The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

Etterature.

NOTICES.

)4 the Cure
the ht': of Cataract, with a Practical Summary rf
by ;:1°(1" of Operating (Continental and British)
.Eara" Neill, Surgeon to the Liverpool Eye and
toklo'rwQrY• Liverpool : Deighton and Laughton.
Thi2 ni Churchill. Imperial Octavo with Tables.
lisild,,,ork on the cure of cataract should be in the
former it every student and operating surgeon. To the
*6l! i 8 strongly recommended by its brevity (a great
of the alaln), and its being a compendium of the opinions
, sek,l best writers on the subject—evincing much ye-
-144" labour—while to the latter, the very practical
iior,,„saf the remarks contained in Mr. Neill's ar.nota-
,ra;ats,t Prove eminently useful And to all this work
is
from the clear -and simple style adopted by Mr.
i°rl"iling • a quality which-so distinguishes the
qe. Pott, Hay', Cooper,and all our best surgeons:
w 544 sots have in:Variably felt the want of works which
~,io43l,rek,nt within a small compass the opinions of the
14the„.41korities on the several branches of surgery,
tot,,,frllsve but little time for wading through the many
kti,''Plis with which our libraries abound. Here they
Ileit:l?elitee. to them in a concise and pleasing form, and
Thel,,s3tleliancies and errors carefully examined.
arid vu.ractitifiner here finds as concisely laid before him
klt 6f et Sufficiently ample) Mr. Neill's opinions, the re-
)htiaa,,a experience in the institution of which. he is the
ktirieentstste.g°oll extending over a period of more than
e
'op iears, and embracing between 700 and 800 cases
ration for the cure of cataract.
4.4llillvalanaebPitic tables of the accidents in keratomia are
et' Neill ; ,
, s,ron,p,-
qerieneclination,, Tny advises the adoption of the operation
preference to " extraction," and con-
-I,,rnsef,,haw very few Of our Engli-h surgeons have given
',iterit'e' to that particular operation (requiring so much
!Ikrai,, and practice) he is right. Air. Neill's mode of
411 v "g' and his lucid description of it cannot fail to be
iataPPreviated by all • ractical men.
op eaatt.lng the very °rave question of " when should
i ‘o'lr-4`l" be performed ?" Mr. Neill observe.s—
-inollratect.s •
cataract is immature, the operation is contras;
din. 4 as the ''Pe contend that it is imprudent to operate
snit, Patient can see well with one eye—a precept rep.
tfreeted`l others. The are those who operate upoi;i the
do, , when the hreperfectly fulfils its functions. They
!,„ oesca4% ot er
on 7:
,iban '0111"17110 these,p 2.) e sees better, you know, with
' tbn cause the presence of catar.act
sPeNoY followed be cataract in the other. It is a
sibs ' owever
pp s ythat consecutivep the eye
direat;l'as ca&rsuc- etoeps the development
that ass the othaert stops the consecutive development
C other. Besides it happens ver and over
ininviduals carry: a cataract in one eye for annoy
%ebund even 10 the day of their death, without the fellow
441 ecolnin; affected•"
tkite,sarne time he admits that it is no delusion to say
ofikr.,,the operation on one eye will sometimes save the
itt,eaKing• of the " effects" of the operation, he says
(1)4" ,eannOt be too forcibly impressed upon all young
ind{ainjudicious operation sometimes sets up intia,mmation,
