LITERARY NOTICES OF THE POPULAR CYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE. BY DR. IMRA Y. "We conscientiously recommend this book as the best, and only one, that will supply, in all respects, the want of a scientific treatise on popular medicine, which has long been felt by those to whom the work is addressed. To the Clergy, therefore, who feel it their duty to know in some degree the principles and practice of medicine, in order that they may administer relief, in slight cases, amongst their parishioners, and, in cases of emergency, before the arrival of proper medical assistance; to foreign Missionaries; to Settlers in the new Colonies; to Captains of Vessels; to Heads of Schools and Families: to each, and to all, we would strongly recommend this admirable work."Church of England Quarterly Review. "The book is intelligibly and clearly written; and as a mere general view of the more important diseases to which miserable man is subject, and in which all miserable men ought to take a sharp interest, it has a value quite apart from anything more directly practical. Dr. Imray's book is worth ten thousand of those ordinary Family Medicine Instructors that it would be difficult not to detect, in some corner or other, of almost every country house." -Examiner. "There are, in almost every page, some useful hints and advice, that cannot fail to be of great advantage to all who consult the volume; while the reader will find much to instruct him 'de morbo occurrente.'"-Globe. "We consider Dr. Imray's Cyclopædia to be a work of much merit and value, showing a large acquaintance with all the diseases which flesh is heir to....... The articles on Consumption, Indigestion, and Diet, are worthy of the attention and remembrance of every per son."-Manchester Courier. "Dr. Imray's name is a guarantee for the value of his work. It is a large volume, embracing all the leading maladies incident to the human frame, and appears to us one of the most suitable works a family could have in their possession."-Observer. "We feel happy in being able to speak most favorably of this work, as the only one we are acquainted with that will tend to instruct those to whom it is addressed, and remove the erroneous views under which the public labor on the nature and cure of their bodily sufferings. We most strongly recommend this 'Cyclopædia of Popular Medicine' to all. We would wish it to find a place in every family; but most especially would we direct it to the attention of our Clergy residing in remote rural districts,-to them such a work must be an especial boon." -Churchman. "The volume is comprehensive in its nature, and describes in plain and familiar terms the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all ordinary forms of disease. We should think it might be used with great advantage in the physical education of the young, and that it will form a very valuable accompaniment to ships' medicine chests."- Britannia. "Dr. Keith Imray, from his extensive knowledge and wide-spread experience, aided by a simple style and methodical arrangement, has been enabled to prepare a most valuable manual of Domestic Medicine, which ought to be placed in every house, and which will be peculiarly acceptable to Captains of ships, to persons living remote from immediate medical aid, and especially to Colonists scattered over a wide tract of Country."-Fisher's Colonial Magazine. "Dr. Imray deserves public thanks for having produced a work, which, though not intended to supersede professional aid, will enable an individual, in slight cases, or where medical assistance is not immediately at hand, to alleviate his own, or his neighbor's bodily sufferings."— Asiatic Journal. "The appearance of this useful volume, coming from the hands of a learned and practically skilful member of the profession, we are persuaded will be hailed with general approbation." -Worcester Journal. "This work is intended for popular use, and one which, in our opinion, is exceedingly well adapted to be practically beneficial to families and individuals. It is clear and concise; quite free of professional pedantry, and the love of mystery; and is, besides, the production of one who appears thoroughly versed in the modern practice of medicine... -Tail's Magazine. "Altogether, we think we are warranted in recommending the Cyclopædia as a family medical manual, carefully and ably compiled, simple but methodical in its arrangement, clear and perspicuous in its style, of more than ordinary authority, and practically useful as a book of consultation in all cases where professional advice is either deemed unnecessary or is unattainable."-Glasgmo Herald. "This is a judicious work. We willingly give our meed of praise to what concerns the causes, symptoms, and treatment of diseases, the general directions and the rules laid down being always intelligible to an educated person.". Literary Gazette. "This appears to us to be a valuable work well adapted to the purpose for which it is intended."-Church of England Magazine. ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORK. "On no subject does it appear more destiable that information should be obtained by all, than on that in which all are concerned,-the means of preserving and restoring health. Dr. Imray has done the world good service in the publication of this medical Cyclopædia. We like the plan of this work; and recommend it to be in the possession of every invalid, and of every family."