The Philadelphia Medical Museum, Volume 1

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John Redman Coxe
John Redman Coxe, 1805 - Medicine
Includes a section called Medical and philosophical register.

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Contents

Azotic Gas abforbed in reſpiration 349
71
Strong proof of the prophylactic power of vaccination 353
73
Polarity of the needle destroyed by garlick ibid
74
Horſefields account of a voyage to Batavia
75
White vitriol its uſe in agues ibid
76
Acetite of zinc in gonorrhea c ibid
77
Rodmans Table of the comparative temperature of the air and of
83
MEDICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL REGISTER 1 Medical graduation in the Univerſity of Pennſylvania
86
Election of officers of the college of phyſicians
87
American Philoſophical Society new members admitted c c ibid 4 Miffiffippi Society for the acquirement and diffemination of useful knowledge
89
American Academy of the fine arts
90
Diſeaſes in the Philadelphia Diſpenſary
91
Information from LondonChings worm medicine
93
Harriſons opinion of the cauſe of the rot in ſheep
94
Copal varnish beſt mode of preparing
95
Epſom ſalts found in Virginia ibid II Bedford ſprings Penn account of ibid 12 Vaccine virus preſerved moist nearly four months
98
Vaccine ſcab beſt mode of preſerving the infection ibid 14 Prophylactic power of the vaccine proved at the inſtitutionGolden Square
99
Proof of the vaccine originating in the greaſe of the horfe ibid 16 Vaccine diſcovered to be a preſervative against the ſmall pox in South America
100
Phosphorusa mode to obtainpropoſed as preferable to any other 468
104
Strauſss mode of coating copper with platina ibid
105
Longevityextraordinary inſtance of 469
108
Great heat of the anchor of a ſhip during an eruption of Vesuvius ibid
109
Curious effect of anger in a boy ibid
110
A live toad found incloſed in pit coal 600 feet below the ſurface 471
112
A trout caught with two heads ibid 114 Oliferous China radiſh cultivated for its oil ibid 115 Yeastan artificialas prepared in Germany and Sweden 472
113
Ffirth on Malignant Fever
114
15 Dryſdales hiſtory of the Yellow Fever at Baltimore in 1794 No II
121
Williamfons obſervations on Chorea Sancti Viti
149
Paſcaliss account of an abſceſs of the liver terminating favourably
158
Biſhops deſcription of Dr Phyſicks improved gorget with a plate
186
Hutchinsons deſcription of his improved ſplints with a plate
187
Phyſicks account of the use of bliſters in checking the progreſs of mor tification
189
Jennings account of the effects of labour in the cure of pulmonary conſumption
194
Woodhouses obſervations on the mode of refining camphor with a plate
197
Georgia Medical Society inſtituted
233
Jenkss Eſſay on the analogy of Plague and Yellow Fever
235
Rushs Elements of Life
238
Bartons Philadelphia Medical and Phyſical Journal ibid 6 Johnsons Friendly Cautions to the heads of families
239
Dryſdales hiſtory of the yellow fever at Baltimore in 1794 No III
241
Farquhars account of the angina maligna
266
Dewees examination of Dr Ofborns opinion of the phyſical necef ſity of pain and difficulty in human parturition
270
Smiths account of a fingular caſe of hemorrhage
284
Account of other fingular cafes of hemorrhage
286
Burtons account of the ſucceſsful treatment of menorrhagia
290
Sims account of the cure of dropſy by bloodletting
316
Rushs Dr B account of the cure of confumption by opium cordial drinks and animal food
318
Churchs obſervations on Goldſons pamphlet c
323
Phillipss account of the purification of pomatum by Charcoal
326
47
335
Artificial peat to prepare
356
Philadelphia Medical Society election of officers
357
Notice reſpecting this ſociety
358
Caldwells ſelection of Medical Theſes
359
Dryſdales hiſtory of the yellow fever at Baltimore in 1794 No IV 261
374
Sayres obſervations on dysentery
391
on the cure of an intermittent by naſal hemorrhageand on a chronic intermittent ſuſpended by a ſcald
397
Ankrims caſe of intermittent cured by epiſtaxis
400
Spences obſervations on vaccination at Dumfries Virginia c c
401
Griffiths Dr E hiftory and diſſection of a cafe of clonic ſpaſm
407
Paſcalis on ſyphilitic agonorrhea
410
Stuart on the occafional injurious effects of leeches
416
Humphreys cafe of palſy cured by lightning c
420
American Philofophical Societyelection of membersdonations c
445
Magellanic premiumconditions of
447
Surplus fundconditions of
448
Woodhouſe on the diſcovery of manganeſe in Pennsylvania
449
Otto on the uſe of the vaccine ſcab
451
De Carro on the vaccine ſcab
452
on the knowledge of the Bramins of the cow pock
453
Bremer on the efficacy of vaccination ibid 89 Vaccine inoculationſtatement offrom the royal Jennerian ſo ciety c
454
Decrease of deaths from ſmall pox ibid 91 Thorntons remarks on the ſuppoſed temporary efficacy of the vaccine
456
Detection of falſe reports against the vaccine ibid 93 Comparative view of the vaccine and ſmall pox
457
Peach trees cultivated from cuttings
459
Dupuytren on the formation of the larynx in cunuchs
461
Buchholzs experiments on hydrargyrus muriatus mitis ibid 97 Death produced in a child from the external uſe of arſenic
462
Facts reſpecting the gain of the fea on the land and the reverſe
463
Veau de Launays account of an accident from fulminating filver
464
Royal Humane ſociety on the means of restoring ſuſpended animation
465
Royal Humane ſociety honorary premium c to be adjudged in 1806
467
Waterhouſes public Lecture on Tobacco c
474
Caldwells Tranſlation of Default on Fractures c
475
Goodwyn on the Connexion of Life with Reſpiration c
479
Notices to correſpondents 120 240 360
480
327
481
Deweess eſſay on ſuperfœtation
483
A live worm found in the liver 103
484
Suroxygenated muriatic acid ſucceſsfully uſed in Scabies c ibid 25 Burnt ſponge recommended in Bronchocele ibid
486
Vaccine not a preventive of plague
487

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