New Journals. 333 



Medical literature of the north. 



Profefibr PfafF of Kiel, and Dr. Scheel of Copenhagen, 

 have announced a new periodical work, the objecT: of which 

 is to give an account of every thing that relates to the ftate 

 of medicine in the North, under which the editors compre- 

 hend the Danifli States, including Holftein, Sweden, and the 

 northern part of Ruffia. The work will embrace furgery as 

 well as medicine, both in theory and practice ; and phyfics 

 and chemiftry, fo far as they are connected with thefe 

 branches of fcience, will not be excluded from their plan, of 

 which the following are the outlines, i. The theory of me- 

 dicine. 2. Practical medicine. 3. Surgery and midwifery. 

 4. Northern medical and chirurgical literature. 5. Medical 

 inftitutions and medical policy of the North. 6. Intelligence. 

 The editors have received affurances of fupport from the 

 principal phyficiails in the North, among whom are Sax* 

 torph, Abildgaard, Callifen, Henfler, Weber, Fifcher, He- 

 din, Herholdt, &c. The editors do not mean to confine 

 themfelves to any regular periods of publication; but will 

 endeavour to publifh a number, confifting of twelve meets, 

 every three months, The firft number was to appear at 

 Eafter 1799. 



Dr. K. A. Rudolphi, alfo of Greifswald, has announced a 

 work fomewhat fimilar, to be entitled Swedijb Annals of 

 Medicine and Natural Hijlory, two numbers to be published 

 annually, according as materials can be procured. The 

 editor, who was born at Stockholm, means to make extracts 

 from every work on medicine or natural hiftory printed in 

 Sweden; and as a copy of every Swediftl publication of im- 

 portance is procured for the academic library at Greifswald, 

 he hopes he (hall be able to give in thefe Annals a complete 

 view of the prefent ftate of medicine and natural hi (lory in 

 his native country. The firft part was to be publifhed at 

 Eafter 1799, by Lange at Berlin. 



Yi ASTRONOMY, 



