CONTENTS. 



Art. X. On the Origin of Meteoric Stones. By F. G. Fis- 

 cher, Esq. . - . Page 75 

 XI. On the Development of Heat in the Flowers of the 

 Caladium pinnatifidum. By Dr E. H. Schultz, 

 of Berlin, - - - - 88 

 XII. Address delivered in the Senate-House at Cambridge, 

 June 25, 1833, on the occasion of the Opening of 

 the Third General Meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science. By the Rev. 

 . W. Whewell, M. a. Fellow and Tutor of Trinity 

 College, and one of the Secretaries of the Associa- 

 tion, - - - - 90 

 Astronomy, - - - 92 

 Light, ^ - - 95 

 Heat, ... 97 

 Meteorology, - - - ib. 

 Geology, - - - 98 

 Mineralogy, - - - ib. 

 Physiology, - - - 100 

 The value of Theory in Science estimated, ib. 

 Morals of Science, - - 104 

 XIII. Projected Expedition into Central Africa, - 107 

 XIV. Formulae for Trigonometrical Surveying, By Mr 

 William Galbraith, A. M. Communicated by 

 the Author^ - - - 110 

 XV. On the State of Medicine in European and Asiatic 

 Turkey. By Dr Oppenheim. (Concluded from 

 p. 273 of Volume XV.) - - 114 

 The Harem, - - - ib. 

 Turkish Cosmetics, - - 118 

 Hanging a Company of Chemists, - ib. 

 Early Maturity of Women, - 119 

 Turkish Population decreasing, - ib. 

 Scarlet Fever and other Diseases, - 120 

 Uses of Bezoar Stones, &c. - 123 

 Ague, - - - 124 

 Gout not common in Turkey, - ib. 

 Erysipelas in Turkey, - - ib 

 Dogs do not become Mad in Turkey, 125 

 Standard of Morality among the Turks, ib. 

 Eaters of Opium and of Corrosive Sublimate, 126 



