130 INDEX. 



Meconic acid, action of, on the animal economy, xvii. 393 



Medals, ancient, discovery of, vi. 179 



. ■ Roman, discovered at Namur, notice of, vii. 303 



Medical Benevolent Society, notice of, viii. 180 



instrument, new, notice of, vi. 172 



jurisprudence, importance of the science of, iii. 34. Ob- 

 jects which it embraces, ib. Remarks on the slight evidence 

 frequently adduced before coroners in cases of suicide, 35. 

 Suggestions for improving, in this country, 36. Uncertainty of 

 the evidence of medical men, 37. Notice of the regulations 

 concerning, in various countries of Europe, ib. Notice of the 

 work of M. Foder(5 on Legal Medicine, 38 ; and of M. Orfila 

 on poisons, 46 



Society of Paris, prizes offered by, v. 379 



Medicine, prize question in, viii. 36 1 



I miscellaneous intelligence in, x. 191, 465 



• on the use of iodine in, xii. 187. Of nitrate of silver, 



189. Of chlorine, 190 



Medicines specific, experiments to ascertain their mode of action, 

 i. 290 



-action of, how caused, ii. 21 



Medico-Chirurgical Society, notice of the formation of, xii. 194 



Mediterranean Sea, evidence for the existence of one in the middle 

 of Africa, i. 267 



Melania. See Sepia. 



Melania setosa, a new species of fresh-water shell, description of, 

 xvii. 13 



Melida, remarkable phenomena observed in the island of, xx. 417 



Melilot, benzoic acid found in, x. 173 



Mellowing wine, new mode of, ii. 148 



Melville Island, meteorological observations on, xi. 222 



— remarks on rock-specimens from, xv. 18 



Memes (J. L., Esq.), observations of, on the solar eclipse of Sep- 

 tember, 1820, xi. 26 



Memoires lit^raires de la Grande Bretagne, bibliographical notice 

 of, xiii. 67 



