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Biediate principle as aroma ; but fuppofes that which has 

 been hitherto called aroma, to be merely volatile or ethereal 

 oil. 



The plates of the chemical apparatus at the end of thefirft 

 volume are very beautifully engraved by ]\Ir. Lowry. 



Dr. Gren difcovers no analogy between the gclly of ani- 

 mal bodies and the gluten of vegetables. 



He maintains, that, in bread, flour is fo thoroughly, fo en- 

 tirely altered, as to be no longer capable of affording even the 

 fmalreft portion of farina or gluten. 



He reckons no fubftances to be properly fufceptible of pu- 

 irefaBion, fave fuch as contain azot. 



Oi bituiuens he aflerts, that they muft mcejfar'tly have had 

 their origin from the decompofition of animal bodies. 



Though more ample in his accounts of the metals than in 

 the preceding departments of his work, he gives no account 

 of the new Cornifli metal the mcnachanite. 



At the end the editor has given feveral ufeful tables. 



As to the other matters in the compofition of this work, 

 they differ not materially from the explanations in the fyflcms 

 of Fourcroy, Chaptal, Nicholfon, and Jacquin. 



The tranflation is not free from Gcrmanifms; but in books 

 of chemical and phyfical fcience, elegance and propriety of 

 this fort are rarely regarded as objefts of primary concern. 



On the whole, we cannot doubt but the public mutt receive, 

 with {lartial favour, a work of fuch fingular merits. The 

 tranflator, and thofe who have encouraged the tranflation, 

 evidently deferve'the warmefl; thanks of Britifli chemifts. 



EJfays on the Venereal D'lfeafe. Part II. 5>' William 

 Elaik, A.M.F.M.S, &c. &c. mc. Symonds, Patcr- 

 nofter Row. 1800. 



IT was fomc time fince ftated by Mr. Scott of Bombay, 

 that he had difcovered the acid of nitre to poflefs the powers 

 of a fpecific remedy for the venereal difeafe. Dr. Beddoes, 

 Mr. Cruickfliattk, and other medical gentlemen in this coun- 

 try, eagerly repeated the trials indicated by Mr. Scott. The 

 fuccefs was various. One party affirmed the decifive eflUcacy 

 of the new medicine 5 another declared, from alleged expe- 



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