Encyclopaedia of the medical sciences ... forming a portion of the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana.

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1847
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    CONTENTS OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES.: ANATOMY. The Anatomy of the Bones and Muscles. By John Flint South, Esq., F. L. S. Hospital. Surgeon to St. Thomas's The remainder of the Treatise by Frederick Le Gros Clark, Esq., Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital. Sfction I. Of the Bones and their Appendages, namely, Ligaments, Cartilages, and Synovial Membranes .... *381 1. Of the Spine . . . .381 2. Of the Head . . . .387 Section TV. 3. Of the Chest . . . .393 4. Of the Limbs . . . .395 Section II. Of the Muscles 409 Section V. Of the Muscles of the Head . . .409 a. Of the Muscles moving the Skull . 409 Section VI b. Of the Muscles upon the Face . 410 r. Of the Muscles of the Lower Jaw . 412 The Muscles of the Tongue . . .413 The Muscles of the Larynx . . . 414 Section VII. Of the Muscles of Respiration . . . 414 Of the Muscles of the Trunk . . .415 Of the Muscles of the Lower Limbs . .417 Section VIII Of the Muscles of the Upper Extremities . 422 . Section IX Section III. Of the Senses. . . . . 428 Section X Organ of Smell 428 j Index Page Organ of Taste 429 Sense of Touch 431 Organ of Hearing . . . . .431 Organ of Vision ..... 433 Of the Nervous System .... 437 Cerebro-Spinal System of Nerves . . 437 Sympathetic System of Nerves . . . 446 Organs of Digestion .... 449 Physiology of Digestion .... 454 Organs of Circulation . . . .461 Arterial System ..... 464 Venous System . . . . .478 Capillary System ..... 479 Organs of Respiration .... 482 Structure and Physiology of the Organs of Respiration ..... 483 Organs of Absorption .... 486 Urinary System ..... 488 Of the Organs of Reproduction . . 490 493* ' MATERIA MEDICA and PHARMACY. By George Johnson, Esq., M. D. Introduction 495 I Articles of the Materia Medica, and Important Substances Pharmacy:—1. Mechanical Operations . . . . 495 prepared from them, arranged in alphabetical order . 497 2. Chemical Operations .... 496 ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE. By Robert Williams, Esq., M.D., Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital. Introduction:—Classification of Diseases . . . 527 Pakt I. Diseases arising from General Causes . . 527 Class I. Diseases of Function ..... 527 Ordeb 1 . The Neurosis 530 Neuroses of the Brain and Nerves . . 530 Neuroses of the Stomach . . . 549 Neuroses of the Intestinal Canal . . 553 Worms—Entczoa-lntestinalia . . 557 Diseases caused by Errors in Diet . . 560 Effects produced by Salt . . 560 by Alcohol . 562 by Lead . . 563 Fish Poisoning . . . 565 Neuroses of the Liver . . . .566 Neuroses of the Organs of Respiration . 570 Neuroses of the Heart .... 574 Neuroses of the Urinary Organs . . 576 Neuroses of the Uterus .... 586 Order Order Class II. Order Order Order Order Order 2. Haemorrhages 3. Dropsies .... Diseases of Structure . . . 1. Inflammation Chromatous, or Red Inflammation Achromatous, or Colourless Inflammation Hypertrophia and Atrophia Inflammation of the Nervous System Inflammation of the Alimentary Canal Inflammation of the Abdominal Viscera Inflammation of the Respiratory Organs Inflammation of the Heart 2. Rheumatism . Podagra, or Gout 3. Tuberculoma, or Scrofula 4. Carcenoma, or Cancer 5. Melanosis . . . 589 601 615 616 617 623 625 626 638 646 658 671 681 685 689 703 714 Encyclopedia0.)? Natural HUory11 V°lume °f ,he Enc>cloP*<!ia Metropolitans contain the articles Botant and Zoology, which are republished in the