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 Art. I. Catalogue of Works on Natural History, lately published, 



with some Notice of those considered the most interesting to British 

 Naturalistt) - Sl •<!) 

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 Conolly, J.,M.D.,of Warwick, late Professor of the Practice 

 of Medicine in the London University, &c. : A Proposal 

 to establish County Natural History Societies, for ascer- 

 taining the Circumstances, in all Localities, which are pro- 

 ductive of, Disease or conducive to Health. 8vo. Printed 

 i H 4>y, fiLf $fi jTy m bs an d H. Deighton, Worcester, 1833,.,,,./; 



This pamphlet is a reprint of an essay in the recently pub- 

 lished first volume of The Provincial Medical and Surgical 

 Transactions. We are happy in having an opportunity of 

 recommending Dr. Conolly's views and proposal to our 

 readers by a notice of them in this insulated form. 



The principle upon which the argument turns has been be- 

 fore touched on by the intelligent author, in his introductory 

 lecture before the University of London : experience based 

 on observation, and applied by careful and chastened ingenuity ; 

 the foundation, in short, of all sciences demonstrative or not. 

 " As nature does not abound in abrupt transitions, so slight 

 deviations from health constitute incipient disease, &c, &c, 

 and these changes are indicated by corresponding, and often 

 very subtle, variations of external phenomena, as well as in- 

 Ittehced>t by ^/innumerable remfidialibfMefctfftiV wifjtoj&ftfatfpdp 

 j&bfaMe\byi&tvQotiiA\yi l ^'l&.)u b'J/loohsvo ?nd yJIono'J .iCl 



Impressed with the value of this truth, Dr. Conolly has, in 

 the opening pages of his essay, pointed out some striking in- 

 stances of the effects of situation, changes of weather, &c, in 

 modifying and changing the health of individuals and fami- 

 lies ; introducing, by way of illustration, recorded cases, during 

 the last four or five years, of epidemic disorders coincident 

 and 'connected., with atmospherical phenomena. In our last 

 Number we have given place to some general speculations 

 on this very subject (see p. 289 — 308.) ; and Dr. Conolly's 

 pamphlet, coming as it does ex cathedra, fully justifies the 

 purport of the views there developed, and which, in an early 

 Number, will be more particularly stated. Want of space for- 

 bids minute analysis of the doctor's observations. We can 

 only catalogue them. He points out the advantages of the 



