Nuiiccs respecting New Books. 305 



bus acutis, cyma paniculata laxa. De Cand. in PL 

 Grass, t. 65, et Prod. Syst. Veg. 3. 395. — Nob. Revis. 

 PI. Slice. '23. 



Cotyledon hybrida. Hort. Par. — Cotyl. spalhulata. 

 Poiret Suppl. 2. p. 373, secundum De Cand. 



Habitat in Sina. 



Floret Aug, Sept. St. 1/ . 



Obs. Floras non vidi, sed secundum De Cand. 1. c. 

 flavi, " qua nota facile distinguitur a precedente, cui 

 valde affinis." — Folia apud nos duplo latiora quam in 

 priore, sed minus crassa, et obsolete solum crenata. 



XL VI II. Notices respecting New Books. 



The Infiuence of Clivuite in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Dis- 

 eases, more particularly of the Chest and Digestive Organs; com- 

 prising an account of the principal places resorted to hy Invalids in 

 England and the South of Europe; a comparative estimate of their 

 respective merits in particular diseases, and General Directions for 

 Invalids whilst travelling and residing abroad : xvith an Appendix 

 containinga Series of Tables on Climate. By James .Clark, M.D. 

 Alember of the Royal College of Physicians of London, S^c. 



IT has been remarked by the late Dr. Young, that " in proportion 

 as both the medical and meteorological sciences become founded 

 on a firmer basis, it cannot be doubted that their beneficial effects 

 will be more and more experienced, as well in the preservation of 

 health as in the treatment and cure of diseases." 



The work before us must be regarded as one of the most important 

 efforts which have as yet been made toward the verification of diis 

 assertion of the philosopher, whose death has so recently deprived 

 our country of one of its brightest ornaments. 



The influence of climate in the prevention and cure of diseases 

 is, to borrow the words of Dr. Clark, " for many reasons a sub- 

 ject of peculiar interest to the inhabitants of this country. To the 

 inclemency of our seasons we are justified in attributing some of 

 our most fatal diseases ; and many others of great frequency, if 

 they do not derive their origin immediately from our climate, are 

 at least greatly aggravated by it. 



"Among this number may be ranked pulmonary consumption, and 

 some otlicr fatal diseases of the chest: scrophulous affections; 

 rlieumatism ; disorders of the digestive organs ; liypochondriasis, 

 and a numerous train of nervous disorders, K;c. For the prevention 

 of some, and the cure of others of these diseases, a temporary re- 

 sidence in a milder climate is the best and often the only effectual 

 remedy wliicli we [)ossess." 



Our countrymen arc generally sufficiently willing to make trial of 

 a therapeutical agent, so peculiarly congenial to our national taste. 

 The necessity of correct and suHicient directions, with respect both 



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