be at least the medical centre of the South. Despite the canting to the contrary, it is the absolute duty of our young men not to turn their backs on home and its superior advantages. We have succeeded in establishing the New Orleans School of Medicine by laboring to develope the rich resources of our city, and on this high platform do we plant ourselves, resolved never to stain our escutchen by descending to political or other intriguery. We deserve the patronage of our youth, and we know they will shower it on us.-EDS.] WUTZER'S OPERATION IN CHARLESTON.-In the January, 1860, number of the Charleston Medical Journal and Review, Dr. T. L. Ozier, of that city, reports twelve successful operations by the method of Wützer, and says he has operated on nineteen others, all of which he deems successful, though they are too recent to report as cured. The Doctor views but one class of cases as incurable, viz: those in whom the hernia has long remained in the scrotum, without the support of a truss, thus greatly enlarging the canal and bringing the inner ring opposite the outer. He has some (as we think) erroneous ideas of the principle on which the cure is effected; but this matter is in better hands than ours, and will be elaborated in the pages of the Gazette. We call attention to Dr. O.'s report to show that the ball is in motion, and that hernia is curable and will be cured. AN ERROR.-Dr. O. C. Gibbs, in the late number of the New York Medical Monthly, quotes from our colleague, Dr. Fenner's, Minnesota experience last summer. Dr. F. went to Europe, and we had the pleasure of that trip to Min nesota. CLASSES OF THE NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.-The first class of this institution numbered 76; the second, 126; the third, 164; and the present, or fourth, 210. This is progress unmistakable, and clearly indicative of her future prosperity. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. "The Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of the Diseases of the Chest. By W. W. GERHAND, M. D., one of the Physicians to the Pennsylvania Hospital, etc.. etc., etc. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1860." As a former pupil of the distinguished author of the foregoing work, we cannot express other than pleasurable feelings on looking at this substantial evidence of the high estimation in which he is held by the profession. Since 1846 this valuable standard work has passed to a fourth edition, and now comes to us enlarged and improved so as to bring it "fully up to the times." As we have heretofore done, we cheerfully commend it to our brethren as a truly reliable treatise on the chest, for we know that it comes from the hands of a "good physician." It is the fruit of patient and honest investigation. "Elements of Medical Jurisprudence. By THEODORE ROMEYNE BECK, M. D., LL. D, Prof., etc., etc., and JOHN B. BECK, M. D., Prof., etc., etc. Eleventh edition; with notes by an association of the friends of Drs. Beck. The whole revised by C. R. GILMAN, M. D., Prof., etc. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1860." This standard work comes to us in two large volumes of 900 pages each, and, so far as we can judge by a pretty free inquiry, it seems to be really a complete treatise. The previous editions have commanded the liberal support of the profession, and the present is certainly far more reliable, inasmuch as it not only has the fruits of the additional labors of its authors, but has been freely contributed to by such men as Austin Flint, M. D., R. H. Coolidge, M. D., D. Tilden Brown, M. D., R. W. McCready, M. D., Samuel St. John, M. D., John Watson, M. D., J. P. White, M. D., John C. Dalton, Jr., M. D., George Shea, Esq., and the Hon. Murray Hoffman, of the New York Superior Court. "The Obstetric Catechism; containing two thousand three hundred and forty-seven questions and answers on Obstetrics proper. By JOSEPH WARRINGTON, M. D. One hundred and fifty illustrations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1860." We are the inflexible opponents of all abridgments of medical text books, and never commend them to our pupils. This is one of the best of its kind, however, and has met with great favor. For all the foregoing books we are indebted to the worthy publishers through our enterprising friends, J. C. Morgan & Co., booksellers, at the post office. The works are finished in the best style of the art, and have been promptly laid on our table. REPORT OF DEATHS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS FOR NINE WEEKS, ENDING JANUARY 22, 1860.-From 20th to 27th November, 1859.-Men, 64; women, 30; boys, 42; girls, 29; adults, 94; children, 71; males, 106; Females, 59. Total 165. Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 22; congestion of brain, 7; dyspepsia, 6; enteritis, 10; inflammation of lungs, 7; teething, 9; still-born, 9. From 27th November to 4th December.-Men, 49; women, 19; boys, 24; girls, 37; adults, 64; children, 61; males, 72; females, 53. Total, 125. Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 15; congestion of From 4th to 11th December.-Men, 55; women, 16; boys, Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 5; infantile convul- From 11th to 18th December.-Men, 56; women, 25; Principal Diseases.--Consumption, 22; infantile convul- From 18th to 25th December.-Men, 64; women, 25; boys, Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 17; infantile debility, From 25th December to January 1st, 1860.-Men, 57; Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 12; infantile convul From 1st to 8th January.-Men, 74; women, 24; boys, Principal Diseases.-Bronchitis, 6; burned, 9; consumption, 21; infantle convulsions, 5; chronic diarrhoea, 7; inflammation of lungs, 11; still-born, 5. From 8th to 15th January.-Men, 58; women, 16; boys, 31; girls, 26; adults, 74; children, 57; males, 89; females, 42. Total, 131. Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 19; infantile convul sions, 8; chronic dirrhoea, 12; diphtheria, 6; inflammation of lungs, 10; still-born, 5. From 15th to 22d January.-Men, 57; women, 29; boys, 35; girls, 25; adults, 86; children, 60; males, 89; females, 57. Total, 146. Principal Diseases.-Consumption, 25; infantile convulsions, 5; infantile debility, 5; delirium tremens, 8; chronic diarrhoea, 6; inflammation of lungs, 16; still-born, 5. LIST OF PAYMENTS TO JAN. 25TH, 1860.-Drs. J. F. Glass, vol. ending Dec., 1860, $5; Smith Gordon, vols. 4, 5, 6, 7, $20; A. P. Jones, vol. 6, $5; J. W. Brown, vol. ending Jan., 1860, $5; J. E. Keator, vol. ending Aug., 1861, $5; W. A. Cary, vol. ending Dec., 1860, $5; M. Marsh, vol. 6, $5; J. Fennimore, vol. 6, $5; R. Fowler, vol. 7, $5; C. F. Chamberlain, vols. 6 and 7, $10; E. Martin, vols. 4, 5, 6, $15; Alpuente, vols. 4, 5, 6, $15; G. S. Matlock, vol. 6, $5; E. Bland, vol. 7, $5; J. B. McMillan, vol. 7, $5; J. G. Feerney, vol. 6, $5; J. E. Walker, vol. 6, $5; W. E. Brickell, vols. 4, 5, 6, $15; Ed. Merrill, vol. ending Dec., 1860, $5; O. L. Ellis, vols. 6 and 7, $10. A slight improvement on the past, but a meager list for January. ERRATA. In our last number, on page 815, fifteenth line from top of page, for "opium" read quinine. |