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Literary andPhllofophical Inielligence* 



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M. AtlBERT has received froTi M. 

 LaMEYRAN, chief phyfician to the hol- 

 pital of Veifaiiles the foot of a woman 

 iixty years of age, the nails of which are 

 of extraordinary length. That of the 

 great toe ib particularly remarkable : it is 

 bent back, extend* over the whole furfnce 

 of the foot, and perfeflly refembles a 

 ram's horn, having both the form and the 

 liardnefs of one. M. Allbert has had a 

 drawing niaJe of this extraordinary foot, 

 and intends to introduce it in'.o his great 

 work on the difcafes of the Ikin, to which 

 the nails are confidered as an appendage. 



A piece of artificial anatomy in wax 

 has been exhibited before the Society of 

 Medicine of Paris, where it excited great 

 jnterelf. It was executed for the collec- 

 tion of the fchool by M. L.\umonier, 

 one of the non-rcfidcnt affociates, and re- 

 prefcnts all the details of the human ear, 

 both internal and external, nine times the 

 natural fize. It is eafy to conceive how 

 highly iifcful both for ftiidy and for pub- 

 lic leftures fuch works, executed by fuch 

 ■n able artift and (kiUul anatomilf, mult 



The Medical Board of Health at Ber- 

 Jin has offered a prize of two hundred du. 

 cats for the bell difflrrtation on the yel- 

 low-fever. 



Profeflor Eernh.\rdi of Erfurt ha» 

 tindertaken a botinical tiur in the Tyrol. 

 The happieil reful.'s may be expcfled 

 from the zeal and intelligence of the Pro- 

 felTor, who has before delerved well of na- 

 tural hilfory. 



The famous Dr. Gall has been read- 

 ing leffures on craniol^gyat Berlin. The 

 King and Q^een have honoured hiin with 

 their attendante, and prelented to him a 

 valuable ring let with brilliants. 



During the Pope's late refidence at Pa- 

 listhe molt conftant homage was paid him 

 by numerous ^exhibitions to explain the 

 progrefs of the ufeful arts in that country. 

 One circumftance, however, but little 

 known, though unp.'iSlieled in the annals 

 of printing, deferves to be recorded. On 

 the lit of Fcbriiaiy His Holinel* vifited 

 the Imperial print ingolHcts >\s he psIT. 

 ed along the gall ries, j 50 prefTes furnifli- 

 ed him as he paffed with a flieet each, up- 

 on which was given the Lord's Prayer in 

 feme different language or dialeil. In 

 Hebrew, Samaritan, Chaldee, ancient Sy- 

 riac, Rabinical, ancient and vulgar Aia. 



bic, Armenian, Perfian, and alfo in the 

 languages and letters of the Crimea, of the 

 Malay, of Java, of Indoftan, of the Mogul 

 Empire, of China, and of Tartary j in all 

 4.6 dialefts of Afia. We cannot enume- 

 rate all the European languages and dia- 

 lers, but they amounted to 75. Africa 

 furnifiied is, and America the remaining 

 17. The reputation of the French prefs 

 is well known ; and the conftant attention 

 paid by that nation to the art ot printing, 

 even amidit their revoiutionar" horrors, 

 enabled them to pafs before the eyes of 

 ti'.e Roman PontitF wiiatcver hjs been em- 

 ployed to improve or enrich the noblelt 

 and moft ufeful art known to man. 



A variety of valuable antiquities have 

 been difcovered in Theflaly. Among 

 them are tiie hurts of Ariftoile and A»ia- 

 creon, a large ftatue of Ceres, with a 

 coin of Lyfimschu-, and fome remarkable 

 pillais. A Greek MS. containing a com- 

 mentary of Nicephor«is on the ancients, 

 and the ancient Greek ^urch, was difco- 

 vered at the fame time. 



The refcarches at Fomp?ii are conti- 

 nued with great fuccefs The Queen of 

 Naples has been with the Royal Family to 

 infpcft them, and in her prefefice was dif- 

 covered an ancient edifice, in which were 

 found vafes of the greatelt beauty, medals, 

 mullcal inltrunients, and what is of more 

 value than all tiie relt, a beautiful bronze 

 ftatue leprefenting Hcrcults killing the ce- 

 lebrated hind on Mount Maenalns.- The 

 c>niporition and dclign of this group are 

 perfeft. In the fame buiiding have like- 

 wife been found iorne extremely beautiful 

 paintings, among which one reprefenting 

 Diana furprized by Alteon is particularly 

 diiiinguifned. The colouring of Diana is 

 equal to any thing that Titian ever pro* 

 duced. The Qn^een, it is faid, intends to 

 hive this llruciure repaired. She has lik*- 

 wife ordered the Chevalier Venuti to fu- 

 perintend at Rome the execution of a work 

 in marble, alabaiter, and metal, reprefent- 

 J!ig Pompeii in miniiture. The Cheva- 

 lier has already executed a fimilar perfor* 

 mance reprefeiiting the temples of Psef- 

 fum, which is in the psffefrion of the 

 Qiic.n. 



At the town of Fiefole, near Florence, 

 a beautiful amphitheatre has been difco- 

 vered, and the greatcft part of it cleared 

 from the rubbifn. It is iuppoled that it 

 would contain at leaft 30,000 perlbns. 



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