Cases of neuralgia and of other diseases of the nervous system : preceded by an analytical exposition of them, exemplifying the principles and practice of neuro-dynamic medicine / by John Chapman.

  • Chapman, John, 1821-1894.
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1873
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    CASES OF DIAEBH(EA ANB CHOLEEA TREATED SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHIEFLY BY MEANS OF THE SPINAL ICE-BAG. 8vo, 64 pp., price Is. _. . . . Theauthor having proposed his method of treatment, has in the next place to determine its actual value in practice; he according'ly completes his case by bringing' forward a large body of evidence to show that his method, when carried out by attendants with the minute care he has a right to enjoin upon them, is, if not uniformly at any rate very largely successful. .... We must say that his statements are backed hv oery_ strong evidence used with much knowledge and skill—so much so, indeed, that they cannot he overlooked, hut claim our instant attention. . . . fVe cannot but be pleased to think that the evidence is most stro)ig in support of that one positio7iin whichti-e are most immediately interested—namely, that the ice treatment is successful. This surely is the main point, and in the face of the miserable results obtained under the use of other methods, we cannot but form a favourable estimate of the alternative treatment here proposed And although we fortunately have no experience of cholera thus treated, yet in fairness to Dr. Chapman, we ought to say that we have found the ice-bag very useful in some other disorders. For example, we have found it strikingly successful in maniacal conditions, when applied to the cervical region; in sympathetic vomiting likewise, and in some other conditions too numerous now to mention.—Medical Times end Gazette, Feb. 17, 1872. Dr. Chapman has the undoubted merit of originating a system of treatment which we believe is of great practical value. We are satisfied of the truth of his assertion, that the condition of the viscera of the thorax and abdomen can be modified to a considerable extent by the external application of heat and cold to the spme We have ourselves observed the advantages of Dr. Chapman's method of treatment in sea-sickness. In the stages ot bronchitis where the breathing is dry and tubular. Dr. Chapman's hot-water bag often causes marked relief, and the increased secretion of mucus from the bronchial tubes seems to be proved by the greater softness of the breathing which may be ascertained to follow in a few minutes by auscultation The pamphlet is m a readable form, and shows both great scientific knowledge and practical sagacity.—IfeiicaZ Fress and Ctrciolar. A readable and persuasive pamphlet. We should like to see Dr. Chapman's views fidly tested,—Edinburgh Medical Journal, July, 1872. LOI^DOIT: BAILLIERB, TINDALL, AND COX, 20, KING WILLIAM STUEET, STKAND. M)i M^t hiring CjjilbHrtlj. [Eeprinted, with additions, from the Westminster Review for Januaryy 1859.] 8vo, price Is, The special object of the Westminster reviewer is to combat the prejudices, religious as well as physiological, which still exists against the use of anaesthetics in parturition.—The Press. A searching article, very useful to confirm and guide the wavering. —S^ee^aior. Exhibits very strikingly how in this, as in many other cases, mankind had been from time to time on the very verge of beneficent discovery without accomplishing the last step into the light.—The Scotsman. In the article on anassthetic medicines, the discovery, the virtues, the progress,the position, and moral effects of Chloroform and other similar matters are treated in full detail. The article, in fact, very nearly exhausts the subject. The question'rof the effect on the cerebral and nervous systems is treated at once medically and popularly and made much more intelligable than hi any other essay we have met with which attempts to enter into technical details.—Morning Chronicle. Treats the history of ansesthetieal agents in a very interesting manner, the whole concluding with an able reply to the many objections wliich have been urged against the practice of anaesthesia during childbirth.—Tork Herald. _ j. ii, . The writer'first'gives~an historical account of the use of auEesthetie agents—notices objections to their employment, and defends tlieir use in a calm moderate, scientific manner.—Bradford Meview. In the article on Chloroform, we learn how extensively this blessed substance has already entered into medical and surgical practice, and how vehemently it has been opposed by those whom Dr. Chalmers called 'small theologians' on the ground that it was contrary to Scripture, especially in cases of midwifery.—jBrad/orrf Observer