Meteorology : comprising a description of the atmosphere and its phenomena, the laws of climate in general, and especially the climatic features peculiar to the region of the United States; with some remarks upon the climates of the ancient world, as based on fossil geology / by Samuel Forry.
- Forry, Samuel, 1811-1844.
- Date:
- [1843]
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![FOIiRVS CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES. Tin; CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES A X I) 1T S EN 1) EM I C IN FLUENCES, ) CHIEFLY ON 'I11E BECORDS OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND ADJUTAN1 OFFICE, UNITED STATES ARMY. BY SAMUF. L FORRY, M.D. T;u« work is printed upon excellent paper in tlie ordinary book . . :ii, making nearly octavo, with two copperplate en- Tne price of the first edition was $2 50 a volume; but p.s this is the era of cheap literature, we will now place it within :h of the public at half the price. Those desirous of investigating 1 t of Climatology still more extensively than it is presented in the accompanying work on Meteorology, may find in this me the meteorological tables upon which all the results are based ; and as regards the diseases peculiar to the various regions oi the United States, and especially the benefits to be derived by a pulmo- nary patient or any other invalid from change of climate, without the stiy of leaving his country, no other book can at all be con- sidered as a rival. It is in every respect adapted to the popular der. Terms.—Single copies, $1 25. To those taking four or more -, a discount of 2.) per cent, will be made. Orders will be ''d by J. WINCHESTER, 30 Ann street. This is an important subject, treated in a comprehensive, able, and sci- entific minner. * * * The highest praise that we can award to this' [treat labor—for si it maybe truly designated—is that the older country,! with all its industrious intelligence, has nothing of the kind: most of the; contributions in local medical topography that adorn the pa?es ©f the Tran- sactions of the Provincial Medical Association will not b 'ar comparison y refl'Cts altogether the highest credit on the medical literature of the] United States.—[London Literary Gazette. In respect to works of its own class, this volume may he regarded as I >OK of books—or it might, be called the book—there being, as far as! we are informed, no production resembling it, either in the English, or any language. Assuredly there is none strongly resembling it ; much less' is there any one equal to it, in many of its most interesting and important qualities. It is therefore not only original, but unique in its kind. * * * The excellence of its plan and arrangement, the elevation and even gran- dim- of its aim, the masculine spirit and love of philosophy which pervade )t, and the elegant style in which it is composed, are in no respect inferior to 'he matter which it contains. * * * His style we pronounce eminently spirited, graphic, and scholar-like. * * * We have yet to learn that a single w)rk of the kind has heretofore appeared, in any language, compara- ble to that which now lies before us.—[Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery. *'Dr. Lorry has been long known by his meritorious labors in various departments of Statistics, particularly by his 'Report on the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United State-,'and the ' Army Meteorological Register.' In the present work, advantage has been^taken of the materials collected by tlie returns from the virions military posts, and also from other sources, to draw out a general and comprehensive view of the c'imate of-the United States, and of North America in general. Tlie work seems well done, and the author deserves the commenda'ion of all, for his labors in this new and important field of investigation.''— [Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts. It is with particular pleasure that we hail the treatise before us—a plea- sure, which we are sure will bi reciprocated at large by our medical brethren.—[American Journal of Medical Sciences. A volume of highly interesting fac's. It is creditable to the medical e of the United States.—[London Athenaeum. This, is a sensible a;::l useful work, upon a subject ef much importance aod daily increasing interest.—[Dublin Journal of Medical Science. The present work of Dr. Forry's comes out under peculiarly imposing This is just s irh a volume as every physician has felt the want of.—[Bell's Select Medical Library. Dr. Forry's work is unquestionably one of the most interesting produe- ibat have appeared on this interesting subject.— [Dunglison'a Ame- Medical Intelligencer. Dr. Forry, in the successful accumplishment of the task of which this (1 iiit, has laid the profession underdeepob'igations,»nd has made . to the scientific literature of the country, of which it may feel ! as a matter of course, find its way to the hams of four readers, and occupy a place in every library.''