542 
and Surgeon-Apothecaries have issned a 
very creditable volime of Transactions, in 
which will be found;some interesting niat- 
ter both, for students. and. practitioners. 
We_ first, meet with.an historical account 
of the. Society, its. objects and. progress; 
next follows» avery, able. paper. -by. Mr. 
Alcock, on the piesent condition, of .medi- 
cal science, and on the. mode, in, which 
medieal studies ought,to be proseented by 
the individual destined for general prac- 
tice, Essays, of a miscellaneous. nature, 
surgical .and .medical,. theoretical : and 
practical, are introduced both by members: 
of the association, and some physicians of 
distinguished name. ,. The;volume, it must 
be admitted, is rather too bulky in pro- 
portion to, the papers it contains ; but this 
will not; be. the case, it is hoped, with the 
subsequent, ones, since the, Jength of the: 
preliminary essays is the cause of it in the 
present instance, , ; 
A._buiky. volume. has appeared of the 
Debates, Evidence, and Documents, on 
the Charges against Thorpe, High Sheriff 
of Dublin, for ‘unduly empanreling a 
Grand Jury on the Bills for insulting the 
Lord Lieutenant at the theatre. As the 
charges were passionately laid for, high 
treason, we do not blame the decision of: 
the jury ; but the facts which came out on 
this case, as well as other facts of daily 
occurrence, prove the doctrine which have 
always maintained, that all juries ought-to 
be convened in exact rotation from. at 
least three districts, of the jurisdiction; 
Till this is reformed by law, there. is no. 
Security against packing juries; and, of 
course, trial by jury is really but. delusive 
form. No discretion ought to lie with a 
sheriff, even if he were always chosen by 
the people, and necessarily a, man: of 
worthy spirit. Rotation from three dis- 
tricts would make the institution perfect, 
and the adoption of such a law is even 
more important to personal liberty and 
secutity. than, a reform of. parliament 
itself. ‘The volume contains the regulations 
of Orange Lodges, and many other curious 
documents connected with Irish politics. 
‘Mr. Curtis has. published. a, third 
edition, enlarged, of his valuable Treatise on 
the Physiology and Diseuses of .the Ear. 
is great practice, has enabied him. to, 
assemble many valuable’ facts; and. his 
work is therefore important, with refer- 
ence not only to its practical character, ; i 
. the sufferings ofthe sea-faring classes, and 
but as referring to a precious organ, whose 
diseases are as inconyenientas painful, 
A Formulary for the, Preparation. and 
Mode ‘of Employing several. New Remedies ; 
namely, tlie nux vomica, morphine, prussic . 
acid, strychnin, veratrine, the active prin- 
ciples of the cinchonas, emetine, iodine, , 
&c. with an introduction aud_ copious 
notes; have been published, by CHARLEs.. 
Tuomas Haben, surgeon to the Chelsea . 
Literary and Critical Proémium. 
[Jan. 1; 
and Brompton. Dispensary, &e.”, A varied 
experience of move than» ten-years(says’ 
MriH,), both in the Jaboratory ani,at the 
bedside, leads me.to affirmthat medicines 
and, poisons act inj the samesmaniner.orl 
man-asion animals... .L;would: willingly: try: 
on. myself .substances|whiel have; been 
proved to; be innocent when given, to-ani-~ 
mals; bnt L would, not recommendany one 
to make the. experiment.in an.ijnverse way. 
Time alone can,.pronoui¢e definitely -o 
the advantages .and, inconveniences . of. 
these new remedies; hut which ever way: 
it may be, the following pages may) be, use-» 
ful, by teaching the mode;of.preparing 
them. without making. it meeessary to con- 
sult general treatises of chemistry,or phar- 
macy, and by giving medical men every 
facility in submitting them.to personal .ex- 
perience, which is-often afterall. the only 
really profitable course. Ifa: review be. 
made of the differeut new remedies which- 
have been lately proposed, will it not: be’ 
seen that each of them) is. pretended to 
have certain’ peculiarand distinctive pro-) 
perties, which, if. they. really, belong to: 
them, are greatly to be, valued, when pro~ 
perly applied to the treatment.ofi disease?) 
Digitalis, for instance,|.seems.toyjexent a: 
direct.influence on the:action. of the heart: 
and arteries. Colchicum appears to,da,the 
same thing with the addition ofa purgative: 
quality. Prussic acid seems.to have-similar. 
powers, with the additional onc.of appear- 
ing to act particularly, ou-the).anncoas: 
membranes... Strychnine imlikesmanper as: 
said to exert-a peculiar influence oven the: 
nerves? which’ supply, muscles; with, their: 
energy; or, perhaps, it has.the power-of 
increasing the irritability. ofthe muscles. 
themselves... Zodine seems to possess; a: 
similar stimulating. power, which is parti-* 
cularly expended, on, that: part of; the: 
system which. is called lymphaticg: (Ror. 
introducing to the British faculty the:fors 
mularies by. which these, important.reme-~ 
dies may be beneficially administered, the : 
translator is entitled:to, much» publie gra-/ 
titnde. CBG Daa “i 
Several institutions have recently sbeen 
proposed for relief from theosses by; sbip=> 
wreck... We wish they were: exténdedto: 
consequences of storms'by.Jand as.welkas : 
sea... In connexion with this,propen-feel-: 
ing; as far as it goes, Siz W. Hipbaryhas 
published an appeal to the nationjin) which * 
he enlarges. withseloqnence and: pathos; on: 
makes out a case) which demands the ener~ | 
gies.of public benevolence, equal; tavany: 
other subject ofits, meritorious exertion. : 
We. are glad to see that: the:pamphlet:has 
reached a second :edition, ‘and shavexno) 
doubt but Sir William: willilive (to tsee: his ° 
publicspinit requited: by successsijalonen|' 
Nosubjectismoreinmiportant, ina social | 
and domestic-puint of view, thadethe ps it 
