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nant, of Virgiiiia, publislied a small work on the 

 Pleurisy, in which ho brought into view the virtues 

 of seneka snake-root, which were before unknown. 

 Not long afterwjirds. Dr. John Mitchel, of Vir- 

 ginia, published an ingenious Essay on the Causes 

 of the different Colours of People in different Cli- 

 mateSy in which he displayed much anatomical and 

 other learning*. About the middle of the cen- 

 tury. Dr. Thomas Bond, an eminent physician of 

 Philadeljihia, drew up some useful medical me- 

 moirs, which were published in a periodical work 

 in London f. Nearly contemporary with the last 

 mentioued publications were several by Dr. Ben- 

 jamin Gale,' a practitioner of medicine in Connec- 

 ticut, who was much distinguished among his 

 countrymen for his acquirements and skill, and 

 who particularly published a Dissertation on the 

 Inoculation of the Small-Pox in America^ which 

 has l)ecn often mentioned respectfully J. In 1753 

 )dx. John Lining, of South Carolina, published an 



entitle him to a distinguished place among the benefactors and 

 ornaments of his country. 



* This essay was sent to Mr. Collinson, F.R.S,, and was 

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

 announced by the Jcadcyuy of Bourdemix, It was afterwards 

 published in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. xliii, p. 102— 

 150. Dr. Mitchel also wrote ably on tlie Yello'.o ¥ever, as it ap- 

 peared in Virginia in \'JA2. His instructive manuscripts on this 

 subject fell into the hands of Dr. Franklin, by whom they were 

 njiumunicatcd to Dr. Rush. — Sec Rush on Yclloiv Fever, 8vo, 

 i/()4. 



i Medical Ohscrvations and hujiiiries, vols, i and ii. 



\ It is possible that other medical publications appeared in 

 Xovv England, about this time, equally \rorthy of notice 3 but the 

 finlhor l»a> tiot been so fortunate as to ice or hear of them. 



