Household Surgery, or Hints on Emergencies. By John F. South,
one of the Surgeons to St. Thomas’s Hospital. First Amer-
ican, from Second London edition. Philadelphia: Henry Carey
Baird, successor to E. L. Carey, 1850.
This is a reprint of an exceedingly popular English work, which
has rapidly exhausted a large edition in its native land. Although
very doubtful of the good influence of works on popular medicine
and surgery, from the fact that “ a little learning is a dangerous
thing,” we nevertheless believe that the teachings of this book, if
followed with the restrictions laid upon the reader by the author,
will be found of great assistance to those for whom it was more
especially intended, viz., missionaries, captains of vessels, and
settlers in colonies where no physician can be had. It is written in
a sprightly, and at the same time, intelligible style, and is embel-
lished with many excellent wood cuts, which tell their own story
more plainly than words.