Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-28
IsoN's CYCLOP4ED
OF
EaIRURGICfL SCIENCE.
- ee Isr sor the circulation OF Medical
- ,rs.zI g,9rnston. to be published in Wash
IA o., ',tv edited by
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON. NJ. D..
Professor Of .anatony IN Jefferson College.


n is the intention Of the publisher to circulate,
in few weeks. specimen number OF the "Cyclopa
dia medical and Chrurgca Science" snd as an op.
por;uni,y will then be sforded to the Ed togve
fun exposition of the plan which the Journal will
be conucted he considers il unnecessary, in the pre-
advertisement, TO do more than announce Its pub.
hcstion, aud 10 slate briefly its object,
The march of Improvement in Medical ard Chirur.
gical Science has, within few years, advanced with
rspty unparalleled in the histo Of the other scion
ces The presses of Great Britain, France, "crn'.ny,
Italy, and the United States Of America, are sending,
forth every week valuable original works. and the nu
meruus Medical Periodicals which issue are repietc
with discoveries. facts and cases, which 1t u OF the
highest Importance to the cause Of humanity and the
interests OF Medical Science that they should be de
known TO the members OF the profession IN the United
States Immediately on their publication. 1t is intend
eti that the Cycopedia Of Medical and Chirurglcai
Science shall accomplish this most important obj CT
II will be devoted { the republication OF the stand
ard works of the profession to the circulation OF oil
Cal news and to retrospective review OF the pro
cress If Medical and Surgical Science. The suoseri
bers TO the /" Cyciope,a" will, therefore, not ony
obtain to their libraries. at small expense reprints
of all the medical works, but they will be made ac'
quanted, weekly, with every thing OF interest Wh'ch
is taking place in their profession .
A gentleman is now in Europe for the purpose OF
making arrangements to have all the new works on
Medicine and Surgery. and all the Medica, Journals
and Revie VS.. transmitted to the Editor immediately on
their publication; and an experienced EhgraVcr HAS
been engaged to reside in the establishment at Wash
inpton for the purpose of executing the engraving
which may be required TO illustrate tha SUBJECTS treat
ed Of GsGtlemtn acquainted with the french, 1er.
man. and Italian languages viii make TRANSACTIONS OF
the best med;ca and surge. works which may appear
in these languages republication in the Cyclopsds
The Cyc,op elia will be printed on q sheet Sinches
long b, 80 inches wide, giving sixty -four large royal
octave pages. folded into psmphie form. stitched and
covered Although folded into pamphlet FORM It will
be newspaper. and should be subject to newspaper
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and fifty pages each, at subscription otten dollars per
annum.
specimen number will be issued in few weeks,
and the three thousand subscribers are
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ton City. whom the first years subscription should
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DUFF GREEN.
Washington City, May 8, 185S-f