Medical Notes on Climate, Diseases, Hospitals, and Medical Schools, in France, Italy, and Switzerland; Comprising an Inquiry into the Effects of a Residence in the South of Europe, in Cases of Pulmonary Consumption, and Illustrating the Present State of Medicine in Those Countries

We were lately so completely taken in by a goodly volume bearing a title something similar to the one now before us, that it was not without some hesitation that we ventured upon the purchase and perusal of Dr. Clark's. We were indeed, somewhat reassured by the modesty of the title page, and the unpretending humbleness of the preface; but we have waxed too wise and sober on our critical Pharos to risk much of our judgment on such appearances ? fronti nulla fides ? and it was only after having clandestinely run over, in our bookseller's, some of the pages in the interior, that we ventured to order its translation to our own shelves. In this instance, we are happy to say that we have not been disappointed. Dr. Clark gives us more