316 Intelligence.—Lectures. 
Dr. Adams is preparing a Syllabus of his Course to assist 
such of his hearers as are Jess acquainted with Mr. Hun- 
ter’s doctrines, or unaccustomed to apply them to medicine. 
An academy for the encouragement of science and li- 
terature has been established in the Toman Republic. A prize 
of 600 francs in value has been lately offered by M. Lesseps, 
the imperial commissary for the Ionian islands, for the best 
essay concerning some important branch connected with 
the statistics of these islands. Another prize of 600 francs 
has been offered by M. Teotochi, president of the Tonian 
senate, for the best elucidation of the following question : 
** What are the easiest metbods for rendering the crops 
of corn and potatoes abundant in the Isle of Corfu ?” i 
Candidates may write their/papers in Italian, French, 
Greek or Latin, and must transmit them to the Secret tary 
of the Ionian Academy, on or before the ist of July 181 ¥ 
in the usual manner, with scaled mottoes, &c. 
LECTURES. 
Theatre of Anatomy. 
Lectures on Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Sur- 
gery, by Mr. John Taunton, Member of the Roy al College 
of Surgeons of London, Surgeon to the City and Finsbury 
Dispensaries, City ross Society, &e. 
In this Course of Lectures it is proposed to take a com- 
prehensive view of the structure and ceconomy of the living 
body, and to consider the causes, symptoms, nature, and 
treatment of surgical diseases, w ith the mode of performing 
the different surgical operations ; forming a complete course, 
of anatomical and physiological astivetion 4oy the medical 
or surgical student, the arust, the prgtcssianaly or private 
gentleman. 
An ample field for professional edification will be afforded 
by the opportunity which pupils may have of attending the 
clinical and other practice of both the City and Finsbury 
Dispensaries. 
The Summer Course will commence ‘on Saturday, May 
25, 1811, at Eight o'clock in the Evening precisely, and be 
dantniaed every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at the 
same hour. 
_. Particulars may be had, on applying to Mr. Taunton, 
“Greville-street, Hatton Pkrden: 
De Adams’s Summer Course of Lectures on the Insti- 
tutes and Practice of Medicine will commence in the end of 
May or beginning of June. 
