CHAP. IV J * SOURCES OF PHYSICS ' PUBLISHED. 25 



CHAPTEE IV. 



1843 TO 1847. 



'Sources of Physics,' second book, 1843-1844 Lectures on * Detection of 

 Needles' 1845 Paper, * Application of Electricity to Surgery' Carmine 

 injections Potato disease 1846 Third book on the * Potato Plant' 

 Aphis vastator, nomenclature of 1847 -Rancorous animosity and skits 

 on A. S. Famine Food soire'e Skeleton of lecture Lecture Ventilation 

 Smee's ether inhaler. 



THE same year appeared Alfred Smee's book on ' The Sources of 

 Physical Science,' which was specially written as an introduction 

 to the ' Study of Physiology through Physics,' and which comprises 

 the connection of the several departments of physical science, their 

 dependence on the same laws, and the relation of the material to 

 the immaterial. This work was published on the 1st of Sep- 

 tember, 1843. It is divided into seven chapters, thus : 



CHAP. I. The Fundamental Sciences. Matter Arithmetic Attraction. 



II. On the Sciences of Matter under Attraction. Chemistry 

 Crystallography Geometry Trigonometry Gravity Mag- 

 netism. 



III. On the Sciences of the Disturbance of Attraction. Electricity 

 Mechanics Hydrostatics Pneumatics. 



IY. The Sciences of Actions and Reactions. Time Heat Light 

 Sound Odour. 



V. On the Performance of Human Operations. 



VI. On the Complex Sciences. 



VII. On the Relation of the Material to the Immaterial. 



He had originally intended to draw up a slight sketch of 

 physical science to form an introductory chapter to his great 

 work, ' Electro-Biology,' which appeared about six years later ; 

 but finding that he was unable to compress the matter of the 

 intended chapter within three hundred pages, he resolved to 

 publish the work as a separate treatise. 



At the commencement of my physiological inquiries (he writes) I 

 had no idea of dedicating a separate volume to the Sources of Physical 



