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satisfactory manner, is again proposed for the next year : — it is 

 " to determine tlie influence of pathological anatomy on the 

 progress of medicine in general, and especially on the diagnosis 

 and treatment of internal diseases." 



The society request the concurrents — 1. to inquire whether 

 or not pathological anatomy may, in its present state, give rise 

 to applications and interpretations injurious to science. — 2. To 

 indicate the means which they believe to be the most proper to 

 prevent these inconveniences : in a word, it engages them to 

 take the sense of the word influence in its bad as well as in its 

 good relations." 



The prize will be a medal of 300 francs' value. The me- 

 moirs, written in French or Latin, are to be sent before July, 

 1821, to M. C. D. Chardel, Secretaire, Sfc^ Rue Cassette, 

 No 26. 



The following prize question, among others, has been pro- 

 posed by the Haerlem Philosophical Society. The papers are to 

 be sent in before January 1, 1822 : — 



1. " How far is it actually demonstrated, that fumigation 

 with chlorine gas has prevented the propagation of con- 

 tagious disease. What are the contagious diseases in which it 

 ought to be tried, and what ought to be principally observed in 

 such experiments ? Is there any reason to expect more salutary 

 effects from any other method hitherto employed, or proposed 

 for this purpose ?" It is requested that a succinct enumera- 

 tion be given of the cases in which such fumigation has proved 

 effectual in preventing various contagious diseases. 



2. " How far does the physiology of the human body afford 

 just grounds for supposing, or how far has experience satis- 

 factorily proved, that oxygen gas is one of the most effica- 

 cious remedies for recovering persons who are drowned, suf- 

 focated, or in a syncope? And what are the most prompt and 

 certain methods to be employed for this effect?'* 



3. " What is to be considered as justly proved with regard 

 to the gas trie juice of the human body, and its influence on the 



