PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 



1838. No. 13. 



Monday, \5th January 1838. 

 Sir T. M. BRISBANE, Bart., President, in the Chair. 

 The following Donations were presented : — 



Natuur-en Scheikundig Archief, uitgegeven door G. J. Mulder en 



W. Wenckebach. 1837. St. 1, 2 By the Editors. 



Tijdschrift voor Natiiurlijke Gescheidenis en Physiologie. Uicge- 



geven door J. Van der Hoeven, M.D., en W. H. De Vriese, 



M.D. Vol. iii. Part 4. — By the Editors. 

 Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de I'Acadomie des 



Sciences ( 1 837, 2'"« Seraestre). Nos. 25, 26 By the Academy. 



Account of a Case of Herniaphrodism. By P. D. Handysi4e, M.D. 



— By the Author. 

 Account of a remarkable Case of Suicide, with Observations on the 



fatal issue of the rapid introduction of Air in large quantity 



into the Circulation during Surgical Operations. By P. D 



Handyside, M.D., F.R.S.E By the Author. 



The following Communications were read : — 



1. Notice regarding the Composition of Dr James's Fever 

 Powder. By Dr Douglas Maclagan, F. R. C. S. E. 



James's Powder is a pjitent nostrum, which has been in use for 

 upwards of a century as a febrifuge. It was avowed by its inven- 

 tor to contain antimony ; but, as its mode of preparation was kept 



