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retical knowledge : but as the fpeciniens which accompanied 

 tliis memoir did not anfwer the object pointed out by the 

 clafs, it has prolonged the term for adjudging the prize' to 

 the 3d of October 1802, ftrongly recommending to the can- 

 didates to apply with particular care to this branch of manu- 

 factory. 



This double prize, of the value of 6800 francs (above 280/. 

 fterling), will be adjudged in the fitting of the Inftitute at 

 the above period. 



The Clafs of Literpture and the Belles Lettres propofed in 

 the year 8, as the fubje<ft of a prize in antiquities, the fol- 

 lowing queftion : 



" What arc the ftudies which form, and the kinds of 

 knowledge which charafterize, the antiquary ? What ad- 

 vantages ought to arifc to fociety from fuch knowledge?" 



On'account of the importance of this fubje<ft, the clafs has 

 thought proper to prolong the period of receiving memoirs 

 till the 3d of October 1802, as before. 



The prize wiil be a gold medal of the value of five hefto- 

 grammes, and will be adjudged in the public fitting of Ja- 

 nuary 5, 1803. 



XIV. Intelligence and Mifcellaneoiis Articles. 

 05loher 1801. 



JIEDICINE. 



JL H E Oberdculfche Allgeme'ine Literatnr-Ze'itung, July 23 , 

 1 801, under the head " Literary Notices," coniains the fol- 

 lowing article : 



" In the 7ih number for the year 1779, of that generally 

 ftfteemcd journal Der Rathgeber fdr alle Stcmde, the quef- 

 tion, Whether friction with oil can be employed for pre- 

 venting and healing the fmall-pox, having been anfwered \\\ 

 the affirmative, both by the Kev. Charles Gottfried Rauer, of 

 Frohburg, and the li;arried editor Dr. Daniel Collembach ; 

 and as tlTev produce feveral important grounds to prove their 

 alferuon, an individual who has the good of mankind at 

 heart wifnes to' fee it confirmed by faAs. For this purjiofe, 

 he offers a prize of twelve ducals to the phyfician who, before 

 the end of the nrtfent year, {hall have fuccclsfully employed 

 friftion with oil on the greatcll number of variolous patients. 

 The fmall-pox, however, nmft have been of the mahgunnt 



F4' ■ confiucut 



