SIS Medicine. 



TennanT , of Virginia, published a small work 

 on the Pleurisi/, in which he brought into view 

 the virtues of seneka snake-root, which were be- 

 fore unknown. Not long afterwards. Dr. John 

 MiTCHEL, of Virginia, published an ingenious 

 Essai/ on the Causes of the different Colours of People 

 in different Climates, in which he displayed much 

 anatomical and other learning.' About the middle 

 of the century, Dr. Thomas Bond, an eminent phy- 

 sician of Philadelphia, drew up some useful medi- 

 cal memoirs, which were published in a periodi- 

 cal work in London.^ Nearly cotemporary with 

 the last mentioned publications, were several by 

 Dr. Benjamin Gale, a practitioner of medicine 

 in Connecticut, who was much distinguished 

 among his countrymen for his acquirements and 

 skill, and who particularly published a Disserta^ 

 tio7i on the Inocidation of the Small-Pox in Ame^ 

 rica, which has been often mentioned respectfully.* 

 In 1753 Dr. John Lining, of South-Carolina, 

 published an accurate history of the American 

 Yellow Fever, which was the first that was given 

 to the world from our continent. Dr. Lionel 

 Chalmers, of the same State, in 1754, commu^ 

 nicated to the Medical Society of London some 

 useful remarks on Opisthotonus and Tetanus, which 

 were published in the first volume of their Obser- 

 vations and Inquiries. This gentleman also pub^ 

 lished, in 1767, an Essay on Fevers, in which he 



i This Essay was sent to Mr. Collinson, of Great-Britain, and was 

 intended as a solution of the prize problem on that subject, announced by 

 the Academy of Bourdeaux. It was afterwards published in the Philosopbkal 

 transactions .^ vol. xliii. p. I02 — 150. Dr. MiTCHEL also wrote ably on 

 the Yello'w Fever ^ as it appeared in Virginia in 1 742. His instructive 

 manuscripts on this subject fell into the hands of Dr. Franklin, by 

 \vhom they were communicated to Dr. Rush, See Rush on Yelloiv Fever y 

 8vo. 1794. 



1) Medical Observations and Inquiries^ vols. i. and ii. 



u It is possible that other medical publications were made in New* 

 England, about this time, equally worthy of notice j but U>e author ha^ 

 not been so fortunate as to see or hear of thgjn. 