tarthtruction of the eye so tampered with, therel:_br(liidigninogt
!'liscrept and producingua dgeonrunty ich
tr;kithlrfueixiNilines%st,ev,ryiluarguoici p tby observation to
it the -declaration that
tiiionin-
40:laction after an incompetent or mal-adroit opera ,
1,4,,` always 'confined to the eye operated on ; the sounder
k;i-tn'aY share the mischief and be equally destroyed. A
',',11;440 co, bi see soinetbixur,' before his eyehas b.een
experiiinentalists, may find himself quite blind atter-
• f• e
w typographical errors, such as " Procidentia
for " Procidentia Iridis," and " L'Appereil" for
"areil" are unimportant, and the reader can easily
shat t.iem. The printer's
devil should be more
KI)11' looked after in provincial publications especially.
Norl'il.list confess that we do not know who the " Tele-
lollt Peet of antiquity" was who wrote " Tempora
Aatrtlar et nos mutainur in illis."
ka4 le end of the work, which contains, be it observed,
4, • excellencies of style and arrangement, the author
koetc"le into details about Chloroform, its early history,
a2encY in other surgical cases than eye-surgery ;
of°tlligh We do not censure et it seems to our
itt,-,,",e object of the work as presentingp an illustration
''eord7, is called in forensic logic •` travelling out of
1111,,e take leave of our townsman in the best of good
4,ietial% however ; and, whilst venturing to criticise, we
4'art:•le,n'ture a hope that so creditable a production may
pliallto ampler,„„; encouragement and success.
'`"'n% of the book is very respectable, and the
`443 to the xer've encouragement beyond what usually
e lot of provincial enterprise.
Acke,B from the West. By Abel Log. London :
Wat,„,tlanit and Co., 90, Strand; Liverpool: Joshua
Ikr,,-jleY, Lord-street. Parts 1., 11., and 111.
;kikn• ave too long neglected to notice this lively pub-
"italis"'" which we learn is from the pen of a fellow-
-4 r:C:an• Mr. Log is evidently and eminently possessed
ap-ef'l vein of quiet humour, which rather appeays to
eto4"l him unwittingly than to be paraded vfitha
,''lcri„-,.xoite admiration. he is equally at home in the
"liel,',`lve; and has viewed the splendid scenery, through
4,41 "e wiles along, with the feelings of a man who has
to Poetry in his 'Composition. There is a quaintness,
kili,;!lcols style—in the readiness „and suddenness with
!k, })li;Aue jumps from grave to gay, from pictures of the
;ilea to their ridiculous accompaniments—which is
i4eleswi.Y pleasing. We had some hearty laughs over
'`) 'enDtion in the first number, of the voyage out
t
1!41. e Mersey to the St. Lawrence ; and the descrip-
-141184,t1e second of the arrival at Quebec, and of Caha-
ktieh'eleiy, is not only pleasingly given but contains
Ittit. which has escaped the observation of mere book-
WtO tiurists. The third number is occupied with the
bite s adventures, in company with too moose hunters,
!I.,'e'v the majestic falls up the St. Maurice, or Black
f Portion of the country which has been explored
E o
;„ Peans and of which little is known in the
in hl,"self exce tto the wild hunters and voyagers who
files"4(l-31e -had- tot) ss through it on their way to the
paCompany's station, about eight hundred
Lag
afrom We shall be happy to welcome Mr.
tledYn; 41111 tart )
allyf'll. expect to see him become an estab
avourite w the public.

