MEDICAL BOOKS A T INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. I THE undersigned have increased their stock of Medical Books very considerably and are selling at such prices as will give general satisfaction to the profession : WE ask the attention of the Physicians of Indiana to our assortment, as we are determined to make it clearly their interest to purchase their Medical Books at home. One door west of Browning's Hotel. Indianapolis, Ia., May, 1848. MORRISON & TALBOTT. DAVID CRAIGHEAD, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, Oils, Varnishes, DYE STUFFS, GLASS WARE, WINDOW GLASS, WHITE LEAD, PUTTY, &c. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. WOULD particularly invite the attention of Physicians, Merchants and others, to his extensive stock, which he has selected with great care, and with a view of having every article pure and genuine. Orders from Physicians and others will be filled with accuracy and at the very lowest prices. Particular attention given to filling prescriptions and compounding medicines. FRESH DRUGS AND MEDICINES. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. WILLIAM HANNAMAN, Druggist Apothecary, At his old Stand, immediately opposite the Post Office, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, CONTINUES TO KEEP A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF Drugs, Medicines & Chemicals. MEDICAL GLASS WARE AND WINDOW GLASS PAINT, VARNISH, WALL, COUNTER, TOOTH, HAIR, AND CLOTHES BRUSHES. PEFUMERY, SOAPS, &C., &C. Together with as general a variety as can be found in Drug Stores in the west. All articles sold at his establishment will be warranted as to quality. Physicians visiting this city are respectfully invited to call and examine his stock and prices before purchasing. His arrangements with eastern houses are such that he can furnish any new article that may be introduced to the favorable consideration of the Medical Profession on short notice. May 1st, 1848. TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. The 31st session will open on the first Monday in November next, under the direction of the following Faculty, viz : BENJAMIN W. DUDLEY, M.D., Professor of Principles and Practice of Surgery. SAMUEL ANNAN, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children. ELISHA BARTLETT, M.D, Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. ETHELBERT L. DUDLEY, M.D., Professor of General and Pathological Anatomy and Physiology. H. M. SKILLMAN, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. The cost of a full course is one hundred and five dollars, invariably in advance, in notes of good and solvent banks of the states whence the pupils come. The Matriculation and Library Ticket is five dollars. The Graduation Fee is twenty-five dollars, par money. The Dissecting Ticket is ten dollars. Clinical instruction gratis, to the candidiates for graduation. Boarding and Lodging, including lights, at from $2 to $3 per week. Lexington, July 1, 1848. tf ROBERT PETER, M.D., TO PHYSICIANS AND STUDENTS OF MEDICINE. CHICAGO BOOK STORE. 122 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. The subscribers offer to Medical Students and Professors the following valuable list of MEDICAL WORKS, which they will sell at the LOWEST EASTERN CASH PRICES: The above, together with the largest stock of miscellaneous Books to be found in the West, can be bought on the most reasonable terms at 122 Lake street. Chicago, May, 1848, tf A. H. & C. BURLEY. [ESTABLISHED 183 8.] L. M. BOYCE, Wholesale and Retail Druggist, 113 LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Is now receiving his stock for the Spring and Summer trade, which he is enabled to sell in quantities to suit customers, at prices which cannot fail to give satisfaction. His assortment is complete and ample, embracing every article to be found at the largest Drug Stores. All orders executed with promptness and fidelity. Chicago, May, 1848. tf J. H. H. REED & CO., (SUCCESSORS TO STEBBINS & REED,) NO. 159, LAKE STREET, CORNER LA SALLE, CHICAGO, ILL., Are now receiving their large Spring Stock of Goods, consisting of FOREIGN AND AMERICAN DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, INSTRUMENTS, CHOICE FAMILY MEDICINES, GLASS, PAINTS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, MACHINE CARDS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, IMPORTED CIGARS, PERFUMERY, GLASS WARE, DRUGGIST'S FURNITURE, &c., &c., &c., Which they offer at the lowest market prices and guarantee superior in quality, as they have been selected personally and with great care, and with reference to purity and fitness for use by the physician or family, as we purchase our supplies directly from importers and first hands, we are enabled to offer inducements to dealers and physicians to purchase of us instead of the eastern markets. Goods for the interior packed with great care and orders promptly attended to. J. H. R. & Co. are agents for Tiemann's celebrated Instruments, and have on hand some samples of new improvements in the Scarificator, Tonsil Inst., Pocket Case, etc., which they would respec.fully call attention to. All instruments made by Mr. Tiemann are of superior style and quality. Instruments not generally kept in shops will be furnished to order promptly. Also agents for Maynard's Liquid Adhesive Plaster, or Etherial Solution of Prepared Cotton, one of the greatest improvements of the age. Chicago, June, 1848. tf TERMS OF ADVERTISING. We invite the attention of those interested in Medical Colleges, of medical book publishers, surgical instrument makers, &c., to our advertising sheet, which will be extended according to patronage. The terms are, for each page, per annum, $10. one insertion, $5. Half page per annum, $6; one insertion, $3. All advertisements of patent or secret remedies, &c., excluded. THE NORTH-WESTERN MEDICAL & SURGICAL JOURNAL. Vol. I.] AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1848. [No. 3. Part 1-Original Communications. ARTICLE I. Case of Ununited Fracture of the Femur of one year's standing, successfully treated by Resection, Denudation, and Retaining the ends of Bone by means of Wire. By DANIEL BRAINARD, M.D., Professor of Surgery in Rush Medical College. About the middle of February, 1848, Sewell Rice, of Allegan county, Michigan, aged 34 years, laborer, of pretty good health and constitution, applied to me on account of an ununited fracture of the left femur. State of the Parts.-On examination, the fracture was found to be situated seven inches above the knee, very oblique, the superior fragment placed in front, the ends overlapping, when no extension was made, not less than four inches, and the fragments so moveable that they seemed to have no connection with each other or with the surrounding parts. The extremity of the upper fragment in particular, when acted on by the muscles, and drawn inwards, forwards, or outwards, could be felt as if beneath the integuments only, and seemed to move as if in a sac. Both ends could be felt rounded; there was no tenderness Vol. I. No. 3.-1. |