Royal Society. 4$3 



The child was much above the standard size, but the ex- 

 ternal parts of the body were well formed. 



Death ensued in consequence of the diminished capacity 

 of the lungs, their organs not being of sufficient size to ad- 

 mit air in quantity sufficient for the continuance of respira- 

 tion. 



The preparation, and drawings made from the same, are 

 preserved in my museum, and may be seen by any person 

 who is desirous. , 



John Taunton, 



Greville street, Hatton Garden, Surgeon to the City and Tinsbury Dispen- 

 May 18, 1809. saries, and City Truss Society, Lecturer 



on Anatomy, Surgery, Physiology, &c. 



LXX XVI 1 1 . Proceedings of Learned Societies, 



ROYAL SOCIETY. 



X he First Part of this Society's Transactions has just been 

 published. The following are its contents : 



1. The Croonian Lecture. On the Functions of the Heart 

 and Arteries. By Thomas Young, M.D., For. Sec. R.S. — 

 2. An Account of some Experiments, performed with a 

 View to ascertain the most advantageous Method of con- 

 structing a Voltaic Apparatus, for the Purposes of Chemical 

 Research. By John George Children, Esq., F.R.S. — 3. The 

 Bakerian Lecture. An Account of some new analytical Re- 

 searches on the Nature of certain Bodies, particularly the 

 Alkalies, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Carbonaceous Matter, and 

 the Acids hitherto undecompounded ; with some general 

 Observations on Chemical Theory. By Humphry Davy, Esq., 

 Sec. R.S., F.R.S. Ed. and M.R.I. A.— 4. An Account of a 

 Method of dividing Astronomical and other Instruments, by 

 ocular Inspection ; in which the usual Tools for graduating 

 are not employed j the whole Operation being so contrived, 

 that no Error can occur but what is chargeable to Vision, 

 when assisted by the best optical Means of viewing and mea- 

 suring minute Quantities. By Mr. Edward Troughton. Com- 

 municated by the Astronomer Royal. — 5. A Letter on a 

 Canal in the Medulla Spinalis of some Quadrupeds. In a 



Letter 