211 London. Part 11. London: David Bogue,
dThe
f).
_B6, Fleet-street.'
`r,
number, in the present num-
Itessarre very good
.tharnes
the
papers illustrating them, by
xeriford;Albert Smith and Charles Kenny, are
,oN aild happy efforts.
9

-1-)lsti. •
nction, or Hearts and Homes. By Mrs.
by iiklillior of "Women of England, &c. Illustrated
44114 • Warren. London : J. and F. Tallis, 100; St.
street. Part I.
k!ltkiliew work of an authoress upon whose previous
lse, "s we have had to bestow an ungrudged meed of
ce.e ofeolnmences admirably, and even in the limited
I,44iiesa first number, a deep interest is excited in the
be of the various characters introduced. It promises
Oti ,e, s 8 didactic than some of the previous works in
il;„and to enforce, by means of the more lively ve-
-048. dramatic action and dialogue, equally valuable
• k It is got up by the publisher in the first style,
ard
ft,,,4 g
aro s both typography and paper ; and the frontis-
vignetce, with which it is ornamented, are per-
-" 8.21 the engraver's art.

Central 41t5relanp.
44)4,441-tglinton has soliDe Witt to Sir John Gerard for
, %as'
4:1144:I-I'll journal states that, upon an average, 100
1? ses Pass through Oxford-street in each hourof
lqx
kb as ..-4uxuaiEs.—A L. ondon journal notes, as a
I'Dortation, the arrival of wedding cake from
Pridab
of 140 f a evening, four little boys. were killed by the
-11;ht etas
of the cliff, a short distance to the eastward
0 kr.
eiefs,
.rildhlood, from Ironbridge, liropshire, has
rkolc„ gtl °
L ndon people by his extraordinary
tea 4tlßuk r,OO the flageolet.
Ist inst. the celebra-
kieCllßßENCE.—On the
, trpe chase mare, " The Novice,"at Abercain-
nowalive.
t brought forth two colts, both
111(14 eider is now on sale at Newport, at Bd. per glaoln-
i4h!ati„a:llng casks), for any quantity; or 9d. per gallon
4 tieg.le hogshead. There is an immense quantity f
brought over here this season.
_ FACT.—A few days ago, Mr. of
1 Abel' In Wiltshire, shot a swift, or screech, which had
1.1111.1.;6!!!! morocco round his neck, dated " Boston,
rk6lB.
tOfnly be calculated that the inhabitants of Glasgow will
Ny the an
to the tune of £15,000 or £lB,OOO, to
°lti• he expenses incurred in consequence of the March
Tue
tti Arled ••s-aY. Priscilla Fitzpatrick, who was accidentally
it,4tet, in the breast by a bullet from a pistol, by her
itik.ro 8 soli, 'lir. Montague Richard Leverson, of Queen-
%At iii:"cnired at the University College Hospital.
the No..„annual meeting of the London Association for
i‘e-te'°ll of Trade, on Wednesday, it was stated that
t,
‘ y s list of swindlers or persons unworthy of credt,
,600.11 increased, during the past year, from 7,452 to
/41°, t;P°OTED FRIAR.—One of those remarkable be-
eap-footed friar, has been preaching in theßo-
-41(.Iloc,,ItIheilic chapel here for several successive evenings..e
CQ y man appears to be a self-denying ascetic .he
1y °are-footed,
Advertiser.
and attired in coarse sackcioth..—
ti etx tser.
tl4,,laeti CONVICTS.—At the last Worcester Assizes,
Ye Ip„named Box and Tolley, were convicted of a bur:
ti,ta, tr. retired part of the county, and sentenced to 15
paratPsPartation. Subsequent events show that
hertv cartes are innocent, and they will doubtless be set
Vll
,11k,,s1;itt: ?arnere has given £5OO to the King's College
No agreeing with Lord -Brougham that money.
Nt:lt)spit te Usefully applied to the support of the exist-
lgt,N the than in building new ones," and .‘ not for-
Of A e ariduct of the students of the College on the
1 A 111'1."
44141' i;klign's O'CONNOR AT LINCOLN.—The Chartist
i'll,„1-1411- Pow at this city for the purpose of selling the
'IV' for n'"state, which was intended to be one of the
atitio ,arrying out the National Land Scheme. Mr.
iii(fvl4.ltiloret.h:a_s taken out a license as auctioneer, a_nd in
bl_rs. 'tug the land off in small allotments to the best
ISlY"lttsgc
Aliph tteeide' ACCIDENT.—On Saturday a most inelan-
iN Urth ut occurred at Auchinstarry Bridge, on the
4141 Of th and Glasgow Canal. The child of a spirit-
Whhari.,cl theaft2,lace, named
.Stark, had fallen. into the ca-
iqud ‘4, 50,_°11.00,,,er, attempting to rescue it, in the strj.lgie-
tutttAast ."4' lout- overreached himself,
sae saatntki;e
tiTmle.
tAk,:ered.teo Minutes :la p sme e'reerst the bodytt Of Stark was
Ott, diedhen taken out life still remained, but he