-Metropolitan Magazine. To those heads of families who make it a point of duty to have a medicine chest, we feel we are doing no more than our duty in recoinmending, in the strongest terms, the Cyclopedia of Popular Medicine, by Dr. Imray, as really the best possible director how, and when, to use the medicines which that chest contains." Church and State Gazette. "It cannot, we imagine, be disputed that circumstances may, and often do, arise, under which persons unacquainted, educationally, with the healing art, are called upon to perform the duties of the good Samaritan,' to administer medical relief to their suffering fellowcreatures in the absence of regular medical advice. This unavoidable necessity must fully justify, in the mind of every reflecting person, the expediency of popular treatises on medicine, which many are inclined to reject, either from selfish motives, or from want of due consideration. We are, furthermore, inclined to look favorably upon works of this kind, because we think that, when properly executed, they contribute more effectually to the extinction of quackery than penal enactments, or the protestations of the profession. The corner"After an attentive examination of Dr. Imstone of quackery is ignorance; and, if medi- ray's Cyclopædia, we cannot hesitate to procine, deprived of its mysteries, could be brought nounce the work better calculated for general home to the understandings of the multitude, utility than any other of similar pretensions exquackery, like witchcraft, would soon cease to tant. To persons, so situated as not always to exist. Such an effect the work of Dr. Inray, be within reach of satisfactory medical advice, now before us, is well calculated to produce: we very cordially and sincerely recommend the we defy any one, save the most confirmed hypo- Cyclopædia of Domestic Medicine.' They will chondriac, who shall read the plain, simple, and not find any single volume at once so compreaccurate descriptions of disease given by Dr.hensive, accurate, judicious, and intelligible.”– Imray, to fall into the snares of the empiric. Manchester Chronicle. Indeed, a studious avoidance of everything which may appear to have the remotest connection with empiricism is one of the leading and not least valuable features in the present Cyclopædia, which all persons for whose guidance it is designed, may consult with the most perfect confidence. The descriptions of disease are sufficiently plain to be understood by any layman of moderate intellect; they are couched in simple language, devoid of technical terms; the most prominent symptoms are alone dwelt upon, and theories are, as much as possible, carefully avoided; the rules of treatment are judiciously laid down-the counsels of an experienced and observant physician; in a word, we would say that the Cyclopædia is an excellent manual of the practice of medicine, translated into the vernacular.'"-Pro. Medical Journal. "It is written with much knowledge of the public taste; popular and professional anecdotes are everywhere inserted to relieve the dryness of a work purely medical; and some very curious and useful cases are brought within the understanding of the unprofessional reader, by a style of writing at once familiar and colloquial, without departing from the exactness which is required in all cases of science. We recommend an attentive perusal of those chapters which discuss the most popular subjects, and particularly those parts of the work which concern indigestion and diet. Under the former of these heads a very numerous class of our readers will find some useful suggestions. Under the head of Diet the author enters into a popular, but learned, account of the medical effects of the different articles which enter into our usual diet, and upon their comparative tendency to promote, or impede, the healthy functions of life."-Bell's Weekly Messenger. "This work is a sufficiently careful and scientific production for general purposes. It embraces, succinctly, the chief departments of Nosology, and presents a variety of useful and lucid descriptions. It will be an admirable volume for the purpose of reference for country practitioners, druggists, and apothecaries; and may not be altogether unprofitable, even in the library of the physician and the pure surgeon.” -Allas. "The work before us affords that kind of information which is likely to be useful..... A variety of well selected prescriptions are interspersed in the book."- Pharmaceutical Journal. "The Cyclopædia of Popular Medicine will be found a work of extraordinary value; the rules laid down in it are so clearly expressed as not to be mistaken by a person of the commonest intellect; and the treatment recommended by the author in the various diseases upon which he treats is sanctioned by the latest and best medical authorities. That portion of the book which treats of diet should be read by every person who wishes to preserve his health by the simplest and most obvious means. deed, in the absence of medical aid, we have never met with a work which offers such excellent advice for relieving diseases."—Sunday Times. In "This able and elaborate volume seems to us admirably fitted for the purpose which the gifted author candidly assigns as his own in publishing it—that is, as a domestic guide. As such, we feel great confidence in recommending it to families emigrating to other lands. To our missionary brethren it must be a volume of great value, as they will often find it necessary to place themselves under such guidance."— Christian Examiner. 116 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK, ARE NOW PUBLISHING THE POPULAR CYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN DOMESTIC MEDICINE. BY KEITH IMRAY, M.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND LICENTIATE OF THE This work gives a clear and concise idea of the nature of the distinctive symp The best modes of employing the medicines in general use are faithfully de- Diet, Atmosphere, Temperature, Bathing, Climate, Clothing and Exercise are The publishers of the American Edition prefix to Dr. Imray's work, short Many valuable articles have been furnished by the courtesy of medical gen- The entire volume, with its full Index, Tables of Doses, &c., will prove, it is The work will be completed in twelve weekly numbers, forming one large 8vo. 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