Aldini on Galvanism. 65 



General Views on the Application of Galvanism to Medical 

 Purposes, principally in Cases of siLSpended Animation. By 

 John Aldim, Honorarv Member of the Royal Humane So- 

 ciety, Honorary Professor of the Imperial University of Wilna, 

 &c. Svo, pp. 96. 



This is an ingenious little work, written by Professor Aldini 

 during his late visit to this country. It is inscribed to the Royal 

 Humane Society, of which the author is one of the very few ho- 

 norary members. He remarks truly in the dedication, that "in 

 a commercial and maritime country like Great Britain, in which 

 so many persons from their occupations at sea, on canals and 

 rivers, and in mines, are exposed to drowning, suffocation, and 

 other accidents ; and it must be added, however painful the re- 

 mark, where so many unhappy creatures labouring under a tem- 

 porary privation of reason, form the horrible resolve of self-de- 

 struction — the subject of this work is of the utmost importance in 

 a public view." With the intent of rendering the application of 

 galvanism to the purposes of medicine generally, and to the cases 

 of suspended animation in particular, more simple. Prof. A. has 

 added to his observations on the nature of galvanism an account 

 of some experiments which appear to us conclusively to demon- 

 strate the power of galvanism over the organs of resj)iration. 



Observations on the Medical Powers of Mineral Waters ; con- 

 taining an Account of the following most celebrated, viz. Mal- 

 vern — Matlock — Bristol Hotwell — Buxton — Seltzer — Spa — 

 Pyrmont — Bath — Tunbridge — Hastings — Cheltenham — 

 Scarborough— Vichey~Carlsbad--Hartfell — Brighton — Sand- 

 rocks — Seidlitz or Seydschutz — Epsom — Leamington — Sea 

 — Harrogate — Moffatt — Aix-la-Chapelle or Aken — Bareges, 

 &c. &c. and pointing out the Waters most beneficial in the 

 Cure of different Diseases ; with Remarks on the Cold Bath — 

 SeaBnthing — Shower Bath — Tepid Bath — Warm Bath — Hot 

 Bath — Vapour Bath — Nitro-Muriatic Acid Bath — and on sul- 

 phureous Baths. By Patrick Mackenziii, M.D. 



A Report of the Practice of Midwifery at the Westminster Ge- 

 neral Dispensary during 1H18 ; including new Classifications 

 of Labours, Abortions, Female Complaints, and the Diseases of 

 Children ; with Computations on the Mortality among Lying-in 

 Women, and Children ; and the Probabilities of Abortion taking 

 Place at different Periods of Pregnancy, &:c.&c. With select 

 Cases and Formuke, Bv Augustus Bozzi Granville, M.D.' 



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