346 Surgical Cases in the Finslury Dispensary. 



In these circumstances the judgment of the public must 

 be still suspended, and the road remains open to discussions 

 and researches, in order to resolve a question equally inte- 

 resting to the history of the arts, the sciences, the antiquary, 

 and the naturalist. 



Explanation of Plate X. 



The flint head, with the covering of chalcedony, is re- 

 presented at three-fourths of its natural height. 



Jt is seen in fig. 1 . on the left side, in order to make vi- 

 sible the recent fracture a, which discovers the common 

 flint with its usual characters. 



In fig. 2. it is represented on the right side; the frac- 

 tures I and c are the two antient ones, which during the 

 continuance of the sculpture in the earth were covered 

 with a rough and dull chalcedony. 



LIV. Report of Surgical Patients admitted into the Fins- 

 lury Dispensary, from the 1st of April to the Z\st of 

 August, 1806. By John Taunton, Esq. Surgeon to the 

 City and Finsbury Dispensaries, and Lecturer on Ana- 

 tomy, Physiology, and Surgery. 



In the last surgical report (see Philosophical Magazine, 

 April 1806,) there were 86 patients under cure; 53 of whom 

 have been cured, 15 relieved, 5 not known, and 13 still re- 

 main on the books. 



Since the above report, there have been admitted into this 

 dispensary 287 patients. 



Cured - - 145 



Relieved - - 19 



Irregular - 1 



Under cure - - 119 



Not known - 3 



287 



Many 