—[New . .licet. A work well suited by its subject and by the valuable knowledge it con- fir general perusal. The public are much indebted to Dr. Lorry for duYtry, melho d sense, which he has brought to the compo- of this work, an I the miss of information which he has collected and I into fixed results.—[New York Evening Post. T'.iis is an exceeding'}' vahnb'e and interesting volume, and richly »ide popularity .—[New World. •' ft is the ;ir >doc-i.>n (,f such volumes as this which gives a character to of a-country.— [Brother Jonathan. This is to the medical student a most interesting, and to cverv cfalfe a most valuable work.—[New York Tribune. Much intellectual acumen is discoverable in every page, and the industry manifested reminds US of the indefatigable diligence of Kepler called bv way of eminence, the navigator of the skies. Dr. Forry has an undisputed c aim to the honor of having methodically investigated a class ofphem almost wholy overlooked by his predecessors, and we .-.re sure that very few Of Ins contemporaries will dare to interfere in a domain so successfully cul- tivated hy himself.—[Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. We commend this valuable work to the attention of our readers— [Knickerbocker. The topics—and few are more universally interesting—treated in this volume, seem to us to be fairly and philosophically discussed. It is u book which the curious and inquisitive generally may read with satisfaction, for it is written in a popular sty le, and is nowhere repulsive by a ihow of U cahties or pretension.—New York American. ' We commend the work to our readers, not only as a new book but a valuable one.— [Maryland Medical and Surgical Journal. Embracing, as it does, a connected view of the leading fjhenomi our climate, both physical and medical, based on a series of facts of unques- tioned authority, this volume presents us with results of t.'ie most important character, anci which are to be found in no other work. It must be gratifying to the author to know that it has received unqualified praise from the phi pliers of Europe, and thai his labors are appreciated abroad in sum - mea- sure commensurate with their value.—[New York Commercial Advertiser. As this production has already taken a place among the standard works of the day, it is scarcely necessary f%r us to say that Dr. Forry, in lie | cessfulaccomplishment of his most laborious enterprise, has made avast accession to the scientific literature of the country.—[Hunt's Merchants' Magazine. This volume contains the results of his laborious and mist ably executed enterprise. As a vast collection of documents, the book will he much and more consulted by those who take an interest in the important subject of the influence of the climate of the United States on human life.—[Pbila- delphia Medical Examiner. ! This excellent work is as valuable for the authenticity as for the origin- ality of its materials. In its preparation, its laborious avd judicious author has accumulated a mass of facts for which alone he is eminently entitleu to 'the thank-;, not only of the scientific world, but in a peculiar degree, of his. countrymen at large—data which have required years to collect, and years to collate and digest. Unlike all other treatises on the same subject, which are generally loosely written and made up of the most vague and general statements, the deductions of this volume are based upon precise instrumental observations.—[Democratic Review. I . . This v>lume i; the work of a man of talent, learned in his own profes- sion, and imbued with a philosophy and a spirit of research which not only entitle him to a high place in his own walk of science, but to the special gratitude «f his countrymen in general. The result is the production of a book of vast value, not only to the physician, but to the general philo-. sopher.—[New York Courier and Enquirer. In regard to the manner in which Dr. Forry has executed his task, we deem it unnecessary to say anything, inasmi-'ch as his various writings on these subjects have already stood the test of criticism, eliciting approbation on both sides of the. Atlantic.'*—[New York Medical Gazette. NEW STEREOTYPE EDITION. prick 23 ck::ts.. LIEBIG'S ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, OR, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY IN ITS APPLICATION TO PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY. BY JVSTUS LIEBIO rnoFESsoR of chemistry ik the univkkstty op ge<sse?i We commenced our edition of popular standard works by tlie iwue. on the 4th ol October lust, of an edition of Ten Thofsand Copies of Ibis lenraeil itnd valuable treatise on Organic Chemistry' and so prc*t was it.« success, that, in lets t.'ax two mont/ts. y.M n copy was left on band. Since then, and for more than two months ptist, we have been overwhelmed with orders for the work from all parts of the country, which we have been totally unable to supply. 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