jjja Ki-w Pal I'lcnt ions ■ 



trotluclory AreouiU of* ilic Iiukx to Mr. Flamfted's Obfcrvations oftlie fixed Stars con- 

 tained in tlie Second VoUmie of the Miftoria Cceloftis; to which arc milled fcveral ufuful 

 Kcrutts derived froni lliat Index, by William Heifchell, LL. D. V. R. S. 4. An Account 

 of the Means employed to obtain an overflowing Well, in a Letter to the Right flon. Sir 

 Jofcph r.nnks K. D. P. R. S. from Mr. Dcnjaniin Vulliamy. j. Obfcrvations of the 

 cTsangeable Urightncrs of the yalellites of Jupiter, and of the Variation in their apparent 

 Msgniiude ; with a lVterniin.ii'on.of the Time of their roiart^^ Motions on their Axis, i'o 

 whicli is added a Mofure oftlie Diameter of the Second Satellite, and an Eftimate of tlie 

 comparative Size of all the four, by William Hcrfehcll, LL. D. F. R. S. 6. Farther 

 Fxperimcnts and Obfcrvations on the Allcclions and PropertiLS of Light, by Henry 

 I'rou 'ham jun. Efq. 7. On Gouty and Urinary Concretions, by William Hyde Wollafton, 

 ^L D. F. R. S. 8. Experiments on Carbonated Hydrogenous Gas, with a View to deter- 

 mine whether Carbon be a Simple or a Compound Subftance, by Mr. William Henry, 

 g. Obfcrvations and Fxpcriments on the Colour of Blood, by William Charles Wells, 

 ^^ D. F. R. S. 10. An Account of the Trigonometrical Survey carried on in the Years 

 1795 and 1796, by Order of the Marquis Covnwallis, Mafter General of the Ordnance, by 

 Colonel Edward Williams, Captain William Mudge, and Mr. Ifaac Ualby. 



A Lecture introdu<ftovy to a Courfe of Popular Inftru£lion on the Conftitution and Ma- 

 nagement of the Human Body, by Tliomas lieddoes, M.D. octavo, 72 pages, price is. 6d. 

 Printed for Cottle in Briftol, and fold in London by Johnfon, 1797. 

 The author of this pamphlet was accidentally informed, hy a praclitioner in furgery, in the 

 courfe of the year ju(t expired, that he was defirous of giving a courfe of anatomical lectures 

 in Briflol. To furnidi individuals with fomuch knowledge of themfelvcs as (hould enable thenj 

 to "uard againft habitual licklincfs, and a variety of ferious diforders, had long been an object 

 of Dr. Beddoes's contemplation. He, therefore, propofed that the courfe lliould be modelled 

 according to this idea. He remarked that a diftinift exhibition of the larger lines of anatomy 

 and phyfiology would be alfo the mode of inRru£lion bell adapted to young (ludents in me- 

 dicine ; much obfervation of leiStures having convinced him that extreme minutenefs is only 

 perplexing to beginners. This, joined to fome other confiderations, prevailed. MefT. 

 Bowles and Smith undertook the courfe, the intention of which is, to exhibit the ftrudure 

 of the body in a manner neither fuperficial nor tedious ; to explain the funftions of the 

 parts as far as they have hitherto been inveftigated ; to illuftrate, by fpecimens, the prin- 

 cipal deviations of thcfe parts from their healthy conformation, and to interfperfe fuch re- 

 flections as may be ufeful in phyfical education, and the whole conduft of life. Dr. Bed- 

 docs purpofes to pontribv\te his utmofl alFiftance to the defign, in whatever way that ailift- 

 ance fhall, upon refle6licn, appear moft likely to be effcdual. This introduftory leflure 

 conllitutes part of his exertions in a plan fo truly calculated to promote individual happi- 

 ntfs, and public welfare. He is defirous that its publication may produce fimilar under- 

 takings clfewherc, and juftly fuppofes that a communication of the fa<3, that thefe lectures 

 arc attended by an audience more than twice as numerous as the friends of that dcfign ek- 

 pc!>cd, will tend to promote this purpofe. 



After this concifc (latemcnt of an undertaking to which every friend of mankind inufl 

 with fucccfs, I mufl decline analyfing the lecture, and content myfclf with obfcrving, that 

 the fubject, which itfelf is highly intercfting tp all defcriptions of men, is treated in 

 a very perfpicuous and impvcllivc manner. 



