378 lloycd Academx) of Sciences of Pari:!:. 



Vatel ; — Verbal report by M. Cauchy upon a German work by Dr. 

 MelHn, entitled Decouverte. clans le calcul integral ; — A Notice by 

 M. Bec(juerel ; — And lastly, a memoir by RI. Rigal On a sound 

 proper for facilitating the introduction of instruments employed in 

 iithotrity. 



Ang»i\.?>.— Manuscripts : — Detailed account of a new case of 

 curing Phthisis pulmonaris by means of chlorine, by Dr. Cottereau ; 

 — Observations On the question respecting the communication of 

 the lymphatic vessels with the veins, by M. Lauth ; — Experiments 

 upon the mode of curing hiccough, by M. Vanier ;— Essay upon a 

 newelectro-dynamic phaenomenon, by M. de Briche ; — Observations 

 On the experiments of M. Flourens relating to respiration, by M. 

 Desportes; — Geographical questions, by M. Duvallier. 



Reports and Memoirs read: — Report by M. Becquerel On the 

 memoir of M. Donne, concerning the influence of meteorological 

 phaenomena upon the dry pile; — Report of M. Dumeril On the 

 laws of mortality of the rich and poor, established by M. Benois- 

 ton, of Chateauiieuf; — Report ofM. Dumeril On a case of phthisis 

 successfully treated with chlorine with Dr. Cottereau's apparatus; — 

 Memoir of M. Becquerel On thermo-electric i)Ower;— Observa- 

 tions on fossil bones occurring in the CaJcaire grassier on the road 

 to Nanterre, by M. Cordier. 



Aug. 10. — Manuscripts : — Letter On the torsion of the arteries, 

 by Dr. Thierry; — Letter from M. Vannicr On the nature of mad- 

 ness;— Letter from M. Parnard of Avignon, on certain improve- 

 ments of whicli the instruments u=ed in Iithotrity are susceptible. 



Reports and Memoirs : — .Reports of M. Cassini On a very fine 

 collection of artificial plants, formed by the late INI. Robillard of 

 Argentelle ;— Memoir by M. Le Bceuf On the diurnal motion of 

 the earth. 



Au^.n. — Manuscripts : — A letter from M. Tournal On fossil 

 bone caves ; — Meteorological observations made at Berne, by M. 

 Trechsel ; — Letters from .M. Duleau, occasioned by INL Savart's 

 last memoir, in which he refers to some analogous experiments 

 which he had made; — Letter from M. Nel, of Avignon, containing 

 an account of some new improvements in lithontriptic instruments ; 

 — Letter from M. Dabled On the direct communication of the 

 lymphatic vessels with the veins; — Use of the calculus of residua 

 for the valuation and transformation of products composed of an in- 

 finite number of factors, by M. Cauchy. 



Reports and Memoirs read: — A very detailed report of the last 

 voyage of the Astrolabe, by M, de Rossel; — Report of M. Dumeril 

 On the attempts made by M. Lugol to cure scrofulous diseases 

 by Iodine. Ti)e cases are numerous and well related; — Report of M. 

 Cauchy On a work by M. Gomes, entitled, Nouvclle Arithmctique ; 

 — Experiments made upon the vegetable alkalies, and the disorders 

 which they occasion in the animal oeconon)y,l)y AL Donno. 



Aug. 24. — Manuscripts: — A sealed packet by M. Alphonsc San- 

 son; — Notice by MM. Fran<jois and Caventon, On the medicinal 

 properties which they found in the root of a Brazilian shrub of the 



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