1829.) 
whi tter he considers, as the moying 
haan a Pica 3d. the Beatin 
phere’s, bei attracted by the ocean, the 
figure of which differs periodically... M, 
Laplace ;supports his theory, on the varia- 
tions of the atmosphere, by observations 
made upon the barometer during eight 
ee des Sciences Médicales.  Bio- 
graphic Médicale, tom. 5. . The biographical 
portion forms.a supplement to the dic- 
tionary, of medical science, already extended 
to, 60 yols. Syo.. The present vols. con- 
tain. biographical memoirs of Linneus, 
Paul Luther, son of the famous reformer 
and Catherine de Bord, Morgagni, Para- 
celsus, Priestly, Rabelais, &c. 
Planches Anatomiques du Corps Hwmain, 
eréculées d’aprés les Dimensions naturelles, 
accompagnées. lune texte explicative, par le 
Docteur Antommarchi, is deseribed in the 
report.of M, Duméril to the Académie des 
Sciences, as ‘‘a kind of an anatomical pano- 
rama,..In some of the plates (of which 
the price jis not thrice that of the mere 
engravings), although every object is painted 
aceording to. its natural colour, and in the 
figures whieh are not coloured, the style is 
so conceived, that every vein is correctly 
and uniformly given, aided by touches and 
marks, agreed on, diversified, and always 
appropriated to the same organs,” 
Ata public sitting of the Société Royale 
de Médecine, Chirurgie et Pharmacie de Tou- 
louse, 13. Mar,,.1814.—M. Cabiran, the 
president, deliyeredan oration on the actual 
condition..and progressive advancement of 
the sciences, which has been published 
there in 8yo. . The proceedings of the so- 
ciety for the year, were enumerated by the 
secretary, M, Ducasse fils ; and the following 
question for 1825 was declared, ‘ To shew 
by reasoning and experience, the most 
favourable position in which the limb can 
be placed in treating a fracture at the neck 
of the bone.” The following was proposed 
for 1826:  ‘ To determine the effect pro- 
duced by and upon a man in a state of 
wealth and. in sickness, and to shew the 
medical properties of the various prepara- 
tions of it, both in interior and exterior 
application.”’ The value of each prize is 
M) francs. 
an ry SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY. 
 Discouns sur V Utilité de la Langue Arabe, 
Ce. Dissertation on the Utility of the Arabic 
nguage :, delivered on the 16th June 1823, 
at the meeting for Promotions in the College of 
Geneva ; by Mr. J. Humbert, Professor of 
Arabic. . Geneva, 
_M, Humbert had already distinguished 
himsel _as an oriental scholar, by his An- 
thologie Arabe, In the present discourse, 
he has united, in succinct, but elegant enu- 
meration, all the benefits of the Arabian 
literature, He represented it, as a prolific 
from which history, from time to time, 
May draw intelligence, as well as geography, 
morality, poetry, criticism of the sacred 
dondvye 
Literary and. Critical, Proemium. 543 
writings, astronomy, medicine, and all the 
sciences. .Jn a discourse so rapidly drawn 
up, it would not be difficult to point, out 
some errors and some omissions, but;it is 
nevertheless, highly, creditable to. the, in- 
dustry and erudition of the, author... The 
following quotation will enable, the reader 
to form a judgment of the manner of the 
author: “ The Arabs, during .a,period, of 
fifty centuries, haye preserved, .. without 
alteration, their usages, their manners, 
their customs, and during this protracted 
period their language has also remained 
unvaried; free in the midst of despotic 
nations, the Bedoween has seen the mo- 
narchies of Egypt, of Syria, of Chaldea, 
pass like shades. The most formidable 
conquerors haye driven their cars to the 
borders of the desert, but their names haye 
scarcely reached him ; he scarcely heard of 
the incursions of Alexander, or the fall of 
the Persian throne! And when, in still 
later years, the Egyptian expedition, con- 
ducted a French army to the. frontiers of 
Arabia, it found the inhabitants suchas they 
have been depicted by ancient authors, greedy 
cf plunder, vindictive, cruel, but, at the 
same time, hospitable, generous, frugal, 
inured to privations of every kind,, never 
betraying (tad ) sworn faith, living with all 
the members. of their tribe in brotherly 
concord. At this day, as in the, day, of 
Abraham, every father of a family. renders 
justice to his kin; white hairs are vene- 
rated ; deliberations are made by the aged, 
so that the Arabic word Sheikh. signifies 
both lord and old man.” 
Médecine Pratique de J. V. Hildebrand, 
Professeur de Médecine Clinique & 0 Uni- 
versité de Vienne; traduit du Latin, par L, 
P. Gauthier, D, M. P. 2 vols. 8vo, gives 
the result of M. Hildebrand’s. observations 
during his practice in the Hospital at 
Vienna. The name of the present professor 
bids fair to rank with the great names of 
Van Swicten, Stork, De-Haen, &c. his 
predecessors in the chair. 
Beginselen der Differential-Integral. The 
Principles of the Differential. and. Integral 
Calculus, and of Variations. La Haye. The 
well-known mathematician M. De Gilder, 
author of this work, treats this very curious 
and interesting subject in a peculiar way ; 
commencing with the principles of differ- 
ences, and proceeding to the differential 
calculus, he demonstrates the connections 
of both, and elucidates his method by valu- 
able examples. 
Weltgeschichte in. Zusamen hangender Er- 
sihlung. Universal History, in continued 
Narrations, by Fred. Schlosser, is not con- 
fined to the history of princes, but. expa- 
tiates on the state of society in different 
nations. It is concise without obscurity, 
dignified without inflation, and may be re- 
garded as one of the best specimens of his- 
torical writing of the present time, 
Der Handel. alo quella des National Ein- 
kommens_ betrachtet, Commerce considered 
as 
