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motion in the system than that of the cow- 
pox, who can deny? The writer will 
just take occasion to say, that he, only last 
week, saw, after variolous inoculation,.a 
case of sach modified small-pox as is not 
seldom seen subsequent, to vaccination,; 
and he. believes. that these instances 
would be much more common than they. 
are, were the practice of the former as 
general as of the latter, 
_ Nothing has occurred in the month de- 
manding particular nolice, with the ex- 
ception of a remarkable tendency to snad- 
den, and, insome instances, fatal attacks 
upon the brain; calling upon the medical _ 
Meteorological Report. 
{Jan. hy 
attendant to interpose himself promptly. 
and powerfully between the patient and! 
death ;, and this interposition, though often 
satisfactory in its result, has sometimes 
been made without avail. Even post mor- 
tem examination has in a few. instances. 
proved the fatal stroke to have been func- 
tional rather than structural; the traces 
of the marcly of disease through the cere- 
bral organs. haying been carefully sought 
for in vain! 
The writer hopes soon to be able to 
report favourably om the effects of Iodine. 
D. U wins, m.p. 
Bedford-row ; Dec. 26. 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. 
—= a 
Journal of the Weather and Natural History, kept at Harifield, East Grinstead’, 
by Dr. T. Forster, from Nov. 16, to Dec, 20, 1823. 
Wind. State of the Weather. 
17 > 41 30:22 N.E.  |Overeast-——-Much rain. 
18 45 30°22 Calm. |Misty, cloudy, and dry. 
19 43 30°00 S.W.  |Cloudy—Mizzling. 
20 44 50°02 Ww. Fair calm day. 
21 47 30:01 Calm, |Fair—Clouds seen. . 
22 45 29°80 Calm, |Dark but dry day. 
23 46 29°88 W.-Calm. | Dark and clouded. 
24 46. 29°98 . E.-Calm, |Calm fair day. 
25 47 30°11 S.-Calme |Calm and fair. 
26 45 80°10 Calm, |Cloudy. 
27 45 30:00 Ss. Cloudy and dripping. 
28 48 29°80 S. Cloudy— Dripping. 
29 52 29°45 s- Wind and raia, 
» 80 55 29°40 Ww. Wind and rain, 
Dee. § 
4 43 29:78 S.W. |Cloudy—Clear. 
2 43 29°30 S. Rain—Stormy. 
: 3 50 29°28 S.S.W. |Fair—Stormy. 
4 42 29°50 S.W. {Fair blowing day. 
5 43 29°45 W.N.W. |Fair—Rain. 
6 37 3003 N.E.  |Rain—Cloudy —Fair. 
7 29 30°39 N. White frost—Clear. 
8 44 30°19 W.N.W. |Some gentle rain. 
9 33 30°23 N.-S.W. |Clear white frost. 
10 37 30°17 N.W.. |Bright white frost. 
it 47 29°89 W.S.W.. |Fair and pleasant. 
12 35 29°67 W.N.W. |Clear and cold winds. 
13 35 29°98 N. Cold windy, dry and clear, 
14 3 30:03 N. Raw and cold. 
15 30 30°13 N.W.  {Cloudy. 
16 45 29°81 Ss. Fair—Windy., 
17 49 28 85 S. Cloudy—Rain and wind. 
»18 32 29°39 N. A pallid clearness. 
19: 27, 29°60. N. Cloudy —Frosty and clear. 
20,5 5 40 29:09 Ss. Rainy—Clear. 
OBSERVATIONS. of cannons at Woolwich being distinctly 
From Nov. 17 to the 28th, we enjoyed 
the calmness of haleyon days, and might 
hhave imagived it av Italian mid-winter, 
had it ,not’ been for an almost uniform 
veil of cloud above, and now and then a 
little gentle dripping. ‘The smoke from 
chimnies ascended’ into the air in almost 
perpendicular columns.- Sounds were 
heard at immense distances,—the report 
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audible at Hartfield, thirty miles off; and 
the distant sound of village bells: and 
elocks, the crowing of cocks, distant 
voices, and other rustic sounds and noises, 
seemed conveyed as under a sounding- 
board of clouds; the temperature was 
steady, and the mornings were dark. On 
the 29th the weather changed, with rain 
from the south, The weather was after- 
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