The New York herald., 1865-02-27
NEW BOOKS.

pathic theory and pracceQf medicine just besn Issued
by Mr. VIM Radde sRtsrprEng publisher Of this dty
Ths authors are Ora e. z Marcy and y. W. Hunt two
professors erninensy quained By their sdd learning
and long experience for the work 70 which they have 70
well dsvsed their Mme energies and research Such
work this long needed but none were found fully
equal the task who willing TO undertake the labor
and responsibility Of 10 and important work The
two volumes We now have before completely nil tho
void They are intended equally to aid the medical man
in the pursuit Of his arduous and practic duties q we
as to assist the neophyte who has ju1 entered
the portals Of the temple Of medicine In tne
brief preface their work. the authors sy that their
object throughout has been TO present 70 the medica
profession and the friends Of HOMEOPATHY compre-
hensive and ntegibe view Of the principles and prao
tices OF school, 1t is represented BY rs bsa
writer's and practitione to embody as f as the wide
range Of SUBJECTS permitted, the latest Opinions and
theories Of Investigators Of every school on pathology
and collateral sciences connected with medicine and 10
give to all enquers after advanced scientific TRUTH tne
opportunity TO investigate those principles and 70 -
them tested by facts as illustrated IN the clinical expe
rience Of large number of reliable observers.
These predatory remarks will give tho reader very
general idea of the immense neh Of research and
observation embraced in this useful work. To give
any connected synopsis of its contents would be simply
impossible in q newspaper notice. Suffce II 10 say
that volume begins with interesting history
OF medicine from the time Of the Egyptians to that Of
the Turks passing review the theories Of Escuapus
Hppocrates Aristotle, Plato, CELSIUS, Galen, Hahnemann
and many Of the other ancient and modern professors OF
the art II then treats OF the general principles OF med
cal science and Of the arrangement and classification OF
Diseases reviewing tho various classes and discussing
the remedies Every question proposed is fully exam
ined and all the inHrmtes that flesh is heir to care
fully considered in light Of and advanced
perience.
Among other matters TO which reference Is made in
this volume is q matter that will arrest attention,
through its novelty, if nothing mora This is the
influence Of dress in causing or preventing dis
ease Tho authors illustrate this part OF their
subject by reference to many practical expert
ments showing the different degrees of iniammability
of silk wool nax, and the necessity for regulating
tho temperature Of the body Flannel is clsssed among
the safest articles of clothing from its radiang power,
conducting quality and its power Of absorbing
moisture from the skin or the atmosphere.
The second volume opens with an elaborate dsscrta-
ton on the inanmaory diseases Of the kidneys and
urinary organs beginning with the normal anatomy of
the Kidneys and passing full consideration of every
variety Of the diseases Of the sanguineou function
order have the diseases Of the nervous func-
tion beginning with mental arrangement and continuing
on through the terrible OF monomana, insanity
delirum tremens dementa and all tc diseases Of the
mind.
To brief there is question Of any Importance
whatever in medicine which is not fully and ably treated
in this work. It's a medical handbook to all
classes of medical is therefore beyond all doubt
such publication must work its own way to rmbhc
favor by the internal evidence alone of its value and ex
cellcnce
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Mr. Tennyson did well for his interests in placing the
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Mr. Dutton the eminent religious publisher Of Boston,
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af Avid hut haaa md
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Among latest publications in this is Mrs Henry
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