100 INDEX. 



History of the Works of the Learned^ notice of, xiii. 51, 30 1 

 HiTT (Mr.), observations of, on the efficacy of salt in preventing 



the ravages of insects on fruit-trees, x. 65. 

 Hoar-frost, peculiar appearance exhibited bj', xx. 40 

 Hodgson (Rev. J.) on the use of Sir H. Davy's safety-lamp, 



i. 131 

 HoLLiNGSHEAD (Mr.) on the beneficial effects of salt as a manure, 



x. 57 

 Holywell water, near Cartmel, analysis of, xviii. 186 

 Home (Sir Everard, Bart.) on the internal structure of the Su- 

 rinam frog, i. 57. On the effects of a paralytic stroke upon 

 the powers of ^adjustment of the eyes to near distances, 86. 

 On the influence produced upon the secretion of milk in the 

 ass, by taking away the foal, 165. His experiments to ascer- 

 tain the mode of action of specific medicines, 290 



— on the effects of colchicum autumnale, ii. 201. On the 



formation of fat in the tadpole, 205. On the structure of the 

 feet of animals moving in opposition to gravity, 206. On the 

 circulation of blood in the lumbricus marinus, 457 



on the use of colchicum autumnale in gout, iii. 373. vi. 



105 



— on the changes of blood in the act of coagulation, iv. 262 



. — on an extraordinary biliary calculus, x. 86 



on the rete mucosum of the negro, as a defence against the 



;Solar rays, xii. 125. Microscopical observations on the brain 

 and nerves, 127. Notice of his account of the Dugong, 370 ; 

 and of the peculiarities which distinguish it from the Manatee 

 of the West Indies, 375 



on a new species of rhinogeros, found in the interior of 



Africa, xiv. 163. On the anatomical structure of the eye, 166. 

 On the changes which the egg undergoes during incubation in 

 the common fowl, 383. On the placenta, 386 

 Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, analysis of, xvi. 134. 



Plan of the work, with extracts and remarks, 134. His disco- 

 very of the human ovum, 321 ; and of the breeding of marsu- 

 pial and of cold-blooded animals, 323. Remarks on, and 



