362 Miscellaneous InteUigence. 



" Are the affections, of which traces are found in the abdo- 

 minal viscera, after putrid or adynamic and ataxic fevers, the 

 effects, the cause, or a complicated effect of those fevers ?" 



The memoirs, written in French or Latin, should be addressed, 

 free of carriage, before the 1st of October, 1820, to M. Giraudy, 

 Secretary of the Society. 



6. Remedy for Hydrophobia. — Extract from a letter from 

 Sig. A. M. Salvatori, of Petersburg, to Professor Morrichini, 

 of Rome. 



" I should also notice to you the discovery made by me last 

 year, during the time I was in the territory of Pultava, of a 

 new method of curing the hydrophobia. I shall be happy if I 

 can contribute to save the life of any one, from among the 

 many who annually fall victims to this dreadful malady. 



" The inhabitants of the district of Gadici have made, I do 

 not know how, or when, the important discovery, that, in the 

 neighbourhood of the ligament of the tongue of the man, or ani- 

 mal, bitten by a rabid animal, or of a man becoming rabid, 

 whitish pustules appear, which open spontaneously, about the 

 13th day after the bite, the time at which they say the first 

 symptoms of the true hydrophobia, till now judged to be incur- 

 able, appear. Their method consists in opening the above- 

 mentioned pustules with a proper instrument, and making the 

 person spit out the ichor and fluid, which run from them, wash- 

 ing the mouth frequently with salt water. This operation should 

 be performed the ninth day after the bite. So efficacious is this 

 method, that with these people the hydrophobia has lost its 

 terrors. I only know of a single instance of which I cannot 

 vouch the truth. I invite you, therefore, to verify this import- 

 ant discovery." — Bibl. Ital. xiv. 428. 



III. Chemical Scienck. 



§ 1. Che.mistry. 



1. Researches on the Colours acquired by Metals when heated. — 

 These researches were made by Sig. Ambrogio Fusinieri, 

 and are contained in the second volume of the Giornale di Fisica, 



