A manual of psychological medicine : containing the history, nosology, description, statistics, diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of insanity, with an appendix of cases / by John Charles Bucknill and by Daniel H. Tuke.

  • Bucknill, John Charles, 1817-1897.
Date:
1858
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Credit: A manual of psychological medicine : containing the history, nosology, description, statistics, diagnosis, pathology, and treatment of insanity, with an appendix of cases / by John Charles Bucknill and by Daniel H. Tuke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WILSON (ERASMUS), F. R. S. ON DISEASES OF THE SKIN. Fifth American, from the Fifth enlarged Loiidon edition. In one handsome ociavo volume, of nearly 700 large pages, with illustrations on wood, exit a cloth S I SO. (Nuw Ready, May, 1863.) Thi? classical work, which for twenty years has occupied the position of the leading authority in the EiK'lish language on its important subject, has just received a thorough revision at the hands of the author, aiul i? now prestyued as embodying ihe results of the latest investigations and expe- rience on all matters connected with disea>es ot the skin. The increase in the size of the work shows the industry of the author, and his determination that it shall maintain the position which it has acquired as thoroughly on a level with the most advanced condition of medical science. A lew notices of the last edition are appended. The writings of Wilson, upondiseasea of the skin,' are by far tlie most scieutiiic and practical that have ever been presented to the medical world on tiiis subject. The present edition isa great improve- ment on all its predecessors. To dwell upon all the great merits and hi^h claims of the work before us, jeria.'im, would indeed be an agreeable service; it would be a mental homage which we could freely offer, but we should thus occupy an undue amount ot space in this Jotirnal. We will, howtver. look al some of the more salient points with which it abounds, and wh icli make i i incnmimra oiy superior to all other treatiseson thosubjecmf dermatology. No mere speculative views are allowed a place in this volume, which, without a doubt; will, for a very Ion pe' ••■ttuowledgeil as the chief standard work o )gy. The priiiciples of an enlightened a.. 1. therapeia are introduced on every ap- propriate occasion.—Am. Jour. Med Science. When the first edition of this work appeared; about fourteen years fc^^o, Mr Erasmus Wilson had already siven some years to the study of Diseases II'' ■ . iiuii he then expressed his intention of d • fuinre life to the elucidation of this br . ledical Science In the present edition Wr. W;.son presents us with the results of his ma- tarea experience, and we have now before us not ercly a reprint of his former publications, but an entirely new and rewritten volume. Thus, the whole history 01 the diseases affecting the skin, whether they originate in that structure or are the mere mani- festations of derangement of internal organs, is brought under notice,and the book includes a mass of information which is spread over.a great part of tJje domain of .Medical and Surgical Pathology. We can safely recommend it to the proiession as the ' est work on the subjectnow in existence in the En- glish language.—London Med. Times and Gazette. No matter what other treatises may he in tie libra- ry of the medical attendant, he needs the clear and sugge.stive counsels of Wilson, who is thoroughly posted up on all subjects connected with cutaneous pathology. Wo have, it is very true, other valuable works <fe the maladies that invade the skin; but, compared with the volume under consideration, they are certainly to be regarded as inferior lights in guid- ing the judgment of the medical man.—Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, Oct. lSo7. The author adopts a simple and entertaining style. He strives to clear away the complications of his subject, and has thus produced a book tilled with a vast amount of information, in a form so agreeable as to make it pleasant reading, even to the uniuiliated. More especially does it deserve our prai.se because of its beautiful and complete atlas, which the American publishars have successfully imitated from the origi- nal plates. We pronounce them by far the best imi- tations of nature yet published in our country. With the text-book and atlas at hand, the diagnosis is ren- dered easy and accurate, and the practitioner feels him.self safe in his treatment. We will add that this work, nlthough it must have been very expensive to the pulTlishers, is not high priced. There is no rea- son, then, to prevent every physician from obtaining a work of such importance, and one which will .save him both labor and perplexity.— Va. Med. Journal. As a practical guide to the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of the diseases of the skin, the book is complete. We know nothing, considered in this as- pect, better in our language ; it is a safe authority on all the ordinary matters which, in this range of dis- eases, engage the practitioner's attention, and pos- sesses the high quality—unknown, we lielieve, to every older manual, of being on a level with science's high-water mark ; a sound book of practice.—London Med. Times. ALSO, NOW READY, A SEKIES OF PLATES ILLUSTRATINa WILSON ON DISEASES OF THE SKIN; consisting of twenty beautifully executed plates, of which thirteen are exquisitely colored, pre.*enting the Normal Anatomy and Pathology of the Skin, and containing accurate re- presentations of about one hundred varieties of disease, most of them the size of nature. Price in cloth. $-5 .50. In beauty of drawing and accuracy and finish of coloring these plates will be found equal to anything o( the kind as yet issued in this country. The value of the- new edition is enhanced by an additional colored plate. The plates by which this edition is accompanied leave nothing to be desired, so far as excellence of delineation and pirrfor-t accuracy of illustration are concerned.— Mtdico-Chiruriiical Review. 0( these plates it is impossible tospeuk too highly. The representations of the various forms of cutane- ous disease are singulnrly accurate, and the color- ing exceeds almost aiiything we have met with.— Britiih and Foreign yiedieal Review. We have already expressed our high appreciation of Mr. Wilson's treatise on Oisoases of the Skin. The plates are comprised in a separate volume, which we counsel all those who possess the text to purchase. It is a beautiful specimen of color print- uijf, and the representations of the various forms of skin disease are as faithful ns is possible in plates of the Hize.—Boston Med. and Sure. Journal. Anril 8, 185B. ' ' Ai^so, the TEXT and PLATES done up in one handsome volume, extra cloth, price $9 50. BY TBK 8AMK AUTHOR. THE DISSECTOR'S xMANUAL; or, Practical and Surgical Anatomy. Third American, from the ia.Ht mvn^ii and enlarged Englirh edition. iVludilied and rearranged, by WiL,i.iA.vi llr;.N r, M. U., Uemoiislralor ol y\iialoiiiy in the University o( I'ennsylvunin. In one lar^e and handi>o(ne royal r.^ino. volume, extra cloth, of !I>H2 piiges. with L54illuKlralion8. S'2 00. BY THK 8AMB AUTnOR. HEALTHY SKIN; A Popular Treatise on the Skin and ITair, their Preserva- tion and Management. Second American, from the fourth London edition. One neat volutue royal 12fno., extra cloth, of about .300 pageB, with numerous illustrations. 81 00. '