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The DIAGNOSIS and TREATMENT of DISEASES of WOMEN, including the DIAGNOSIS of PREGNANCY. By GRAILY HEWITT, M.D., Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Women, University College, and Obstetric Physician to the Hospital, President of the Obstetrical Society of London. Second Edition, revised, and for the most part re-written; with 116 Illustrations engraved on Wood. 8vo. 24s.

The DUBLIN PRACTICE of MIDWIFERY. By HENRY MAUNSELL, M.D., formerly Professor of Midwifery in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. New Edition, enlarged and revised. Edited by T. M. MADDEN, M.R.I.A., &c., Senior Assistant-Physician to the Dublin Lying-in Hospital. Fcp. 8vo. 5s.

HINTS to MOTHERS for the MANAGEMENT of their HEALTH during PREGNANCY and in the LYING-IN ROOM: With Hints on Nursing, &c. By THOMAS BULL, M.D. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 5s.

The MATERNAL MANAGEMENT of CHILDREN in HEALTH and DISEASE. By the same Author. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Fcp. 5s.

On the SURGICAL TREATMENT of CHILDREN’S DISEASES. By T. HOLMES, Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery, St. George’s Hospital, and Surgeon-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Police. Second Edition, thoroughly revised; with Additional Chapters on Orthopædic Surgery and Paracentesis Thoracis. With 9 Chromolithographic Plates and 112 Woodcut Illustrations from Original Drawings. 8vo. 21s.

On some DISORDERS of the NERVOUS SYSTEM in CHILDHOOD. Being the Lumleian Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians in March 1871. By CHARLES WEST, M.D. Crown 8vo. 5s.

LECTURES on the DISEASES of INFANCY and CHILDHOOD. By CHARLES WEST, M.D., Physician to the Hospital for Sick Children. Fifth Edition, revised and enlarged. 8vo. 16s.

HOW to NURSE SICK CHILDREN; Containing Directions which may be found of service to all who have the charge of the Young. By CHARLES WEST, M.D., &c., Physician to the Hospital for Sick Children. Third Edition. Fcp. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A SYSTEM of SURGERY, THEORETICAL and PRACTICAL, in Treatises by Various Authors. Edited by T. HOLMES, M.A. &c. Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery at St. George’s Hospital, and Surgeon-in-Chief to the Metropolitan Police. Second Edition, thoroughly revised, with numerous Illustrations. 5 vols. 8vo. £5 5s.

LECTURES on the PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of PHYSIC. By Sir THOMAS WATSON, Bart. M.D., Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen. New Edition, thoroughly revised. 2 vols. 8vo. price 36s.

LECTURES on SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. By Sir JAMES PAGET, Bart, F.R.S. Third Edition, revised and re-edited by the Author and Professor W. TURNER, M.B. 8vo. with 131 Woodcuts, 21s.

On CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, especially as connected with Gout, Emphysema, and Diseases of the Heart, By E. HEADLAM GREENHOW, M.D. F.R.C.P. &c. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The CLIMATE of the SOUTH of FRANCE as SUITED to INVALIDS; with Notices of Mediterranean and other Winter Stations. By C. T. WILLIAMS, M.A. M.D, Oxon. Physician to the Hospital for Consumption at Brompton. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.

CLINICAL LECTURES on DISEASES of the LIVER, JAUNDICE, and ABDOMINAL DROPSY. By C. MURCHISON, M.D. Physician and Lecturer on the Practice of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital. Post 8vo. with 25 Woodcuts, 10s. 6d.

ANATOMY, DESCRIPTIVE and SURGICAL. By HENRY GRAY, F.R.S. With about 410 Woodcuts from Dissections. Fifth Edition, by T. HOLMES, M.A. Cantab. With a New Introduction by the Editor. Royal 8vo. 28s.

CLINICAL NOTES on DISEASES of the LARYNX, investigated and treated with the assistance of the Laryngoscope. By W. MARCET, M.D. F.R.S. Crown 8vo. with 5 Lithographs, 6s.

PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY of MAN. By the late R. B. TODD, M.D. F.R.S. and W. BOWMAN, F.R.S. of King’s College. With numerous Illustrations. Vol. II. 8vo. 25s.

VOL. I. New Edition by Dr. LIONEL S. BEALE, F.R.S. in course of publication, with numerous Illustrations. PARTS I. and II. price 7s. 6d. each.

The HOUSE I LIVE IN; or, Popular Illustrations of the Structure and Functions of the Human Body. Edited by T. G. GIRTIN. New Edition, with 25 Woodcuts. 16mo. price 2s. 6d.

OUTLINES of PHYSIOLOGY, Human and Comparative. By JOHN MARSHALL, F.R.C.S. Professor of Surgery in University College, London, and Surgeon to the University College Hospital. 2 vols. crown 8vo. with 122 Woodcuts, 32s.

COPLAND’S DICTIONARY of PRACTICAL MEDICINE, abridged from the larger work, and throughout brought down to the present state of Medical Science. 8vo. 36s.

A MANUAL of MATERIA MEDICA and THERAPEUTICS, abridged from Dr. PEREIRA’S Elements by F. J. FARRE, M.D. assisted by R. BENTLEY, M.R.C.S. and by R. WARINGTON, F.R.S. 1 vol. 8vo. with 90 Woodcuts, 21s.

THOMSON’S CONSPECTUS of the BRITISH PHARMACOPŒIA. Twenty-fifth Edition, corrected by E. LLOYD BIRKETT, M.D. 18mo. 6s.

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● Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained. ● Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter. ● Enclosed italics font in underscores. ● The caret (^) serves as a superscript indicator, applicable to individual characters (like 2^d).

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