Croonian Lectures on the Numerical Method, and its Application to the Science and Art of Medicine
	William A. Guy
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:409, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.409 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Lectures on the History of Medicine
	Alexander Henry
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:411, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.411 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reviews and Notices
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.415-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	British Medical Journal
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:418, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.418 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Week
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:419, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.419 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reports of Societies
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:420, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.420 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EDITOR'S LETTER BOX

This week's EDITOR'S LETTER BOX

	Sudden Death without Post Mortem Appearances
	J. Zachariah Laurence
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.424 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Working of the Medical Act
	A. B. Steele
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:424, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.424-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

This week's ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

	Cases of Idiopathic Pneumothorax, with Remarkable Absence of Bad Symptoms: Recovery
	John Thorburn
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:413, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.413 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Successful Case of Ovariotomy
	W. L. Wratislaw
	BMJ  1860;s4-1:415, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.179.415 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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