( 272 ) [Oct. I, 



VARIETIES, Literary and Philosophical, 



Lichtding Notices of Works in Hand, Dowcjiic and Foreign, 

 -J* Authentic Commimivutlonafor this Article uill alwai/s he Ihanhfulli/ received. 



ANEW and entire edition of the li- 

 terary, moral, and medical wiitings 

 ot' the late Thomas Pekcival, m. d. 

 r. K. s. A. s. is now ill the prcfs ; to 

 wiiich will be prcliscd, memoirs of liis 

 life and wiitings, by jus son, and a 

 felc6tion from his literary currefpon- 

 df'Hco. It is the editor's defign to com- 

 prize the work in four octavo volumes, in 

 luch manner as that the literary and me- 

 dical parts may be had either fcparatcly 

 or together." 



We liave already noticed the meritori- 

 ous exertions of Dr. Ilarrifon for refior- 

 ing the dignity and chara(^ter of the Me- 

 dical Profcirioi' ; the following has been 

 conmiunicattd to us as i he plan which 

 »i'ill be fubmitted to the legiilaturc, in 

 the enfuing ii/fliDn of parliament. 



Ko porfon ihill pratlife as phyfician unlefs 

 he be a j;raJuatc of fome univerfity in the 

 vnitcd Kiiisdom, and Hms attained the age of 

 twenty-four ycdVS,«-Ke fliall have fcudied tlie 

 diftereiit branches of phyfic in an univerfity 

 or other refpcctable fcl.ool or fchools of phy- 

 fic, (luring the fpace of five years, two of 

 which ihall have been pafi'ed in the univerfity 

 where he takes his degree. 



No pcrfon ihall praiftife as furgeon under 

 three and twenty years of age, nor until he 

 has obtained a diploma or licence from fuir.e 

 ene of the royal colleges of furgeons or other 

 chirurgical corporations of the united king- 

 dom.— He ftall have ferved an apprenticeihlp 

 of five years to a pra£litIoncr in furgery, and 

 afterwards have I'pent at Icaft two years in 

 the ftudy of anatomy and furgery in a reput- 

 able fchool or fchools of phyfic. 



No perfon (hall praftife as an apothecary 

 until he Ihall liave ferved an apprenticefliip of 

 live yeirs to fome regular apotiiecary, or fur- 

 geon piaiftifing as an apothecary J— he fliall 

 have Itudied the different branches of phyfic 

 in fome reputable fchool or fchools during the 

 fpace of at le'aft one year, and fball have at- 

 tained the age of twenty-one years. 



No man fiiall pratlife midwifery, unlefs he 

 has attended anatomical leisures twelve 

 months, and received inftruflions for the 

 fame term from fome experienced accoucheur, 

 and (ball have alfifted .at real labours. — .Arid 

 RO .'cmale (hall praftife midwi.'ery without a 

 certificate of fitnefs and q'lalification from 

 fome regular praftitioner or practitioners in 

 ^Jiat branch. 



No peribn /hall follow the bufinefs of a re- 

 tail chcmift or druggift, unlefs he fliall have 

 Curved an appreoticefliip of five years to that 

 art. 



None of thefe rcftriflions to beconftrued to 

 affect psrfons at prcfent regularly praftifing, 

 in the different branch, s of medicine. 



A regifter fhall be kept of all medical 

 pradlitiiiners in the united kingdom, and 

 every perfon in future entering upon the prac- 

 tice of any I'rancli of the profiitiion Ihall pay 

 a fine on admilli;-n 



The names of the committee for carry- 

 ing the plan into etVect arc: Sir John M. 

 liayes, Bart. ; Sir Walter Farquhar, 

 Bart. ; Drs. Blackburn, Ilarrifon, Garth- 

 flioie, Pcarlbn, Stanger, Willaii, Clutter- 

 buck, and .Secretary. 



The Kev. Rdward Forster lias an- 

 nounced his intention of publilliing a 

 fplcndid work, to be entitled The Eri- 

 tilh Gallery of Engravings, from pictures 

 of the Ituhan, French, Flemifli, Dutclt 

 and Engli'lh fchools, now in the ponellion 

 of the kin*, and the noblemen and gen- 

 tlemen of the united kingdoms ; with 

 fonic account of each picture, and a life 

 of the artill ; and alio a (hurt hiftory of 

 the arts of painting and engraving, in- 

 cluding the rife and progrcfs of tholie arts 

 in Great Britain. The work will be pub- 

 lidied in numijcrs, containing four plates 

 each, as frcfjueiuly as a proper attention 

 to excellence will permit; and it is ua- 

 derltood, that the interva • will not be 

 very great. It will he in imperial folio, 

 anil the plates "ill be of a lize properly 

 adapted to the diflerent pictures, but will 

 vary according to the nature and fuUnefs 

 of the fubjecls : the largeft will be twelve 

 ineli'-S by nine, and the finalleftiix inches 

 by lour. Every plate will be (iniflied in 

 the very bell %le, and they will all be 

 engraved in tlio line manner, by artills 

 of the firft abilities in this country. Mr. 

 Forller has already obtained penniffioii 

 to have engravings made from tho pic- 

 tures in the feveral co!lc6tions of his Ma- 

 jefly ; of the Dukes of Bedfoid and 

 Devonft.ire ; of the Marquifl'es of Staf- 

 ford and Thomond ; of the Eurls of Suf- 

 folk, Dartmouth, Dyfart, Cowpcr, War^ 

 wick, Fgremont, Grofvenor, and Car- 

 liilc ; of Lords Yarborougli and Radftoek ; 

 of Sir George Beaumont, Sir Francis 

 Baring, Ish. Coke, iSIr. Coxe, Mr. Ilib- 

 bert, Mr. Henry Hope, Mr. Thomas 

 Hope, and Mr. Weft. — Several pidtures 

 hp.-i'e been fome time in hand, and the 

 firft and fecond numbers may be promif- 

 sd iij the courfe of nest fcafon ; and the 

 publilber, 



