180o.] 



Literary and Pkilosophkal Intelligence. 



66 



Sueden. 



Sweden was liitlifrto in want of a 

 Swcdilh and French jjockct diotionaiy, 

 on the pluii ot' the French and Swediih 

 by Joncl:eie. This dctlcicncy hus been 

 fupplied by M. Nordiokss. 



Uf the magnificent coUcdtion of views 

 in Sweden, by jMartin, whicli is to be 

 completed in fixty phites, the iive firil 

 have appeared. Thel'c conlili (jf tliree 

 views of ^^tockholm, one of the uiiaic of 

 Daiineuiora, and one of the niine of 

 Hikboni. 



Colonel Skioldebiiand, whofe PlAu- 

 rcfque Tour in Lapland is well known, is 

 at prcfcnt cngai^ed on a Hifcory of all the 

 public feltivais held in Sweden, which 

 ■will be a fplendid work with engravings. 

 He is fiiid to iiave received an advance of 

 12,000 rix-dollars towards this work, of 

 which great expectations are entertain- 

 ed. 



The fifth part of Icones Plantarum Ja- 

 pouicaruui, by Tnuxr.r.p.o, has niade its 

 appearance ; but it is likely to be ti;e lad 

 the learned profeflur will publilh, unlefs 

 fome forc-cn bookfeller will undertake to 

 give his admirable collections to the 

 world. 



M. ScuoxiiF.RR, filk manufacturer of 

 Stockholm, poiTelVes a hundfonie cabiiiet 

 of natural liiftory, and has recently pub- 

 lillied an octavo volume vrith plates, en- 

 titled Sj/nuiio)/iia Inftfiorum. 



The Botany of Sweden, written in the 

 Swedilli language bv afocioty of Literati, 

 and einljellilhed with coloured plates, is 

 proceeding rapidly. The 42d number 

 Las already appeared. 



Denmark. 



In the Academy of Sciences of Copen- 

 hajreii, Profeffor i'lCGGF. lately read a me- 

 moir, in continuation of the theory of 

 terrcftrial refraction, and on the method 

 of calculatin;.; the height of mountains 

 ibove the furfuce of tjie fea. Several 

 mountains in Iceland \\&\e been moafur- 

 ed according to this ir.ethod by the of- 

 ficers Olfen and Vetleien ; and it has 

 bfen found that the height of \Vivelrteld 

 is about 347 fathoms above the furfare 

 of the fea, that of Wefter Jokel TCO, 

 of Heklr. 82r, and of Ejafiella, or Otter 

 Jdkel^ 921. 



Germany. 



M. de Threbra, fuperintendant of the 

 mines of Freyberg, and Profellbr Lam- 

 Padivs, have lately afcertKincd, bv re- 

 peated cxpriments, the relntive rcuipera- 

 ture of the internal parts of the ea;th. 

 Haying placed, at different depths, in 

 the niuies two of Reaumur's therjavi&er 



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ters, and compared them twice every 

 day With another ex'.ofed in tlic open air, 

 they found thai whatever dill'erence oJF 

 temperature prevailed above ground, one 

 of the tw,j tliennometers placed in the 

 mines uiiif^rmiy indicated ViP above 

 zero, and the other 9"^. 



The following extraordinary inffince 

 of the eiVeCts of mufic is related by .VI. 

 IS[£Xi;i;£T. An unmarried lady, n.ivf 

 about thirty year.5 of age, in confequence 

 of violent grief in her youth, experienced 

 various derangements in the natural func- 

 tions, and was afterwards attacked by 

 ConvuUioiis, whicli at fnft returned every 

 month, and in the fequel became more 

 frequent, iledicines of every kind feem- 

 cd only to aggravate the diforder ; th« 

 tits recurred not only every day, but fe- 

 veral times a-day, and were marked by 

 an involuntary agitation of the limbs, 

 by their rigidity, gnaihing of the teeth 

 without fjani, and inlenliuility. Their 

 duration was unequal, f.jmetimes a quar- 

 ter of an hoar, but more frequently fe- 

 veral hours ; and concluded by an abun- 

 dant difcharge of uiine or of tears. 

 No expedient could be devifed for her 

 relief during rhcio fits, nor did any re- 

 medy appear capable of preventing them, 

 or of diminilhiiig their violence or their 

 frequency : the moll affectionate atten- 

 tion, travelUng, divertions, ainufcmcnts, 

 were equally inelFoCtual. Among the 

 means that were tried on this occaiioa 

 was fjrtunatcly a concert, during which 

 the voung patient feemed highly delight- 

 ed and uncoinmouly well : ihe not only 

 remained free from any convuilive fit 

 while it laued, but it afterwards returned 

 later than ufujl. This motliod was re- 

 peated with the fame refult. i he mo- 

 dical men by whom flie was attended 

 availed themfelves of th.e intervals of 

 compofure which it produced to hava 

 recourfe to othf^r remedies. Long expe- 

 rience deinonftr.ated their inutility ; and 

 repeated trials having proved the exeiu- 

 five efficacy of m-irfic, her father, being 

 obliged to return into the country where 

 he rehded, engaged a i.^uhciaa to accom- 

 pany and live with hiin. The foft me- 

 lody of the violin or the piano-forte, Ikil- 

 fuliy adapted to the taiie and the ftate of 

 the patient, and often repeated, fre- 

 quently prevents the ccnvulfive fits, or 

 abates their violence. This treatment, 

 which has been faiely employed for the 

 hill three years, has been attended with 

 fucli fuccefs that all tlie functions are re- 

 Itored to their natural ftate ; ai:d f jr a- 

 year the attack* a;-e rare, and fo H Kb; 



