Abstract of Lectures on the Physiology of the Nervous System
	E. Brown-Sequard
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:479, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.479 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reviews and Notices
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:480, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.480 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	British Medical Journal
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.481 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Week
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:481, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.481-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Reports of Societies
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:483, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.483 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

EDITOR'S LETTER BOX

This week's EDITOR'S LETTER BOX

	Medical Reform: The Universities and the Colleges
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.486 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Royal Medical Benevolent College
	W. A. N. Cattlin
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:486, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.486-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	The Medical Directories
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:487, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.487 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Illustrations of Hospital Practice: Metropolitan and Provincial

This week's Illustrations of Hospital Practice: Metropolitan and Provincial

	St. Thomas's Hospital
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:471, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.471 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	St. Bartholomew's Hospital
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:472, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.472 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Worcester Infirmary
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.473 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Salop Infirmary
	William A. P. Dickin
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:473, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.473-a [PDF] [Request Permissions]

ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

This week's ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS

	History and Applications of Carbonic Acid as a Local Anæsthetic
	J. Y. Simpson
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:474, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.474 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	On Some Severe Forms of Disease Arising from the Retention of Decayed Teeth
	J. C. Clendon
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:476, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.476 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Application of Belladonna as an Antilactescent
	Henry G. Trend
	BMJ  1858;s4-1:478, doi: 10.1136/bmj.s4-1.76.478 [PDF] [Request Permissions]

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