CONTENTS. 



On the Means generally ueed with the Intention of curing a Stoop. 



By the late Mr. Shaw 237 



A Critique on the Aplanatic Object-glasses, for diverging Rays, 



of Vincent Chevalier, ain6 et fils. By C. R. Goring, M.D. . 248 



On the Existence of Chlorine in the Native Black Oxide of Man- 

 ganese. By John M'Mullkn, Esq. 258 



Modem Improvements of Horticultiu*e . .261 



Faraday's Chemical Manipulatioiiy reviewed . . . .275 



Statistical Notices suggested by the actual State of the British 

 Empire, as exhibited in the last Population Census. Com- 

 municated by Mr. Merritt 283 



On the Modem Ornaments of Architecture, &c 292 



De t Influence des Agens Physiques sur la Vie. Par W. F. Ed- 

 wards, D.M. &c., reviewed 296 



Experiments on Thought ...... . 308 



Hieroglyphical Fragments, illustrative of Inscriptions preserved in 

 the British Museum, with some remarks on Mr. Champol- 

 lion's opinions. In a letter to the Cav. San Quintino . .310 



On the Naturalization of Fish. By J. Mac Culloch, M.D., 



F.R.S., &c 320 



Wadd's Nugce Chirurgioce^ or^ a Biographical Miscellany^ re- 

 viewed 329 



Nug€B Canore^ by Unus Quorum, reviewed .... ib. 



"Wadd's Mems., Maxima^ and Memoirs, reviewed . . . ib. 



On Tic Douloureux *. . .346 



Remarks on some Quadrupeds supposed by Naturalists to he ex- 

 tinct. By John Ranking, Esq. 360 



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