430 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



phenomena, and that vascular fulness about the origins of 

 nerves can produce the most formidable symptoms in the parts 

 to which they are distributed. Such instances I need not enu- 

 merate, but may be permitted to remark that they appear to 

 corroborate the opinion, that all the degrees of morbid sen- 

 sation, from the slightest tingling and itching to the severest 

 pain, may be produced by one common cause, t)bstructed ner- 

 vous function, of which the ultimate effects are spasm, con- 

 vulsion, and paralysis. 



I am. Sir, 



Your very obedient servant, 

 Malmesbury, Dec. 10, 1821. Richard P. Player. 



4. Medical Prize Question. — -The Academical Society of the 

 Lower Loire has proposed a prize, consisting of a gold medal 

 value 300 francs, for the best answer to questions respecting 

 the yellow fever. It is required to trace its origin,"to specify its 

 causes and nature ; to describe the state of the atmosphere and 

 local circumstances where it prevails; to notify its identity or 

 otherwise with similar fevers in Europe, §c. ; to distinguish 

 whether it be complicated with any other malady. There is 

 also a second subject relating to the means for preventing its 

 spreading, the proper modes of quarantine, S(c. The memoirs 

 to be sent, post free, to the Secretary of the Society before the 

 1st of May, 1822. Each to bear a motto witli a repetition in a 

 sealed paper, containing, as usual, the author's name and ad- 

 dress. 



5. Medical Prize Question. — The Royal Society of Medicine 

 at Marseilles have proposed the following questions : 1. To 

 determine the structure and functions of the spinal marrow. 

 2. To describe the nature, causes, symptoms, and treatment 

 of the diseases by which tlie spinal marrow is affected. It is 

 desired that clinical observations and pathological anatomy 

 should be made the principal objects of the meraoires. They 

 may be written in Latin or French. The extent of time al- 

 lowed is till July, 1822, and the prize a gold medal. 



IV. General Literature. 



1. Cabinet of Ancient Glass. — A cabinet has been opened in 

 Naples in the Studii Palace for the antique glasses found in 

 Pompeii and Herculaneum. The collection contains a great 

 variety of forms and colours, and proves that the ancients made 

 use of glass as the moderns do, both in decorating their rooms, 

 and in instruments of chemistry. The cabinet also contains 

 a number of cinenary urns, for the most part enclosed in vases of 

 lead. 



