Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-06

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and Surgical information. to be published IN wash
ington CITY Edited by
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON, NJ. D..
Professor Of .anatomy IN Je6srso" College.
Asst the intention Of the publisher to circulate.
in few We eks specimen number OF the "Cvclop.
da f Medical ard Chirurgics Science and as an OPP
portan,y win then be sorded to the Editor to give a
full exposition Of The plan which the Journst will
be conducted he considers II unnecessary, in the pre-.
sent advertisement do more than announce It's pub
hca,ion. and to state briefly its object
The march Of Improvement in Medical and Chirur.
gica Science has, within few years, advanced with
lspiay unparalleled in the history OF the other scen'
Gee. The presses Of Great Britain. France, Germany,
Is'y, aud the United States Of America, are sending
forth every week valuable original works. and the
rlsrous Medical Periodicals which issue are repiete
with discoveries facts and cases. which IT is ct the
highes, importance to the of humanity and the
Interests Of Medical Science that they should be made
known to the mbers of the profession in the United
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ed that the Cyciopaiia of Medical and Chi-urgicai
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I, wiIi be devoted to the republication Of the stand
ard works Of the profession to the circulation OF med
cal news AMI to retrospective review OF the pro-
gress of Medical and Surgical Science. The Siosc,'-
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ootsin to their libraries at small expense reP"'S
of al, the medical works, bu. they will be male &C
Is taking place in their profession
gentleman is now in Europe for the purpose OF
making arrange meats to have all the new works on
Medicine AMI Surgery, and all the Medical Journals
and Reviews Transmitted to the Editor Immediately on
their puaFcalicr; aud experienced Eagravrr has
been engaged to reside in the establishment at Wash
ingou, for the purpose of executing the engraving
which NAV be required to illustrate tn subjects treat
ed of Gentlemen acquainted with the French, Ger.
man, and Ia;iaa languages will make TRANSACTIONS OF
the best medcs AMI surgical works which may appear
in these languages for republication in the Cvc'opa 's
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De newspaper and should be subjec. to newspaper
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AMI TIVE n,y-eigh pages five volumes Of six hundred
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specimen number will be issued in few weeks,
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DUFF GREEN.
Washington G. ", Nav 8, 1857