THE

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

MEDICAL REVIEW

OR

QUARTERLY JOURNAL

OF

PRACTICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY

EDITED BY

JOHN FORBES M.D. F.R.S.

AND

JOHN CONOLLY M.D.

EDITORS OF THE CYCLOPÆDIA OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE

VOL. VII.

OCTOBER-APRIL 1839

LONDON

JOHN CHURCHILL PRINCES STREET SOHO

MDCCCXXXIX.

LONDON:

PRINTED EY C. ADIARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

CONTENTS OF No. XIII.

OF THE

British and Foreign Medical Review.

JANUARY, 1839.

PART FIRST-Analytical and Critical Reviews.

ART. I.-1. A Treatise on Insanity, and other Disorders affecting the Mind. By

JAMES COWLES PRICHARD, M.D. F.R.S. &C.

2. Des Maladies Mentales considérées sous les Rapports Médical, Hygiènique, et

Médico-légal. Par E. Esquirol

Mental Maladies considered in relation to Medicine, Hygiène, and Medical

Jurisprudence. By E. ESQUIROL

3. Essay on the Classification of the Insane. By M. ALLEN, M.D.

4. A Treatise on the Nature, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment of Insanity; with

Practical Observations on Lunatic Asylums, and a Description of the Pauper

Lunatic Asylum for the County of Middlesex, at Hanwell, with a detailed

Account of its Management. By Sir W. C. ELLIS, M.D.

PAGB

ib.

ib.

ib.

5. Delle Malattie della Mente, ovvero delle diverse Specie di Follie. Opera di

LUIGI FERRARESE, Dottor di Medicina, &c.

Of the Maladies of the Mind, or the different Species of Madness. By LUIGI

FERRARESE, M.D. &c.

6. Tenth Report of the Directors of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane. 1834

7. Report of the Lunatic Asylum in St. Petersburgh. 1834.

8. Saggio sulla Statistica Medica della Real Casa dei Matti di Palermo. Scritto da

ANTONIO GRECO, Medico ordinario, &c.

Medical Statistics of the Royal Institution for the Insane at Palermo. By

A. GRECO, Physician in ordinary, &c.

9. State of the New-York Hospital, and Bloomingdale Asylum.

10. Sixteenth and Eighteenth Report of the Directors of the

Asylum. 1836 and 1838

1835 and 1836.

Dundee Lunatic

11. State of an Institution near York, called The Retreat, for Persons afflicted with

Disorders of the Mind. 1836

ib.

ib.

ib.

12. Reports and other Documents relating to the State Lunatic Hospital at Wores ter,

Mass. 1837

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

ib.

13. The Forty-fourth Report of the Visiting Justices, and the Seventh Report of the

Resident Physician and Treasurer of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum

14. Physician's Report to the Managers of the Lunatic Asylum of Aberdeen. 1838

15. On the Statistics of English Lunatic Asylums, and the Reform of their Public

Management. By WILLIAM FARR

16. Observations on the Management of Madhouses; illustrated by Occurrences in

the West-Riding and Middlesex Asylums. By CALEB CROWTHER, M.D.

ART. II.—). Traité théorique et pratique de la Derivation contre les Affections les

plus communes en général, telle que la Pléthore, l'Inflammation, l'Hémor-

ragie, &c. Par L. F. GONDRET, M.D.

Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Derivation as a Remedy for some of the

most common Affections, such as Plethora, Inflammation, Hemorrhage,

&c. By L. F. GONDRET, M.D.

2. Counter-Irritation, its Principles and Practice, illustrated by one hundred Cases

of the most painful and important Diseases effectually cured by external

Applications. By A. B. GRANVILLE, M.D. F.R.S.

3. Counter-Action used as a Means of Cure, with Remarks on the Uses of the

Issue. By JOHN EPPS, M.D.