iv CONTENTS. 



VI. On the Efficacy of Blisters, in preventing and curing Gan- 

 grene. In a Letter to the Editor, from John Floyd, M. D., of Vir- 

 ginia 256 



VII. Memorandums of the Practice of an American Empiric, as 

 ' communicated to the Editor by Reuben D. Mussey, of Massachu- 

 setts 261 



VIII. Cases and Observations of the Good Effects of the Gera- 

 nium Maculatum of Linnaeus in Haemorrrhages. In a Letter from 

 Dr. Job Wilson to Samuel Benezet, M. D., of Philadelphia. Com- 

 municated to the Editor by Dr. Benezet 263 



IX. Facts and Speculations relative to the Diseases that are com- 

 mon to the Human Kind and Other Families of Animals. By the 

 Editor 266 



X. Experiments and Observations on Cutaneous Absorption. 

 By Reuben D. Mussey, M. D., of Massachusetts. Communicated 

 by him to the Editor 288 



XI. Statement of Deaths, with the Diseases and Ages, in the 

 City and Liberties of Philadelphia, from the 1st of January, 1808, 

 to the 1st of January, 1809 30 



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SECTION SECOND. 



OBITUARY. 



William Shippen, M. D. 309 



Mathias Barton, Esq. 309 



Dr. Amos Gregg, Jun. 312 



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