WINSLOW ON THE BRAIN AND MIND-(Now Ready.)

ON OBSCURE DISEASES OF THE BRAIN

AND

DISORDERS OF THE MIND;

Their Incipient Symptoms, Pathology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prophylaxis.

BY FORBES WINSLOW, M. D., D. C. L., &c.

In one handsome octavo volume, of nearly 600 pages, extra cloth. Price $3.

Under this modest title, the present volume discusses a series of questions of the most vital importance, which have not hitherto, perhaps, been so ably and elaborately treated elsewhere. The pathology of the brain is necessarily obscure, and the mutual reactions of the brain and mind, especially when their functions become disordered, constitute one of the most recondite as well as momentous subjects that can be brought before the attention of the physician. The welfare of society is so intimately connected with these matters, and the most delicate relations of life so often depend upon a correct solution of the problems whose investigation is here attempted, that a work like the present may be considered indispensable to the practitioner who is liable at any moment to be called upon for action, which he must be prepared to justify in court-and this, in cases of peculiar perplexity.

Dr. Winslow's distinguished reputation and unsurpassed experience in everything relating to insanity, invest his teachings with the highest authority, and in this carefully considered volume he has drawn upon the accumulated resources of a long life of study and observation. His leading object has been to point out the connection between organic disease and insanity, with the view of deducing appropriate means of treatment and insisting on the necessity of early measures of prophylaxis. To accomplish this he has investigated the functions of the mind as developed in their morbid phenomena, and has traced the progress of insanity through all its stages, founding his observations on a vast variety of cases, the peculiarities of which are related in detail. The work thus is rendered not only one of sound instruction, but also of lively interest; while its attractions to the student of mental, as well as of medical science, are shown by the following condensed synopsis of the contents:

CHAPTER I. Introduction. II. Morbid Phenomena of Intelligence. III. Premonitory Symp toms of Insanity. IV. Confessions of Patients after Recovery. V. State of the Mind during Recovery. VI. Anomalous and Masked Affections of the Mind. VII. The Stage of Consciousness. VIII. Stage of Exaltation. IX. Stage of Mental Depression. X. Stage of Aberration. XI. Impairment of Mind. XII. Morbid Phenomena of Attention. XIII. Morbid Phenomena of Memory. XIV. Acute Disorders of Memory. XV. Chronic Affections of Memory. XVI. Perversion and Exaltation of Memory XVII. Psychology and Pathology of Memory. XVIII. Morbid Phenomena of Motion. XIX. Morbid Phenomena of Speech. XX. Morbid Phenomena of Sensation. XXI. Morbid Phenomena of the Special Senses. XXII. Morbid Phenomena of Vision, Hearing, Taste, Touch, and Smell. XXIII. Morbid Phenomena of Sleep and Dreaming. XXIV. Morbid Phenomena of Organic and Nutritive Life. XXV. General Principles of Pathology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prophylaxis.

Such an unassuming prefatory observation is scarcely calculated to prepare the profession for a most masterly exposition of every conceivable phase which cerebral disease, in its psychical and physical operations, has been known to assume The extent of this hitherto untried field may be inferred from the order in which Dr. Winslow proposes to enter on its investigation. It will be apparent from the extent and nature of this imperfect analysis of its first section, that Dr. Winslow has produced no ordinary book. The plan on which it is carried out is altogether original. Complete in range, exact in description, copious in matter, and abounding with cases, its worth may be said to consist as much in its enumeration of sources of error as in its exposition of principles of truth.London Lancet, May 19, 1860.

We believe that the principles therein enunciated and the illustrations afforded, will go far to remove those difficulties and dissipate those doubts which have hitherto placed investigations into conditions of mind

apparently beyond the scope of practical science. This will be the future British text-book on mental and cerebral pathology. It is the most important work that has appeared in this country for many years in rela tion to subtle affections of the mind, and obscure and insidious diseases of the brain. It should be carefully read and closely studied by every student as well as by every practitioner who is anxious to become acquainted with the most improved modern scientific views of the nature and treatment of all cerebropsychical affections.-London Lancet, June 2, 1860.

This work will be carefully studied and received by the profession as the master effort of a great philoso pher, whose wisdom, experience, vast research, large observation, and close reasoning, each directed to diag nostic and practical curative purposes, are for the benefit of mankind, and to the glory of medicine, inscribed in faithful characters upon every page.Dublin Quarterly Medical Journal.

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BY EDWARD HARTSHORNE, M. D.

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The work of Dr. Taylor is now recognized by the profession generally as ranking among the best elementary treatises on medical jurisprudence in the English language. We know of none in which the subject may be more profitably studied; no one better adapted for casual reference with the view to refresh the memory in respect to any especial question within the general scope of forensic medicine. The author has, with admirable judgment, selected from the immense mass of materials at his disposal those best calculated to re

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It is at once comprehensive and eminently practical, and by universal consent stands at the head of American and British legal medicine. It should be in the possession of every physician, as the subject is one of great and increasing importance to the public as well as to the profession.-St. Louis Med. and Surg. Journal.

This work of Dr. Taylor's is generally acknowledged to be one of the ablest extant on the subject of medical jurisprudence. It is certainly one of the most attractive books that we have met with; supplying so much both to interest and instruct, that we do not hesitate to affirm that after having once commenced its perusal, few could be prevailed upon to desist before completing it. In the last London edition, all the newly observed and accurately recorded facts have been inserted, including much that is recent of Chemical, Microscopical, and Pathological research, besides papers on numerous subjects never before published.Charleston Medical Journal and Review.

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The length of time which has elapsed since the first appearance of this work has wrought so great a change in the subject as to require a very thorough revision to adapt the volume to the present wants of the profession. The rapid advance of Chemistry has introduced into use many new substances which may become fatal through accident, carelessness, or design-while at the same time it has likewise designated new and more exact modes of counteracting or detecting those previously treated of. Mr. Taylor's position as the leading medical jurist of England, has during this period conferred on him extraordinary advantages in acquiring experience in all that relates to this department, nearly all cases of moment being referred to him for examination, as an expert whose testimony is generally accepted as final. The results of his labors, therefore, as gathered together in this volume, carefully weighed and sified, and presented in the clear and intelligible style for which he is noted, may be received as an acknowledged authority, and as a guide to be followed with implicit confidence.

In his Preface the author says:

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'My space has been limited, and I have endeavored to fill it with materials which may be of profit to the practitioners of law and medicine, for whose especial use this volume is intended. Under this view the plan of the former edition has been entirely changed. Many chapters have been struck out, and an equal number of new chapters introduced. The requirements of a pe riod dating no longer ago than ten years are different from those of the present day, and it is the duty of an author, so far as it may be in his power and consistent with the scope of his labors, to fulfil these requirements by an entire remodelling of his subject."

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