART. III. On the Relation of Food to Work. By J. HICKMAN, Army

Medical Staff,

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ART. IV.-On Myxoma of the Chorionic Villi, or Vesicular Mole. By

THOMAS MORE MADDEN, M.D., F.R.C.S. Ed.; Obstetric Physician,

Mater Misericordiæ Hospital, Dublin; President-elect, Obstetric

Section, British Medical Association, &c.,

PART II. REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.

1. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage. By W. H. CORFIELD,

M.A., M.D. (Oxon.); F.R.C.P. (Lond.), &c. Third Edition, revised

and enlarged by the Author and LOUIS C. PARKES, M.D., Cert.

Public Health (Lond),

2. The Student's Handbook of the Practice of Medicine. Designed for

the Use of Students preparing for Examination. By H. AUBREY

HUSBAND, M.B., C.M., F.R.C.S. Fourth Edition, revised and

enlarged,

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3. A Text-book of Biology, comprising Vegetable and Animal Mor-

phology and Physiology. By J. R. AINSWORTH DAVIS, B.A.

With Illustrations, Glossary, and Examination Questions,

4. A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System. By W. R. GoWERS,

M.D., F.R.S. Vol. II. Diseases of the Brain and Cranial Nerves.

General and Functional Diseases of the Nervous System, -

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5. Physiological and Clinical Studies. By ALEXANDER JAMES, M.D.,

F.R.C.P.E.,

6. The Demon of Dyspepsia; or Digestion Perfect and Imperfect. By

ADOLPHUS E. BRIDGER, B.A., M.D., F.R.C.P.E.,

7. Inebriety: its Etiology, Pathology, Treatment, and Jurisprudence.

By NORMAN KERR, M.D., F.L.S.,

8. Lectures to Practitioners. On the Diseases classified by the Regis-

trar-General as Tabes Mesenterica. By W. T. GAIRDNER, M.D.,

LL.D. On the Pathology of Phthisis Pulmonalis. By JOSEPH

COATS, M.D.,

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9. The Germ Theory of Disease. By FRANCIS W. CLARK, L.R.C.P.,

10. Note-book for Dental Students (Dental Anatomy and Physiology).

By JAMES RYMER, L.D.S. Eng., M.R.C.S.,

11. Notes on Dental Surgery, intended for Students of Medicine and

Medical Practitioners. By J. SMITH, M.D., F.R.C.S.E.; Surgeon-

Dentist to the Queen in Scotland, &c.,

12. The Causation of Pneumonia. By HENRY B. BAKER, M.D.,

Lansing, Mich. Reprinted from the Annual Report of the Michigan

State Board of Health for the Year 1886, -

13. The Hospital Prayer Book: containing Prayers for Daily and

Occasional Use; also a Short Form of Public Service for Lay

Readers in Hospital, with a few remarks on conducting the same.

Arranged by EDWARD JOHN WARING, C.I.E., M.D., F.R.C.P.

Lond. Second Edition,

14. Dissolution and Evolution and the Science of Medicine: an Attempt

to Co-ordinate the Necessary Facts of Pathology and to Establish

the First Principles of Treatment. By C. PITFIELD MITCHELL,

15. The Nursing Record: a Journal for Nurses and a Chronicle of

Hospital and Institution News,

PART III. HALF-YEARLY REPORTS.

REPORT ON NERvous and MenTAL DISEASE. BY RINGROSE ATKINS,

M.A., M.D.; Resident Medical Superintendent, District Lunatic

Asylum, Waterford (concluded) :-
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3. Neuro-Pathology and Pathological Anatomy, -

4. Neuro-Therapeutics,

PART IV. MEDICAL MISCELLANY.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE IN IRELAND:—

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Opening Address. By DR. H. ST. JOHN BROOKS,

Notes of some Nervous and Arterial Anomalies. By DR. AMBROSE

BIRMINGHAM,

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An Effect produced by Direct Stimulation of the Heart. By DR.

PURSER,

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First Dorsal Interosseous Muscle supplied by the Median Nerve.

By DR. BROOKS,

On the Distribution of the Cutaneous Nerves on the Dorsum of the

Human Hand. By DR. BROOKS,

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SECTION OF OBSTETRICS.

Specimens Exhibited by Card. By MR. COLCLOUGH HOEY,
Urethral Calculi. By MR. S. M. THOMPSON,

Recent Specimens from the Rotunda Hospital. By DR. MACAN,

Successful Removal of a Large Fibroid Tumour. By DR. M'MORDIE,

Report of the Gynecological Department of the Rotunda Hospital.

By DR. SMITH,

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Uterine Cervical Dilator. Exhibited by MR. Duke,

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The Treatment of Sterility and Obstructive Dysmenorrhoea. By

DR. T. MORE MADDEN,

Notes on Five Cases of Abdominal Section. By MR. O'CALLAGHAN,

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SECTION OF PATHOLOGY.

Case of Peritonitis from Perforation. By MR. M'ARDLE,

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Case of Pyæmia of Dental Origin. By DR. A. W. W. BAKER,

Locomotor Ataxy. By DR. FINNY,

Separation of the Coracoid Epiphysis of the Scapula. By DR. E.

H. BENNETT,

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Cirrhosis of the Liver and Thrombosis of the Portal Vein. By DR.

BEWLEY,

SANITARY AND METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. Compiled by J. W. Moore,

B.A., M.D., Univ. Dubl.; F.K.Q.C.P.; F.R. Met. Soc.; Diplo-

mate in State Medicine and ex-Sch. of Trin. Coll. Dubl.:—

Vital Statistics for Four Weeks ending Saturday, May 19, 1888,

Meteorology-Abstract of Observations made at Dublin for Month

of May, 1888,

Diabetes Mellitus Successfully Treated by Nitro-Glycerine,

Amyl Nitrite in Ague,

Poisoning by Castor Oil Bean,

NEW PREPARATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS :-

Oleum Iodi (Iodised Oil),

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