176 ' MeviexVn 



" Frequently, tlie disease does not present a perfect 

 appearance, and is not accompanied by those essential 

 phenomena, -which ought to occur in the course of tlic 

 true vaccina. 



" All this lias been observed by Jenner, Odier, Mar- 

 shall, Decarro, Aubert, and other physicians. I have 

 likewise observed the same twelve times ; tlie vaccina 

 may, tlierefore, be distinguished into true, Jake^ or 

 spurious.^' 



II. Obscrvatiom on the Utility and Adinviistration of 

 Purgative Medicines in several Diseases. By James 

 Hamilton, M. D., Felloxv of the Royal College of 

 Physicians, and of the Royal Philosophical Society: 

 and Senior Physician to the Royal Infrmary, JEdin- 

 burgh. Edinburgh: 1805. 



THIS is an octavo volume of somewhat more 

 than 300 pages. As the production of an excellent 

 practitioner, and a candid observer, we recommend it to 

 the perusal of our medical readers. It contains much 

 useful matter, written in a style of simplicity and neat- 

 ness. We do not, indeed, subscribe to all the author's 

 opinions. We should, on the contrary, were we to at- 

 tempt an analysis of his work, point out several things 

 in which we should be obliged to differ from him. 



We beg leave to transcribe the following observations 

 on the disease of Chorea, as a favourable specimen of 

 the author's manner of treating his subject. 



