284 Vaccination,— American Indian Antiquities. 



and, as we may judge from the above detail, it is even al- 

 most impossible to execute it. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXIX. Intelligence and Miscellanetms Articles. 



VACCINATION. 



iJocTOR Thobnton's " Proofs of the Efficacy of the 

 Cow-Pox," first published in this Magazine, has been 

 translated by Dr. Duffour, an eminent physician in Paris, 

 and has excited a great sensation over the whole of France. 

 Aitixed to this translation are testimonies in its favour from 

 the most eminent persons of France : Prince Cambaceres ; 

 Corvisart, first physician to the emperor Napoleon; Cu- 

 vier, secretary to the National Institute; Thouret, president 

 of the School of Medicine; the archbishop of Malines, the 

 bishop of Nantz, and several of the praefects of departments : 

 and the translation has been ordered by government to be 

 distributed throughout the departments. In order to stamp 

 still greater value on it, the National Institute has voted to 

 have Dr. Thornton's v>'ork in their library, as have also the 

 Faculty of Physic at Paris. 



AMERICAN INDIAN ANTIQUITIES. 



Mr. Jefferson, the President of the United States of Ame- 

 rica, is in possession of several busts carved by the Indians ; 

 in these the human form reaches down to the middle of the 

 body, and they are nearly of the natural size. The traits 

 are well marked, and characterize those which are peculiar 

 to copper- coloured men ; one of them in particular repre- 

 sents an old savage : — the wrinkles in his face, and his whole 

 countenance is peculiarly expressive. These busts were found 

 when digging in a place called Palmyra upon the river Te- 

 nessees. They have not as yet discovered of what they are 

 composed ; some people think they are formed of a solid 

 stone cut with a chisel, while others think it is a moulded 

 composition, and fired like porcelain, It is uncommonly 

 hard. 



It 



