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Electricity as a Cause of Cholera or other Epidemics; andthe Relation of Galvanism to the Action of Remedies. BySir James Murray, M.D., T.C.D. & Ed. Dublin: Brown &- Nolan. 1849. Post 8vo. pp. 160.

The British and American Journal of Medical and PhysicalScience. Montreal, Canada. July, 1849. ’

The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantita-tive Examination of Minerals, Ores, Furnace Products, andother Metallic Combinations. By Professor Plattner, AssayMaster at the Royal Freyberg (Saxony) Smelting Works.Edited, with Emendations, by Dr. Sheridan Muspratt, Pro-fessor of the Liverpool College of Chemistry. With a Pre-face by Baron Liebig; Diagrams &c. Second Edition. London:Taylor, Walton, & Maberly. Edinburgh: Maclachlan & Co.Dublin: Fannin & Co. 1850. 8vo, pp. 401.

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The Modern Housewife; Menayere; comprising nearly One’Thousand Receipts for the Preparation of every Meal of theDay, with those of the Nursery and Sick-room. Illustratedwith Engravings. By Alexis Soyer, (Reform Club.) London:Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Ollivier. 1849. Small 8vo.The Twenty-ninth Report of the Directors of the Dundee

’Royal Asylum for Lunatics. Dundee: M’Cosh. 1849.Proceedings of the Westminster Medical Society—1848-9.

No. III.,

. The Purgative Treatment of Spasmodic Cholera. By C. J.Edwards, M.R.C.S.E. &c. Bath: Hayward. Pamphlet.

The First Principles of Artificial Manuring. A Lecture.By John Ryan, LL.D., M.D., &e. London: Simpkin, Marshall,& Co. Winchester: H. Wooldridge. pp. 24.The Pathology, Treatment, and Prevention of Cholera. By

George Fife, M.D. London: Simpkin & Marshall. Newcastle:Macliver & Bradley. Pamphlet. pp. 20.

Cholera; its Prevention, Premonitory Symptoms, and Treat-ment. By William Slyman, M.D., M.R.C.S., and Coroner forthe Newtown District of the County of Montgomery. Withan Appendix. Newtown : Lloyd. 1849. Pamphlet.

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Confessions of a Hypochondriac, or the Adventures of aHyp in Search of Health. By M.R.C.S. London: 1849.Saunders & Otley. 8vo, pp. 310.

Report made to the Legislature of Massachusetts uponIdiocy. By S. G. Howe. Boston: Coolidge & Wiley. London:John Chapman. 1848. 8vo, pp. 100; and Appendix.Memoire sur le Developpement les Causes et le Traitement

du Cholera. Par Ch. Doorjak, Medicin de la Cour Impe-riale, St. Petersburg. Græff. 1848. Pamphlet.Nineteenth Annual Report of the Belfast District Asylum

- 1849. Belfast: Finlay.Fifty-third Report of the Friends’ Retreat, near York-

1849. York: Linney.The American Journal of Insanity. Vol. VI. No. 1.

July, 1849. Utica State, New York.The National Temperance Chronicle. August,1849. London:

Houlston & Stoneman.On the Treatment of Tropical Dysentery by means of

Enemata of Tepid Water. By E. Hare. Edinburgh: Inches.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.WE cannot publish the communication of Mr. Houthwaile unless he willsend us his address.

-L. de W.-The inflammation of the eyelid termed a " stye," is generallycaused by a disordered condition of the digestive organs, or of the systemgenerally. As to what are termed "heat spots," they are harmless, and,in many instances, merely the effects, or rather the concomitants, ofwarm weather. We never prescribe in THE LANCET. Apply to a respect.able medical practitioner.

J)ff. Moorman.—We have no recollection of receiving it.THE letter of Chirurgus has been handed to the proprietor of the " Medical

Directory."Dr. Hinxman.—The matter cannot be too much exposed.A Student, (Glasgow.)-We never prescribe in THE LANCET. How do weknow that a person who may anonymously sign himself "a MedicalStudent" is really so, or that he is not an individual who desires to obtainthe opinion of the editor of a medical journal, in order to escape frompaying a surgeon’s fee ? We do not insinuate that such is the case inthe present instance. If our correspondent be really engaged in thestudy of medicine, and wishes to avail himself of the opinion of the editorof THE LANCET on a professional topic, if he will forward to us his propername and address, he shall receive an answer by letter.

Senex.-In 1815. Before that period there was not any law of the kind.Mercator.—It is impossible to determine. The subject mentioned in note

" No. 2" is still under consideration.Bib.—Mr. Aston Key was, by marriage, the nephew of Sir Astley Cooper.He was esteemed, admired, and beloved, by all who knew him; and it may

with safety be said that he had not an enemy in -theprofessioi3, nor evemwe believe, in the world; and the writer of this notice can speak of thesefacts, after having known Mr. Key during a period of thirty-three years.As an operator, Mr. Key was not excelled by any man of his time.

M.R.C.S. They may be written there or elsewhere with perfect security.X. X.-Exceedingly culpable.Studens.— ‘ Firstly," yes. He is eligible ta hold certain appointments byAct of Parliament for which the other is not equally qualified by statute."Secondly," no. "Thirdly," yes.

