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Show 256 APPENDIX. Books published for S. HIGHLEY, upper extremities furnished abundance of suppressed success ful cases, and so did his thirty years' employment of the plaister bandage in sores of the lower extremities. By his versatile talents, in short, he saved lives enough to deserve to be decried by the gossips in ten counties round, as an expo: riineuter on the sick. These and other examples demonstrate that the only chance of acting with success in medicine as in all other diflicult depart= merits ofhunian conduct, is tn he able to think. The dull in our profession, or those lcast capable of thinking, have always tried, and not inefi‘ectually, to persuade the public that they are thesafcst practitioners, because, in compensation for this defect, they have receivcdjudgment or an instinctive substitute for it, as certain favoured mortals, to make up for loss of sight, are said to have been inspired with the talent for poesy. But genius and judgment are either synonymous or indivisiblc. It is by superiorjudgment that the ingenious superiorly adapt means to ends. Judgment always bears the better part in invention. Nay, when the flame is kindled in the bosom of the poet, even he must keep himself collected enough to apply the thermometer, that it may not blaze too wildly. _...._., first published, ivy Longman anal Co. BY THE SAME AUTHOR, INSTRUCTIONS, 55mm which persons of all capacities may learn when their own health. 91' tllztt or their children, is about to decline dangerously; as also how to 2M "1 threatening emergencies-nun LDrTion.--Pricc 15. 3d. or 205. the score. LATELY BY JOHNSON.--PRICE FIVE SHILLiNGs. MANUAL OF HEALTH; Or the Imalid conducted safély through the Seasons. "' It has been doubted and not without reason, with regard to pubhcaw (ions on medical subjects designed for popular use - - - inhether trio in« duccments they hold out to domestic quackery and the lrcqnent conseqncnt blunders, to which they give rise do not greatly ovorhalnncc «in: belif‘iit they are capable of ailbrding.-~No ochctlon of this kind app"? to the vxork we. are now considering. The general reader Will here 11‘11‘ a fond of interesting information on the most interesting 0t sultleftbs con: eyed in a style of peculiar neatness and energy-Vic have {10 -doubt (from internal evidence) that the present work comes from t 1? pen of DR. Bunnorzs.)'---;'l]rd. and Cliz'rzu'g. Rcciezc. g 1‘40. 94, Fleet Street. 1. ANATOMICAL EXAMINATIONS, A complete se ries of ANATOMIUAL QUESTIONS, with ANSWERS. The Answers arranged so its to form an Elementarv System of Anatomy, and intended as preparatory to Examiiiutions :tt. Surgeons Ilzill. ' To which are annexed, Tables of the Bones, Muscles and Arteries, 52 vol. small 8V0. Price 10s. (id. in Boards. " These Examinations form at most useful Vade Mccum for the Medical Student ; whom it cunnot fail materially to assist in the Pursuit of his Studies. The conception of this plan of Elementary instruction is ingenious, and the Author is entitled to great credit for the correctness which is visible in its execution." Anti-Jacobi" IiCZ'it‘tt', February, 1807. " This work is uvowetlly written with the intention of entrbling the Student. easily to qualify himself for passing at Surgeon's Hull, and we think that it is well calculated to unswcr that purpose."-O.rfi)rd Review, April, 1807. Q. CLAltK's OBSERVATIONS on the NATURE and CURE of I'EVEiiS, and of Diseases of the West and East. indies, and of America; with an account of Dissections per- formed in these Climates, and general Remarks on Diseases of the Army, 8vo. 55. boards. 3. BELL'S SYSTEM of SURGERY; illustrated with cop» per plates, 7vol. 8V0. 21. 185. boards. 4. COOPElt's Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of IN~ GUJNAL and CONGENITAL IIERNIA, illustrated by plates, Parts 1 and Q, folio, 2l. '23. each. 5. A GENERAL DIG'I'IONARY of CHEMISTRY, con» mining the leading Principles of the Science, in regard to Facts, Experiments, and Nomenclature, for the Use of Stu~ dents. By WILLIAM NISBE'I‘, M. D_ Fellow of the Roy- :11 College of Edinburgh, &c. 1 vol. thick 121110. closely printed. Price 8s. (id. in Boards. " The reader will here find, within a moderate compass, an epitome of the leading facts and doctrines of the Science, drawn from the latest and most approved sources; and a num- her of very useful Tables are given at the end."--.Uedical and Chil‘ul‘gicul Review, Jar/4, 1805" This work in foot appears to contain full as much as any purchaser could possibly expect. A: the end are several very useful Tables, which are brought together from many philo;:o~ phical works. V'Ve have no doubt that many persons will be: glad of so very compendious a book of reference in Chemis- try. Here is certainly much information within a very swan space, which is the general character of the book."-Bri;;s}t Critic, July, 1805. 6. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of SURGERY, MEDICINE, MIDWIFERY, PHYSIOLOGY, I'A'J‘ILOLUGY, ANATO- MY, CHEMISTRY, «SE. 850. (Ste. To which is ‘added, an abridged Trunsistion of CULLEN'S NUSULCGY. By JOHN JAB/ills \VATT, Surgeon, Snail. 5w. Price 83. in Boards, ‘5 n, Mills,- and Co. hinters, St. Augustine's Back, Bristol-1807. 1 iii: |