Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-22
DR.. pATTIsoN's cYCLoPEDIA

DR.. PATTISON'S CfCLOPIfUiA
OF
MEDICAL & CHLRURGIC.aL SCIENCE.
A weekly Newspaper for the circulation of Medical
anil Surgical Information, to be published IN WASH
ington City. Edited by
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTlSON, NJ. ID.
Professor Of .anatomy i,TJs6srson College
Asst is the intention Of the publisher to circulate,
in few weeks specimen number of the "Cyclops.
dis If Medical and Chirurgical Science. snd as an op
portunty will then be afforded to the Editor to give
full exposition Of the plan which the Journal will
be conducted he considers it unnecessary IN the pre-
sent advertisement, 10 do more than announce Its pub
LEGATION, and to state briefly its object
The march of Improvement in Medical and Chirur.
gical Science has, within few years, advanced with
rspidty unparalleled in the history Of the other scien
ces. The presses Of Great Britain, France Germany
Italy, and the United States Of America, are sending
forth every week valuable original works. and the nu
merous Medical Periodicals which issue are replete
with discoveries, facts and cases, which it Is OF the
highest Importance to The cause of humanity and the
interests of Medical Science that they should be made
known to the members Of the profession in the United
States Immediately their publication. It is intend
ed that the Cyclop1dia Of Medical and Chrurgcai
Science shall accomplish this most important object.
II will be devoted to the republication OF the sta"u
ard works Of the profession to the circulation OF
Cal news and to retrospective review OF the pro-
gress Of Medical and Surgical Science. The suoscr'
bers to the "Cyciopedis" will, therefore, not ony
obtain their libraries, at small expense rePr'n's
of all the medical works, but they Will be made &C
quanted weekly, with every thing OF interest wh'ch
is taking place in their profession.
Agentieman is now in Europe for the purpose OF
making arrangements to have all the new works on
Medicine and Surgery, and oil the Medical Journals
and Reviews transmitted to the Editor Immediately on
their qualifications; and an experienced Engraver has
been engaged TO reside in the establishment at wash
ington, for the purpose of executing the engraving
which may be required to illustrate thu subjects treat
ed Of Gentlemen acquainted with the French, Ter.
man. and Italian languages viii make TRANSACTIONS OF
the best medical and surgical works whchmay appear
in these languages for republication in the
The Cyciopsda will be printed on q sheet AZ inches
long BY So inches wide, giving sixtyour large royai
octave pages folded into pamphlet form, stitched and
covered Although folded into pamphlet form, IT will
be newspaper, and should be subject to newspaper
postage only Iii proposed to give fttyt~o numbers
per annum containing three thousand ihree hundred
and twenty eight pages or FIVE volumes OF ss hundred
aud fifty pages each, at subscription often doiafsper
annum.
specimen number will be issued in few weeks,
obtained. Those who desire to patronse the work,
are requested to address the PUBLISHER at Washing
ton City. to whom the first years subscription should
be forwarded on the receipt Of the second number
All communications intended for the Editor should
be addressed to him at Philadelphia All letters adj
dressed to either should have postage paid
DUFF GREEN.
Washington CITY, Nav s, 1857