for the Bite of the Rattle- Snake, &fa. 61 



Many more cases of the efficacy of the Jestis-weed 

 might be collected, but I think these sufficient. No one 

 in the neighbourhood doubts its efficacy, as not a single 

 person has died on the Hills, in consequence of the bite 

 of a Snake, since this remedy was discovered, about 12 

 years ago. 



IX. Miscellaneous Observations on the Natural History 

 of the Human Uterus. By Dr. Davidge, of Bal- 

 timore, in a letter to the Editor. 



Dear Sir, 



I AM entering on a compartment to which I am 

 no stranger. Its topography is familiar to me : I have 

 traversed its fields ; passed through its walks ; and ex- 

 plored its most intimate recesses, with great industry, 

 care, and minute observation. At least every day of 

 my life, I am engaged in the contemplation of the ob- 

 jects of this division, and ought, in some measure, to be 

 acquainted with them. 



To be qualified to judge accurately, and well, of what 

 is without the scheme of nature, we should be well ac- 

 quainted with what is within her plan. A partial view 

 of her operations will lead us into error, and inconclu- 

 sive deduction. When I cast my eyes over the vast 

 scenes of nature, I with much delight observe her plan ; 

 I see animals, vegetables, and minerals : animals and 

 vegetables living, and reproducing ; minerals growing, 

 each after its own kind. 



