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difTerent members. One of these was an essay by M. Mo- 

 reau, physician at Rochefort, on the property of charcoal in. 

 purifying water. Another essay was read by professor Fra- 

 (hn, on life in general, and particularly on old age: ob- 

 servations were also read by Mr. Boncennc, upon the fine- 

 ness of taste and feeling : and M. Denesle, lecturer on bo- 

 tany, concluded with a treatise on the waters of Poictiers 

 and the neighbourhood. 



UNIVEUSITY OF GOTTINGEN. 



The following is announced as the subject of a prize ques- 

 tion by this university : " What influence have oxygen gas, 

 azotic gas, and the other gases, or their bases, upon the 

 production of electricity by friction ?" The beginning of 

 September next is fixed for receiving the answers to the 

 above, and the prize is 50 ducats. 



MEDICAL SOCIETY OF BRUSSELS. 



This society, since its re-establishment in the year 1804, 

 has been employed in medical and philosophical researches 

 of considerable importance. Two gold medals are given 

 annually, the one of the value of 200 franks, for the best 

 treatise upon any general medical subject ; and the other, of 

 1 50 franks in value, for the best treatise upon any local disease 

 peculiar to the department of Brussels. The subject of the 

 prize essay for the year 1805, wa, ^'Whether has night 

 any influence upon sick people ; and what are the physical 

 causes of such influence?" The prize was adjudged to 

 Richard de la Prade, M.D. practising at Monbrison. The 

 prize announced for the present year is for the best answer to the 

 foUowmg question on a general medical subject : " What 

 are the characteristic symptoms of the inflammation of the 

 nnicous system, and what phsenomena are the consequences 

 of such inflammation in regard to the organs in which it 

 takes place ; and what treatment ought we to follow in such 

 a case?" 



The ptize will be adjudged in the public sitting of the 

 22d of September 1806. 



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