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DIR. pArrlsON's CYCLoPEDIA

MEDICAL e. CHIRURGIC.AL SCIENCE.
weekly newspaper for the circulation of Medical
and Surgical information, to be published in Wash
ington CITY Edited by
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON, NJ. d.
Professor Of .Anaton,y IN Jefferson College.
it is the intention of the publisher TO circulate,
in q few weeks, a'specimen number OF the "Cyclop1
dia # Mecsi ard Chrurgicsl Science" and as an Op
portunt, will then be afordcd to the Editor TO give
full expuston Of the plan which the Journal will
be conducted, he considers it IN the pre-
sent advertisement To do more than announce its pub
Iication, and to state briefly its object
The march of improvement in Medical ard Ch'rur'
gicai Science has within few years, advanced with
rapiJ, unparalleled in the history Of the other scie
ces Tie presses Of Great Britain, France, Germany,
Italy, and the United States OF America, are sending
forth every week valuable orgR, works, AMI the nu
u,erous 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 mbers Of the profession in the United
States Immediately their publication. Il is intend
ed that the Cyclorse liza Of Medical and Chirurgca
Science shall accomplish this most important o'"ct
1t will be devoted 10 the republication ut The stand
ard works of the profession, to the circulation OF medi
Cal news. and to circumspe Give review OF the pro.
gress # Medical and Surgical Science The subscri.
bers 10 the "Cycop .ia" will, therefore, not only
obtain to their libraries. at small expense. reprints
Of all The medical works. but they will be made &C.
quaipted, weekly, with every thing OF interest Which
is taking pisce in their profession.
gentleman is now in Europe for the purpose OF
making arrange merits TO have sll the new works on
Medicine and Surgery, and all the Medical Journals
and Reviews transmitted the Editor Immediately on
their publication, and an experienced Engravtr has
been engaged to reside in the establishment at Wash
ngton, for the purpose of executing the engraving
witch may be required to illustrate til, subjects treat
ed Of Gentlemen acquainted with the French, Ger:
rnau. and Italian languages will make TRANSACTIONS OF
The best medcs and surgical works which may appear
in these Languages Tor republication in the Cy cioraia
The Cycioy ella will be printed Oh a sheet az inches
long by SO inches wide giving sixty.four large royal
octave pages, folded into pamphlet form. stitched and
covered Although folded into pamphlet form, II will
be = nc wspaper and should be subjec, to newspaper
postage only. II is proposed TO give fifty two numbers
per snnum containing three thousand 'hrce hundred
ana twen,y.eig pages five volumes OF SIX hundred
and ty pages each, at subscription often dollars per
annum.
\ specimen number will he issued in few weeks
and the nest three thousand subscribers are
obtained. Those who desire to pstronise the work,
are requested 10 address the PUBLISHER at Washing
ton Cy. 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 q, Philsdelpbis AL letters ad
dressed % either Should have postage paid
DUFF GREEN.
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