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THE

NORTH AMERICAN

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

JOURNAL.

CONDUCTED BY

HUGH L. HODGE, M.D. | CHAS. D. MEIGS, M.D.
FRANKLIN BACHE, M.D. | B. H. COATES, M.D.

AND

R. LA ROCHE, M.D.

NON DOCTIOR, SED MELIORE IMBUTUS DOCTRINA.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY J. DOBSON, AGENT.

JESPER HARDING, PRINTER.

1826.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit

Be It Remembered, that on the 31st day of March, in the 50th year of theIndependence of the United States of America, A. D. 1826, Hugh L. Hodge,Franklin Bache, Charles D. Meigs, Benjamin H. Coates, and René La Roche,of the said District, have deposited in this office the Title of a Book,the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, towit:

"The North American Medical and Surgical Journal. Conducted by Hugh L.Hodge, M. D., Franklin Bache, M. D., Chas. D. Meigs, M. D., B. H.Coates, M. D., and R. La Roche, M. D. Non doctior, sed meliore imbutusdoctrina. Vol. II."

In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, intituled,"An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies ofmaps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies,during the times therein mentioned;"—and also to the act, entitled, "Anact supplementary to an act, entitled, "An act for the encouragement oflearning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to theauthors and proprietors of such copies, during the times thereinmentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing,engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

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CONTENTS

OF VOL. II.

No. III.

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

Art. Page.

I. Description of the Gangrenous Ulcer of the mouths of children.By B. H. Coates, M. D., one of the Physicians to the PhiladelphiaChildren's Asylum, &c. 1

II. Case of Purpura in an Infant, attended with extraordinarysymptoms. By R. M. Huston, M. D. 24

III. History of the Natural and Modified Small Pox, or of the Variolousand Varioloid Diseases, as they prevailed in Philadelphia,in the years 1823 and 1824. By John K. Mitchell,M. D., and John Bell, M. D., attending physicians at thethen Small Pox Hospital. With a plate. 27

IV. Remarks on the Pathology and Treatment of Yellow Fever.Arranged from the notes of Dr. J. A. Monges, of Philadelphia. 53

V. Remarks on the Prophylactic Treatment of Cholera Infantum.By Joseph Parrish, M. D., one of the Surgeons to the PennsylvaniaHospital. 68

VI. Case of Neuralgia cured by Acupuncturation. Communicatedby J. Hunter Ewing, M. D. ...