Reply to Dr. Kelly's Letter. 51 



diculis simul effluente sanie, morbi acerbitate, ac dolore 

 percitus, unguibus corpus lacerat," &c. 



The same author, among many instances of this disease 

 being fatal, mentions that the EngHsh king Edmond died 

 of the pedicular disease. 



Sauvage, (Nosologia methodica. Ordo septimus, 

 ClassisX^Phthiriasis pedlcularis. La maladie pediculaire.) 

 after describing the disease, add?, " Phthiriasis olim inter 

 niorbos poenales habebatur, quo extinctos ferunl plurimos. 

 VideSchenkiuin, Camcrarium, Plempium," &c. and makes 

 a second species, ^'Phthiriasis interna: p^ermiue interne: 

 Phthiriasis funesta." In this species the insects issued from 

 the eyes, ears, anus, urethra, and from the orifice made in 

 venjesection. This case terminated fatally. 



In conclusion, I would remark that, on touching one of 

 these insects with oil, it was nearly dead in a few minutes : 

 which circumstance would induce me to recommend the 

 trial of such an application for this^diseasc. 



Hatton Garden, Jan. 16, 1812. JOHN AnDREE. 



VIII. Reply to Dr. Kelly's Letter {see our last Number) 

 on his supposed Discovery of an Error in the Nautical 

 Almanac. By Mr. Firminger, (ate Assistant Astro- 

 nomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 



To Mr. Tilloch. 

 Sir, i SHOULD imagine it is generally understood by the 

 readers of your valuable Journal, that whatever papers ap- 

 pear in that work without signature, or reference to other 

 authors, are cither the composillon^of the editor, from in- 

 formation received by him, or drawn up by persons imme- 

 diately under his inspection. With this natural impression 

 on my mind I viewed the article in your Magazine for 

 October, entitled," On the Error discovered in the Nautical 

 Almanac of 1S\ 2 by Dr. Kelly," and conceived you had 

 received the information it contains either from the Doctor 

 himself, or from some other of your correspondents to whom 

 he might have communicated it, and that, wiien it appeared 

 before the public, the article with respect to its general tenor 

 must be considered as your own. Knowing that this sup- 

 posed discovery was no discovery at all, but that the Nau- 

 tical Almanac of 1812 actually appeared in the shape in 

 which its learned author intended it, I was induced to send 

 you an account of such facts as I believed would clearly 

 show the truth of what I have advanced ; and I considered 

 I was at libfirty so to do, under the form in A'hich your 

 D 2 article 



