86 Account of a Biliary Calculus. 



a kid in his mother's milky Strabo speaks of Jewish colonies 

 in Egypt. 



Thus we discover, that Abyssinia is not the only country 

 which has been partly civilized by colonies from Egypt, and that 

 much light may be reflected on history as well as the physical 

 sciences, by pursuing our discoveries in Africa gradually and 

 in detail. 



Should we reach Dagwumba, the seat of their great oracle, 

 and the repository of their rude learning, and traditions, MSS. 

 may be collected ; many other interesting eclaircisseraents of 

 Ethiopian history may result ; literature as well as science may 

 be benefited ; we may add historical to the osteological proofs 

 of Cuvier, that no race of negroes produced that great people 

 who gave birth to the civilization of ancient Egypt ; and v/e may 

 discover, that the civilized Ethiopians, not only from their in- 

 tercourse with Egypt, but abstractedly, were a much more in- 

 teresting people than even Herodotus expected. 



J.Edward Bowdich. 



Art. VII. An Account of an extraordinary Biliary Cal- 

 culus. Transmitted to the Editor 6y Sir E. Home, Bart.,* 

 F.R.S., (%-c. ^c. 



Dear Sir, 



Having received the biliary calculus and the accom- 

 panying case from a friend in the country, they appear to me 

 to create considerable interest, and not undeserving a place 

 in your Journal. Your inserting them will much oblige, 



W. T. Brande, Esq., Yours, most truly, 



Royal Institution. Everard Home. 



Mrs. G., resident at East-Bourne, aged about 45, had been all 

 her life at times subject to bilious attacks, attended by their usual 

 symptoms, but she never had complete jaundice. Upon some 

 occasions the bilious symptoms were attended with a distressing 

 itching over the whole surface of the body. Within the last two 



