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soon be made acquainted with tliese distinctions, which hitherto 

 appear to have been overlooked, or unattended to. 



Copious new Tables of the Scantlings or dimensions of Tim- 

 bers, proper for all the Carpenter's uses, arc given near the end 

 of the volume ; followed by a synoptical Table, of properties of 

 the various species of Wood, and a Table of Specific Gravities, 

 rich in all those Articles which concern the Builder. 



The Work is arranged with such a rei^ard to method, as is 

 highly creditable ; having a full Tabic of Contents, a copious In- 

 dex, and such lunnerous references in the body of the work, and 

 in the Plates, as will render them easy and pleasant for the fre- 

 quent reference of the Student and the practical Man ; to the 

 latter of \vhoni, whether in the higher rank of an Engineer or 

 an Architect, or whether in the somewhat humbler capacity of a 

 Builder or Carpenter, we can confidently recommend this Work, 

 as one of sterling merit and utility. 



The drawings are by Mr. R. Tredgold, the Author's younger 

 Brother ; which, as well as the Euiiraving by Mr. Davis, do much 

 credit to these Artists ] and the whole is well got up. 



Medical Notes on Climale, Diseases, Hospitals, and Medical 

 Schouh, in France, Italy, and SivilzerUmd; comprising an 

 Incjuiry into the Effects of a Re.>-idence in tiie South of Europe, 

 in Cases of Pulmonary Consumption; and illustrating the 

 present State of Medicine in tiiose Countries. By James 

 Clark, M.D. 8vo. pp. 2^6. 



The leading object of this work is one of very considerable im- 

 portance. A residence in the south of Europe has been long re- 

 garded as tlie only hopcfid curative for that disease which makes 

 annually such havoc among the inhabitants of this northern climate, 

 pulmonary consumption. But neither are all places in the south 

 of Europe alike healthy, nor are all constitutions equally suited to 

 the same places. To have distinct information as to what particu- 

 lar situation deserves in each case a preference over others, is obvi- 

 ously therefore a matter of the first importance : yet, strange to tell, 

 there is no branch of medical practice in which physicians are 

 more in the dark, or patients disposed of more at random. 

 About half a century ago Montpelier was the place almost inva- 

 riably recommended in cases of consumption, and continued to 

 be so for many years; so that its name came to be commonly 

 applied as a characteristic epithet to places supposed to be par- 

 ticularly healthy. In later times, however, it has been discovered 

 that Montpelier is not suited at all to such invalids, and in win- 

 ter is one of the worst imaginable; so that, now, no English 

 physician ever thinks of prescribing the air of Montpelier for a 



consumptive 



