Remarks on the lunacy acts for Scotland, and district pauper lunatic asylums / by A. Watson Wemyss.

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1867
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    Lately PuUished hy the same Author, I. MEDICO-LEGAL TREATISE on HOMICIDE by EXTERNAL VIOLENCE, in relation to the Causes of Death by Violence, and the Signs of Death by the different kinds of Injury to the Nervous, Circulating. Respiratory, and Nutritive Systems. Also to the circumstances which modify the Medico-Ltgal Characters of Injuries. Second Edition, enlarged, 8vo, cloth, 93. *' Our readers may rest satisfied that there is much in Dr Watson's treatise to repay a careful perusal; and, indeed, to be fully appreciated, it must be studied, not merely read. The chapters on Wounds, which constitute four-fifths of the volume, embrace every variety of subject and illustration connected with local inj uries ; and for this alone the treatise deserves to take the foremost rank in British medico-legal literature. It is not only adapted for the medical practitioner, but it is equally fitted to instruct the coroner, the barrister, and the judge.—Dr Forhea's British and Foreign Medical Review, Jan. 1838. We have seldom met with a work of greater merit than that now reviewed. It is clear, concise, compendious, and rich in facts. We hail its appearance as the dawn of a better day in medical literature, for there is not a particle of book- making in the whole volume. We recommend it to the perusal of our readers as full of important matter,—the more attentive their perusal, the higher will be their recompense. We now take leave of this experienced surgeon and talented writer, with an expression of imfeigned respect and gratitude for one of the most important contributions to the science of medical jurisprudence -with which we are acquainted. We are sincerely of opinion that it deserves to be on the table of every medical jurist, and in the hand of every medical student in the three kingdoms.—Dr Johnson's Medico-Chii-urgical jReview, July 1838. II. ACOMPENDIUM of the ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and DISEASES of the HUMAN EYE. Illustrated with numerous Coloured Plates. Third Edition. 8vo, cloth, 20s. Mr Watson's work exhibits a systematic and comprehensive view of the diseases of the human eye. The descriptions are short, but very clear and distinct; and, as they are manifestly derived chiefly, if not entirely, from personal ex- perience, they shew a talent for observation and pathological acuteness by no means common.—Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, A'^o. 96. III. ESSAYS ON SURGICAL PATHOLOGY AND PRACTICE. Nos. L and II.—ON ABDOMINAL RUPTURES. IV. QN PROVISION for the CURE and CARE of the INSANE. V. N THE CONSTRUCTION OF LUNATIC ASYLUMS.