On the nature and treatment of diseases of the kidney connected with albuminous urine, (morbus brightii) / by G. Owen Rees.

  • Rees, G. O. (George Owen), 1813-1889.
Date:
1850
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Credit: On the nature and treatment of diseases of the kidney connected with albuminous urine, (morbus brightii) / by G. Owen Rees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MOLLHAUSEN'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Now ready, in 2 vols. 8vo. with a Map, 11 Illustrations in Chromo-lithography, and J 2 Wood Engravings, price 30s. clotli, JJJARV Ol1 A JOURNEY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE COASTS OF THE PACIFIC WITH A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION. by B. M< >LLHAUSEN, topographical draughtsman and naturalist to thk EXPEDITION. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BARON HUMUOLDT. translated by Mbs. TERCY SINNETT. Opinions of these Travels. t ]Tis long since we have enpountcred x so interesting and picturesque n book of travel as MiiUhauseu s Diary. Ohitic. THE expedition to which Mr. *- Mivllhauscn was attached was pronounced by the United States authorities to have done its work remarkably well t and the literary execution of the book Is entirely unobjectionable, The style is simple and Straightforward, and the writer displays a frank- ness and cheerfulness which must make liim an excel- lent companion in travel. The translation by Mrs. Percy Simiett leaves little to be desired. Saturday Review. THIS is a German's narrative of a very •*- long, a very fatiguing, and a very interesting journey. Yet it is a good book; one full of matter and incident, and of short and vivid descriptions. There are in it no cumbrous phrases, metaphysical plunges, or scientific barbarities Unless we over- estimate Mrs. Sinnett's share in Mr. Mollhausen's literary labours, this Journey from the Mississippi to the Pacific takes rank among the best translations in our language. Literary Gazette. PHIS is a delightful book of travels, written by an accomplished and energetic German, approved by the veteran Alexander von Humboldt, and translated into admirable idiomatic English by Mrs. Sinnett Vivid descriptions of nature, animate and inanimate, sketches of the wild life of the Indian tribes, details of the habits of various species of animals, romantic adventure, entertaining anecdote, and historical or tradition- ary illustration, impart a rich and varied interest to the diary of a conscientious and intelligent reporter. Westminster Review. rj.RE AT* praise is due to Mrs. Sinnett ^J for her careful and elegant translation. Mr. Miillhausen's volumes oiler attractions to the geo- logist, the botanist, the ethnologist, and the mere reader of travels. They reflect the highest credit on his ability, energy, and humanity, and add another to the list of those records of European adventurers who have penetrated into the wildest regions and mixed with the most uncultivated tribes Not the least Interesting portion of this work is the author's description of the habits and character of the differ- ent tribes of the natives. The trapper's stories, the narrative of the hunter who was abandoned in the wilds, and many other anecdotes and incidents, serve to illustrate their character better than any verbal account. Mr. Mollhausen's knowledge as a natu- ralist and his observation of the habits and peculiarities nimal kingdom also add largely to the information fired from bis work. Tbe part of the country liey examined has so seldom been traversed by i i ing so wild and desolate hi some parts, besides bring the resort of Indians, that bis narrative lias all the freshness and novelty of tl ! a new country, combined with in^' .(ventures or the lovers of the startline and dangerous. Tht So. THIS book ia very interesting; and -*■ still more so is Baron Humboldt's short but splendid introduction, in which we get an h and ethnographical coup d'ceil of North American civilisation The two volumes are crowded with picturesque sketches, many of them far more inte- resting thani the above, which we chose at random on account of their convenient length ; and the descriptions are made still more attractive by a large number of beautiful illustrations. Taken altogether there are few more intere: travel than Mr. Mollhausen's Diary. The whole of his fresh and animated descriptions of wild nature in all the manifold variety of her forms, as well as of the curious mode of life of the native Indian tribes, evince such a deep sensibility and such a kei of beauty as is seldom met with in books of the kind. BSMAlf. «.' MR. MOLLIIAUSEN is in his own ■■*- way an artist. There is a vigorous IV of truth in the lithographed pictures of his drawing by which these volumes are illustrated, and there is fresh and vigorous depiction in his writing also, lie has a quick eye for what is picturesque in the inhos- pitable regions he describes. He is chiefly indeed a traveller because of the intense delight alb his eye and fancy by the grandeur and of the new scenery, and by all that is (plaint, wild, and suggestive in the native Indian's life. Few German books of travel are so remarkable as this for their vivacity, and for tbe keen relish of adven- ture that impels the writer to garner up in hi record of every bit of stirring life that he I enjoys, every bright and busy illustrative story that he picks.uj) on his road. His quick eye and his general intelligence make him a good scientific member of an expedition, but his great enjoyment is of those aspects of life and nature about which we are all glad to read. Examiner. VVE have here one of the most * ' remarkable books of travel produced in our day. On many grounds this might have 1 pected. All who love wild adventure warm to the names of the red-skin and the prairie. All who have any curiosity about their mother earth know that the land which lies between tbe Mississippi and the Pacific is still iu some parts of it the mo»t unc and mysterious region of the globe. Fro traveller, therefore, who had penetrated int wild tracts we should expect a record full and interesting matter. But in a man attacl > practical an expedition as one sent out by the Ai Government with ti view to raili certainly a I>lishe'l :ir. imbued \, i him as Mr. Moll!, of nature ; and t h.u Loudon: LONGMAN, BKOWN, and CO., Paternoster Row.