THE RETROSPECT OF PRACTICAL MEDICINE & SURGERY, BEING A Half-Yearly Journal, CONTAINING A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF EVERY DISCOVERY AND PRACTICAL Edited by W. BRAITHWAITE, Surgeon to the Leeds General Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Lecturer on Midwifery and ΝΟ. ΧΙΧ....... JANUARY TO JULY, 1849. UNIFORM AMERICAN EDITION NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY DANIEL ADEE, 107 FULTON-ST. 1849. ARTICLE. CONTENTS OF PART XIX. 1. On the Non-lientity of Typhoid and Typhus Fevers 3 Treatment of Dropsy by the Juice of the fresh Root of the El- 6 On the Treatment of Rheumatic Gout by Lemon-juice 7 On the Treatment of Acute Rheumatism by Nitrate of Potash 9 On the Action of Medicines on the Secreting and Excreting Or- 31 On the Movements of Respiration in Disease 32 On Thoracic Vibration, as a Means of Diagnosis in Diseases of 64 Case of Dislocation of the Astragalus, in which Reduction was 88 Case of Impaction of a Dog's Tooth in the Larynx ALIMENTARY CANAL. 89 On Foreign Bodies in the Mucous Canals 90 On the Proper Period for Operating for Hare-lip 91 On the Evils attending Excision of the Tonsils 92 Case of a Foreign Body lodged in the Esophagus On the Operation for Hernia External to the Sac 4 On Obstructed Hernia 95 On Galvanized Springs for Trusses |