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Adelung. He continued his researches on Egyptian mytho- 

 logy and history, in which he investigated their relations to 

 those of India. He contributed various articles to reviews and 

 other periodicals, of which I have not been able to obtain a 

 complete list, but the following may be mentioned : A paper 

 on Snowden — three papers on the Mosaic Cosmogony, in 

 Tilloch's Journal — Papers on the Universities — on the Zodiac 

 — on Isis and Osiris — on Fain and Schlegel — Articles on 

 Delirium, Hypochondriasis, Somnambulism, Animal Magnet- 

 ism, Soundness of Mind, and Temperament, in the " Cyclo- 

 paedia of Practical Medicine ;'' and several chapters on similar 

 subjects in the " Library of Medicine." Also a small volume 

 on Insanity connected with Jurisprudence, and a highly in- 

 teresting essay on the Vital Principle. 



The study of the Hebrew language was alike congenial to 

 his religious feelings and to his philological taste. An essay 

 on the Song of Deborah, which he wrote for the gratification 

 of his friends, is an interesting piece, in which, though short, 

 the Doctor appears in both characters. 



Study was so thoroughly identified with his life, that even 

 the hours which he could spare from social intercourse were 

 made subservient to his literary pursuits, and Greek readings 

 with a few learned friends occupied the time which other men 

 devote to light or frivolous pursuits. A poetical translation 

 of the Birds of Aristophanes may be mentioned amongst the 

 fruits of these horw subsecivw. 



In the year 1826 the Doctor published the second edition 

 of his " Researches into the Physical History of Man." In 

 the interval of neai'ly thirteen years which had elapsed, he 

 had not only collected a great amount of valuable materials, 

 but had brought to bear upon the difficult questions which 

 his subject presents a vai'iety of collateral knowledge for 

 their elucidation, thereby not only enhancing the value of his 

 own researches, but jiointing out to future inquirers the path 

 to truth, in which he made such important advances. In the 

 first volume he treated largely on the curious subject of the 

 diffusion of organised beings, both vegetable and animal, 

 entering into a most minute examination of a question which 

 had previously occupied the attention of the great Linnaeus, 



