Society cfMediAm at Pans. gg 



that obfcure this important fubje£t, and be proper to unite 

 every opinion. 



It prefumes, that among the numerous queftions which the 

 fecundity of the fubject of the prize may give rife to, the 

 author ought not to forget to anfwer the following : 



1. Is it true that fenfations cannot be transformed into 

 ideas, but by the means of figns ? or, what amounts to the 

 fame thing, Do eur firft ideas effentially fuppofe the affiftance 

 of figns ? 



2. Would the art of fpeaking be perfect if the art of figns 

 were carried to perfection ? 



3. In the fciences where truth is received without con- 

 teftation, are we not indebted for this to the perfection of 

 figns ? 



4. In thofe which furniftl eternal fubje£l for difputes, is 

 not difference of opinion the neceffary effect of inexactitude 

 in the figns ? 



5. Are there any means of correcting figns badly made, and 



of rendering all the fciences equally fufceptible of demon - 



ilration ? 



Medical Society. 



THE Society of Medicine at Paris had propofed as the 

 fubjeft of the prize of 300 francs, to be adjudged this year, 

 the following queftion ; 



" What are the advantages and inconveniences of the 

 different methods of treating the aneurifm ?" But as this 

 queftion was not fufRcicntly explained, the fociety decreed, 

 in its public fitting of Floreal 22d (May 11), that the quef- 

 tion fhould be propofed anew, and the prize adjudged in the 

 public fitting of Floreal 22d, 7th year. 



It propofed, in the fame fitting, as a fubje£r. for the prize 

 to be adjudged on the 22d of Brumaire, 8th year, 



" To determine by accurate experiments what may be the 

 influence of oxygen in the animal ceconomy, and, above all, 

 in the treatment of difeafes both internal and external ?" 



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