An Old Subseriber.-Yes. The coroner can-recoversuch charges. This hasbeen decided in full court by the Queen’s Bench. (We fear that, owingto an accident, there has been much delay in replying to this question.)

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,—At this timp, when the medical schools are about to open, you

would be doing essential service by stating in your valuable journal to -thenumerous members of the profession, who are more or less directly inte-rested, your opinion how far the non-contagious nature of the prevailingepidemic is set at rest, as to render it safe for students to reside withinthe walls of the hospitals, and near to where large numbers of cholerapatients are collected.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, and constant reader,Pangbourne, Berks, August 25, 1849. A SURGEON.

*.* The question is difficult to answer satisfactorily. The theory of non-

i contagion has been somewhat shaken by circumstances which have oc-curred in the present epidemic of cholera. There can be no doubt thatthe disease is, under certain aggravating circumstances, and to a certainextent, contagious, but we believe there are no facts which would lead usto assert that it is by any means eminently so. In a large institution, of

; which we have had cognizance, and where a considerable number of stu-dents have been in attendance upon, and daily visiting, numerous cholerapatients, none have caught the disease, and, as far as we know, there hasbeen as great an immunity from it amongst those attending the otherhospitals in London. It might not be desirable for those who are comingfrom a healthy part of the country, and are, as it were, not acclimatedto the disease, to reside within its immediate focus; but first year’s stu-dents in only very few cases reside within the walls of an hospital.

A Constant Reader. -The best is " Pereira’s Materia Medica." The cheapest,(by which we presume is meant those sold at the lowest prices) are themanuals of Steggall and Lane.

G. C. shall be answered more fully next week. Probably we shall makearrangements to give the information in our forthcoming Students’Number.

THE letters of Dr. Badeley and Mr. Nankivell, as also that of Pater, shall bepublished next week.

A Poor Student.—Tunica arachnoidea, cerebellum, cerebrum.A Surgeon.-We cannot discover that any blame attaches to Mr. Kennedy.We have seen the report. Dr. Glover could give no other evidence. Thestrictures on Mr. Kennedy are, we think, very unjust: we cannot pub-lish them.

A Subscriber will find in the works of Nasmyth and Bell " On the Teeth"all that he wishes to know. The other work that he names is not neces-

sary or desirable for the purpose he appears to have in view.WE could not find space for the paper of Mr. Batten this week. It shall bepublished in the next LANCET.

THE late Report of the Board of Health will be commented on next week.WE shall also, next week, publish a memoir of the late lamented Mr. AstonKey.

H. J. H.-Junior candidates for the " Fellowship" are members of the Col-lege under eight years’ standing as members.-Senior candidates aremem-bers of eight years and upwards; therefore, a member of two years’standing is a junior candidate.

We have no recollection of receiving a communication from Mr. Lee, ofThorne. We will make inquiry on the matter.

A Physician, (Manchester.)—That medicine has been repeatedly tried andfailed.

Leetor.-The " Anatomist’s Vade Mecum," or Quain and Sharpey’s "Bie-ments of Anatomy." We cannot state at what time the promised Phar-macopoeia will make its appearance.

A Young Practitioner.-That would depend on the by-laws made by thetown council. If there be not a by-law of that body to exclude persons notbeing members of a College of Surgeons, then a licentiate of the Societyof Apothecaries would, in point of law, be an eligible candidate for such Asituation.

COMMUNICATIONS have been received from-Mr. Littleton, (Saltash;) ASubscriber, (Woburn;) Dr. Hinxman, (Bury, Lancashire;) Dr. Ogilvie,(Marischal College, Aberdeen;) A Surgeon, (Pangbourne;) Dr. D. Lewis;M.R.C.S.; J. H.; Mr. Dermott, (Pimlico;) X. X.; Dr. Slyman, (New-town;) Mr. Houthwaite; Mr. Curtis, (Maryport;) Mr. Lee, (Thorne;)Jacobus Analysis; A Would-be Fellow; Mr. Batten; Dr. Laker;Robertus; Mr. Moorman, (St. Columb, Cornwall;) Dr. McGee, (Kirk-cullin;) Dr. Chawner, (Lincoln;) R. ; Dr. Fogarty; Mr. M. B. Gallway,(Brompton, Kent;) A. B. M.; Dr. J. C. Hall, (Sheffield;) Dr. G. H.Smith, (Pinang, East Indies ;) Mr. Waddell, (Manchester;) Chirurgus;Dr. Conolly, (Hanwell;) A Student, (Gla;;gow;) M. Soyer, (ReformClub ;) Dr. Marris Wilson; Mr. Nankivell, (St. Columb, Cornwall ;) AConstant Reader; Dr. Eadeley, (Chelmsford;) A Poor Student; Pater;Justitia; G. C. ; Humanitas; A Lincolnshire Practitioner.

The Englishipan, and Military Chnonicle, Calcutta, May 28; Bolton

Chronicle, Aug. 25; The Atlas, August 25 ; have been received.