370 Soch-fj' of ike Sciences at Fhtjhing, 



principles not fully proved, and, if poffible, form from them 

 fome dccifive concliifion. 



3d, That in ellablifliing thefe principles he will make 

 decifive experiments in regard to the adlion of the Voltaic 

 pile on unorganized bodies, on pure water, alkalies, acids, 

 metals, Sec. ; then on organized bodies, and particularly 

 on dead bodies (in promoting or preventing putrefaAion) ; 

 and on living, in regard to lliocks, pricking fenfation, tafle, 

 luminous appearance, 8cc. 



4th, That the author will attend in particular to the fup- 

 pofcd identity of the galvanic power and eleftricity ; and will 

 mention and give an opinion on the explanations of the phae- 

 nomcnon offered by others, and particularly on thofe of 

 ]S1. Ritter. It will be agreeable alfo to the academy if the 

 author will make experiments and obfervations of his own 

 to confirm or refute the hypothefis of M. Ritter; and if he 

 will employ Lavoifier's theory to explain thefe phaenomena. 



5th, That he will apply the principles and conclufions in 

 the lit, 2d, 3d, and 4th articles, to the praftice of phyfic 

 in particular; and endeavour to determine theoretically how 

 fnr, and in what manner, the ufe of the Voltaic pile in me- 

 dicine may be falutary ? That he will colleft, arrange fyf- 

 tematicallv, trv, and give fome opinion of the obfervations 

 alrcadvmade by Grapengiefier, Hagcnbach, Huber, &c. That 

 he will make experiments of his own on the fubjeft, and 

 defcribe their confequences, both negative and pofitive, with 

 fidelity and without prejudice ; and will always mention the 

 mode' of application, for example, the pofition and number 

 of the metallic plates, and whether formed into one or more 

 piles connetled together, 8cc. 



The papers, written in Latin, German, or French, ac- 

 cordinc: to the uiual regulations, mufl; be tranfmitted to the. 

 prefident of the academy, at Erlangcn, before the ift of Oc- 

 tober 1803. 



The prize is a gold medal of the value of 25 ducats, and 

 will be adjudged" to the fuccefsful candidate on the 5th of 

 January 1804. 



SOCIETY OF THE SCIENCES AT FLUSHIXG. 



Some years ago, a ftone having been found at Domburg, 

 in the ifland of Waicheren, containing an infcription in 

 which mention is made of a certain female divinity named 

 Bnr'jfnn.i, the above Society have propoied the following 

 queftions : 



Who was the goddefs Buronina, who feems to have been 



worfhipped by the anticnt inhabitants, or by foreigners who 



^ refided 



