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REPORT OF DISEASES, 



lit tie pubSe and private PraBke of one of the Phjjiciaas of the Fin/bury Difpenfart, 

 From the 20ih of November to the ^ZOth of December. 



CATARRHUS 23 not by going out of a heated apartment 



Diairhsea et Dyfenceria 11 into a frigid atinolphere, but out of the 



'rT'"n"l'"- I latter into the former. Thebeftvvay, 



PhSfi?'''"^"" c '"'^"^'' °^'g'^3rdmgagainft the danger of 



Rheumatifmus 7 ^ "^'^'''ng medium .s, immcdiitdy before 



Hydrothorax z fpo'^r^ to its influence, to charge the 



Afthma 16 oo'ly with a luperabuwdant quantity of 



Anafarca .".".".' !"...'.'."!*.."!.'... 1 . 4 "lone. 



Pneumatofis '. '. I The experiments and reafonings of 



Hyfteria 3 Fordyce, Darwin, Currie*, Beddoes, and 



Hypochocdriafis 8 Will more recently of Dr. Stock of Bristol, 



Amenorrhoea ct Chlorofis 9 have co-oj.erated to confirm, and fully ef- 



Menorrhagia 6 tabli(h this doftrine. But it was firft 



Afthema ----.-- 1 9 fuggefted by the originahty of that man, 



S ht r, ^''P'^"'""; ' the impetus of whole powerful and poni 



Hydrocephalus .' \ ''" ""^ ,"»"d turned at once into a ne«r 



Tabes Mefenterica ..::.::...:..::: o J^''^"";f' ''' tn^dical praaice and fpecu- 



Morbi Cutanei .. 17 'ationf. Even Brown, however, had only 



r- „ . , :, n. ■ . , the merit of laying the firlHlone of a (till 



Fafhinn, that deftroying angel, has unfinifhed edifice. He drew a rude and 



fcarcely commenced her career of depre- inaccurate outline, which has fince by 



datiou amongit the diflipated inhabitants other hands, to a certain degree been 



of this metropolis. This is fo far fortu- correaed and filled up. But for probably 



nate, as aunng the rigors of mid-winter a long fucceflion of future intclleau is it 



the habits and amulcments of the higher Jeft to accompiilh and complete the moral 



clall^s, and of thole who are ambitious and phyiicai philofophy of the animated 



ot imitatmg ihcm, would proie more ef- frame. T Rpin 



pecialiy injurious, and more extenfively Grenwlle-fireet, Brunrivick-fquare 



fatal in their operation. December i+.^Soc. 



In the (afliionable world the hai vefl of , _, , 



difeafe is not as yet fully ripe ; but the * To mention the name of Currie is 



inferior and intermediate ranks iHIl conti- fcarcely poffible, without expreffing a deep 



nue in ttiis, as in the preceding month, to regret that the n^me akne remains of one 



exhibit a more than ordinary prafii;ion cf vrli." pofl'clTed all the brilliancy and all the 



catarrhal and other kindred affections. ardour of genius j who, with profelTional ac- 



To individuals of every order in the q^il'tions and talents the moit eminent and 



community it appears, at this /eafon of P^^'-'t'"'. ""ited an elegance of tafte and a 



the year particula ly. luitable at,d uiipor- 1''*'" °'. ''^'^'"''='"'''t"l'' which made him. 



tant to fuggeft tiie e%edlency of avoiding '/ ^"^ 1""^^' ""'■'^ '^^ ^""'^ ^"^" "^ i*'* 



the fudden application of ih. ftlmulus of ^^^J^ .. ^he philofophy of Brown, which is 



artificial ^aimtl, after the txcuabtltty has ,he philof-phy of organised «atu,c, was pro- 



unduly accumulated in conlequence ot ils AMiv.\ in Scotland, and has bten cultivated 



tempoiaiy de;)rivation. atid inipioved in Germany. It is defpifed i.ni 



What is called catching a coU, ought frante, where it is flill im^tr/t.':/)' /T^.n." 



to be called catching a heal; it is produced l-'iliun on thf litfotmaiion. 



T© COKRtSPONDtNTS. 



The pieces with the following fign.ituits Ho not luit us, and will be returned by the pub- 

 lirtier, if called for. — Wc dcfire to have it oblarvfJ, tint many comniunications under this 

 predicament are rcjjtted on no other ground tha.i that either their fubjcfts are anticipated or 

 cxhaulfed, or are tliouyli'. incxpeJient for djfcunion in our niifcellany, or for fome other 

 reafon not alJ'ccting their intrinfic mirit. With rufped to fe-veral <juciic4, we muft remark 

 that they are luth as might be cafily folved by applicitioii to common fources of informa- 

 tion, and therefore would occupy our pages to littli: advantage to our rciders. 



Philomufos, W. S., P. V. I)., V. F , S. W., L, Philamufa, Conatus's Reply, D., 

 Philander, j. E. R , M.S., J ivenis, R. T., Harmonicus, C. A. T., W. G. H., Derry- 

 down, Ccnfor, S. Y., J. D., W. IV, C. A. W , On the Bards, Anecdote? of Mozart, E. 

 DiJius, E. T., D. L. S., A Berean, J. B., Hubba, VinJex, Orion, W. H. W., A. B. 

 Account of a Bock Society. NEW 



