Medical commentaries. Part I. Containing a plain and direct answer to Professor Monro jun. Interspersed with remarks on the structure, functions and diseases of several parts of the human body / By William Hunter, M. D.

London : S. Baker and G. Leigh [etc.], 1777.

vii, 103 (i.e. 113), v pages, [6]-33 pages, 4 plates ; (4to)

The 2d ed.

Page 113 incorrectly numbered 103

No more published

Copy 1 Note: Lacks plates

Copy 2 Supplier/Donor: Hunt. Soc. Note: Binding: Later quarter vellum.

Introduction.--Of the injections of the testis.--Of the origin and use of the lymphatic vessels.--The history of the dispute.--Remarks upon some extraordinary paragraphs in Dr. Monro's pamphlet.--Of absorbtion by veins.--Of the vessels of cartilages, and of the ducts of the lachrymal gland.--An examination of what professor Monro sen. published as a defence of his son.--Of the discovery of the membrana pupillaris, and of the insensibility of tendons, &c.--Of the rupture in which the testis is in contact with the intestine.--Appendix: Remarks on Dr. Monro's treatise De venis lymphaticis valvulosis, by the reviewers. An anonymous letter by Professor Monro sen. Facts relating to the dispute by Dr. Hunter. A letter from Dr. Donald Monro. Remarks on the foregoing article by Dr. Hunter.--Supplement [contribution to the controversy between the author and Dr. Percival Pott as to the discovery of the cause of congenital hernia]

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