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pleurisy: this distinction, however, it is 
always of moment to make, since the re- 
medies in one cuse and. fle other are con- 
siderably different. 
The writer has dwelt too much on the 
advantages of washi-leather, as a preventive 
of colds and rheumatism, to make the re- 
petition of the advice here needful; but 
there is another practice which it would 
be a dereliction of his duty not to récom- 
mend, that is, sponging the surface of the 
body every morning throughout the year 
with cold water, before putting on the 
elothes. An individual well sponged, and 
afterwards encased in leather, may march 
out on his way, fearlessly, among the war- 
Meteorological Report. 
[Dec. 1, 
ring elements, feeble thoueh he may be? 
and unfit for the fight, withont the de 
fences referred to, Rte; ahi ay 
A ease of St. Vitus’s dance, that‘ sue- 
ceeded to scarlet fever, has just yielded to 
gradually-increased doses of the nitras- 
atventi. Tlie writer mentions the circum- 
stance because, although there is nothing 
novel in this especial manifestation of the 
medicine’s power, in the present case it 
was particnlarly pleasing to witness the 
success of its exhibition, in consequence 
of thesvirulence of the malady having been 
such as to menace the life or the intellect 
of the little sufferer.  D, Uwins, M.D. 
Bedford-row ; Nov. 20, 1823. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
—a 
Journal of the Weather and Natural History, kept at Hartfield, East Grinstead, 
by Dr. T. Forster, from Oct. 16, to Nov.16, 1823. 
Thermomet.| Barometer. 
October} 10 P.M. 10 P.M. Wind. State of the Weather. 
16 40 29°52 Ww. Fine day. 
17 44 29°48 W.-E. |Clear—Clouds, 
18 52 29°40 N.E.-S.W.|Rainy all day. 
19 53 29°64 S.S.E. |Mild damp day. EG As 
20, 50 30:00 S.E. — |Very fine—Ther. 61° at noon.) 
21 51 30°05 S.E.-E.. |Clonds—Fair. Suis, Go 
22 45 29-94 N.E. _|Clear—and clouds. eae 
23 46 29°84 KE. Very clear. 
24 41 80°00 E.S.E. |Clear—a few clouds. 
25 45 50°25 N.E Fog—Clear—Cloudy, 
26 47 30°05 . Fog—Clear —Cloudy. 
27 49 29°56 S.W.  |Cloudy. 
28 55 29°35 Ss. Clouds—Rain. 
29 43 29°52 S.W.  |Fair—Clouds. 
50 47 28°90 S.S.W. |Rainy day. 
od 41 29:21 S.W.-N. |Wind and rain, 
Nov. 
1 38 29:80 N. Fair and clouds. wipoe 
Z 29 29:98 Ni Clear frosty day. 
3 48 29°76 S.S.W. |White frost—-Rain, ; 
4 50 29°48 S.W.  |Blowing day, with clouds, 
5 52 29°62 S.S.W. |Rainy day. 
6 54 2978 E. Cloudy. 
7 51 29:90 N.E. _ |Dripping day. 14 
8 45 50-10 E.N.E.  |Dripping or small rain. 
9 34 30°25 E.N.E. |Clear and blowing. 
10 32 50°43 N.E._ |Clear. nae 
11 31 30°59 N.E. _|White frost—Clear, mst 
12 oe were - N.E. _ |Cold and clear, with stratus, + _ 
13 28 80°25 N.W.  |White frost—Clear. srctesl , 
14 43 30:08 N.-E, |White frost—Cloudy., o} owdlie> 
15 46 50-20 N.E. |Clouds—Mizzling rain, 
1é | 36 30°27 W.-N.E.. |Fair—Stratus and coloured halo. 
ADDITIONAI NOTES. 
Oct.16.—A remarkably fine October 
day, but a change indicated at night. 
47.—Very clear and fine, but evidently 
an unwholesome ‘air, as every body almost 
experienced themselves as being unwell, 
and a catarrhal epidemic seems to prevail. 
Agaricus muscarius plentiful. : 
18.—St. Luke’s Day,—very wet, which 
superstition makes a bad omen of the 
weather. Agaricus floccosus springing up 
in abundance. rer yng 
19.—The late northerly and’ easterly 
winds have afforded the swallows an‘easy 
passage; and we ‘have missed the: last 
assemblies’ of. these birds, as wellias)mar- 
tins, during the last week. sink 
20. — Abundant. fungi; ‘particularly 
Agarict. a 
Noy, 16.—Small meteors seen. This 
1 eyeaing 
