Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-10
MRW Sl.lEslss21NiS VOL. -M-M0. 1919.
DIR. pATTIsoN's CYCLoPEDIA

MEDICAL f. CHIRURGIC.AL SClENCE;
A weekly e wspaper for the circulation OF Medical
and Surgical information, to be published in Wash
ington City Edited by
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTIsON, NJ. d.
Professor Of anatomy IL Jefferson College,
u s il is the intention of the publisher to circulate,
in q few weeks, a specimen numbero OF the .CyeioP@
da # Medical ard Chirurgicai Science" and as an op'
portunit, will then be sfforded to the Editor to give a
full exposition of the plan on which the Journal will
be conducted, he considers it unnecessary, in the pre-
sent advertisement, to do more than announce Its pub
Iicadon, and to slate briefly its object
The march of improvement IN Neoicai s"o onIur
eical Science has, within few years, advanced with q
rapid,ty unpaialieled in the history OF the other scien'
ces The presses of Great Britain, France, Germany,
Italy, aud the United States OF America, are seholhs
forth every week valuable original works. ana the hu'
merous Medical Periodicals which issue are repiete
with discoveries, facts, and cases, which 1t IS OF the
higbes, Importance to the cause Of humanity and the
interests Of Medical Science that they should De mace
known to the members Of the profession in the United
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ed that the, CycIopsdis of Medical and Cnrueg,ca'
Science shall accomplish this most important object.
II will be devoted 10 the republication OF the stand
ard works Of the profession, to the circulation OF medi
cal news, and to q circumspt Give review OF the pro
gress Of Medical and Surgical Science. The suoscri'
bers 10 the "Cyciopx liza" will, therefore,, not only
jim u lHCEt altN . F"eH
of all the medical works, but they will be made ae'
qusinted, weekly, with every thing OF interest which
is taking place in their profession .
4 gentleman is now in Europe for the purpose Of
making arrangements to have all the new works on
Medicine and Surgery, and all the Medical Journals
and Reyiews transmitted to the Editor Immediately on
their publications; and an experienced Engravrr mas
been engaged to reside in the establishment at wash
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Which may be required to illustrate the subjects treat
ed of. Gentlemen acquainted with the FRENCH Der
man. and Italian languages, will make TRANSACTIONS OF
the best modest and surgical works which may appear
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Washington CITY, Nav 8, 1853-tf