Report of Committee on Medical Educa-
tion, 73
Report of Committee on Medical Litera-
ture, 97
General character of periodical me-
dical publications of the United
States, 99
List of medical periodical publica-
tions of the United States, 100
American medical publications since
1860, 101
List of new works, 102
List of new editions, 104
List of minor publications and
pamphlets, 105
Reprints of European medical pub-
lications, 108
List of new works, 108
List of new editions, 109
Measures for encouraging a national
literature, 111
Report of Committee on Publication, 43
Report on American method of treating
joint diseases and deformities, 141
Development of treatment, 141
Historical sketch, 142
Essential parts of apparatus, 150
Improvements as to material and
mode of application, 150
Summary of pathological basis of
treatment, 153
Description of apparatus, 161
Mode of application, 164
Infrequency of bony anchylosis, 166
Non-necessity of tenotomy, 167
Report on diarrhoea adiposa, 173
History, 173
Analysis of reported cases, 176
Report on laryngoscopal therapy, 307
Report on veratrum viride, 223
Section First-Natural history, 223
Botany and physical character-
istics, 223
History, 224
Section Second-Chemistry and
pharmacy, 226
Chemical history, 226
Report on veratrum viride-continued.
Process for obtaining tincture, re-
sinoid, and alkaloid, 227
Chemical tests and reagents for
detection of alkaloid, and its
comparison with alkaloids ob-
tained from other species, 229
Dose and mode of administra-
tion, 233
Section Third-Physiological action
on animals, 235
Physiological action of veratrum
viride on animals, 235
Physiological action of resinoid
principles on animals, 243
Physiological action of alkaloid
veratria on animals, 246
Physiological action of veratrum
viride on frogs and bats, revealed
by microscopical examination
of the circulating blood, 249
Section Fourth-Therapeutic appli-
cations, 254
A few cases in point, 254
In typhus and typhoid fevers, 269
In phthisis, 271
Means of diagnosis in diseases of
lungs and heart, 271
Therapeutic application of resi-
noid, 272
General synopsis of alkaloid vera-
tria, 275
Section Fifth-Summary of physio-
logical and therapeutic action
on man, 277
General action, 277
On the vascular system, 280
On the respiratory system, 282
On the nervous system, 283
On the muscular system, 284
On the secerning system, 284
On the alimentary canal, 286
Emetic action, 286
Large and poisonous doses, 291
Cumulative action, 293
Section Sixth-Modus operandi, 294