296 INDEX. 



Result of some Observations made by Benjamin Rush, M.D,, Professor of 

 Chemistry in the University of Philadelphia, during his attendance as Physician 

 General of the Military Hospitals of the United States, in the late war. 

 Communicated by Mr. Thomas Henry, F.R. S., &c. II. 506, 



Observations on a Thigh Bone of uncommon Length, By C. White, Esq., 

 F.R.S , &c. II. 350. 



On the Effects produced by different Combinations of the Terra Ponderosa 

 given to Animals. By Mr. James Watt, jun. III. 609. 



A Physical Inquiry into the Powers and Operation of Medicines. By 

 Thomas Percival, M.D., F.R.S. and S.A. Lond., F.R.S. and R M.S. Edinb.. 

 &c. III. 197. 



Case of a Person becoming short-sighted in advanced age. By Thomas 

 Henry, F.R.S., &c. III. 182. 



Observations upon the Callous Tumour. By Mr. Kinder Wood. IH. 

 (Second Series) 275. 



Copy of a Letter from Thomas Beddoes, M.D Physician at Bristol Hot 

 Wells, to Mr. Thomas Henry, F.R.S, IV. (Part 2) 302. 



On Plica Polonica. By Mr. Frederic Hoffman, Surgeon to the Prussian 

 Army. Communicated by Dr. Ferriar. IV. (Part 2) 324. 



Miscellaneous Observations on Canine and Spontaneous Hydrophobia : to 

 which is prefixed the History of a Case of Hydrophobia, occurring twelve 

 years after the bite of a supposed Mad Dog. By Samuel Argent Bardsley, 

 M.D., M.R.M.S. Edin., and C.M.S. Lond. IV. (Part 2) 431. 



A Series of Experiments on the Quantity of Food, taken by a Person in 

 Health, compared with the Quantity of the different Secretions during the 

 same Period ; with Chemical Remarks on the several articles. By John Dalton, 

 F.R.S. V. (Second Series) 303. 



Some Ancient and Modern Ideas of Sanitary Economy. By R. Angus 

 Smith, Ph.D., F.C.S. II. 39. 



LITERATURE. 



On the Nature and essential characters of Poetry, as distinguished from 

 Prose. By Thomas Barnes, D D. I. 54. 



Conjectural Remarks on the Symbols or Characters, employed by Astro- 

 nomers, to represent the several Planets, and by the Chemists to express the 

 several metals, in a Letter to Thomas Percival, M.D. F.R S. &c. By Martin 

 Wall, M,D., Praelector of Chemistry, and Clinical Professor in the University 

 of Oxford. L 243. 



On the advantages of Literature and Philosophy in general, and especially 

 on the consistency of Literary and Philosophical with Commercial Pursuits. 

 By Thomas Henry, F.R.S. I. 7. 



