Selected monographs.

Date:
1861
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Selected monographs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF ARITHMETIC MEANS. PAGE Preface . . • • * ■ .183 Section i. Introduction . . • • .185 „ 2. Of Mean Values in General . . .186 „ 3. The Arithmetic Mean as a pure Average . .191 „ 4. The Arithmetic Mean as the probable value of a definite, fixed quantity . • • 194; „ 5. Estimation of the accuracy of the Mean as indicating the probable value of a fixed quantity . . . 196 „ 6. The Arithmetic Mean as the probable value of a variable quantity determined under mean conditions . . 203 ,, 7. Comparison of the Means of several complete series of observations of variable quantities . . . 204 „ 8. On incomplete series of Observations . .212 „ 9. Revision of the conclusions drawn from the preceding Observations, with Rules for the institution and conduct of new Investigations .... 217 „ 10. Examination of certain definite series of Observations . 219 „ 11. On the employment of Quadratics for the determination of . Mean Fluctuations . . . . 248 „ 12. Conclusion ..... 250 Notes on Medical Statistics . . . .251 A Reply to Professor Radicke's Paper, On the Importance and Valüe op Arithmetic Means . • . . 257 On the Deduction op Physiological and Pharmaco-dynamical Probabilities from Co-ordinated Series of Observations . 269 ON THE USE OF COLD IN SURGERY . . .277 Introductory Remarks ..... 279 Case i. Compound fracture, &c. . . . . 302 „ 2. Compound fracture, &c. . . . .303 „ 3. Gunshot fracture of the tibia, &c. . . . 304 „ 4. Fracture of the lower part of the humerus, &c. . . 304 „ 5. Traumatic inflammation of the knee-joint, &c. . . 307 „ 6. Wound of joint, &c. . . . . 308 „ 7. Suppuration of the knee-joint, &c. . . . 308 „ 8. Inflammation of the sacro-iliac synchondrosis, &c. . 309 „ 9. Chronic purulent inflammation of the knee-joint, &c. . 310 „ 10. Inflammation of the cervical vertebrae, &c. . . 311