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of this excellent man furnishes another proof of 

 the immense influence, that a knowledge of me- 

 dicine will produce among uncivilised people. 



M. Tenon, the surgeon, is afterwards pre- 

 sented to us. His youth was passed in a series of 

 struggles; his maturity was beautiful, and he 

 reached the age of ninety-two without intel- 

 lectual infirmity. 



The 61oge of the famous Werner is in every 

 respect interesting, for in it we find a brief re- 

 sume of all that was done by this great man, 

 together with the peculiarities which deprived 

 the world of the written results of his labours 

 and extensive knowledge ; he having preferred 

 to trust his reputation to the justice of his dis- 

 ciples, rather than have recourse to his own pen 

 for transmitting it to posterity. 



The life of Desmarets follows ; — Desmarets, 

 the antagonist of Werner, the champion of vol- 

 canoes ; he in whose discoveries originated the 

 famous disputes between the Plutonians and 

 Neptunians, and which disputes not only placed 

 the whole world between fire and water, but 

 occasioned more animosity than any question 

 which had hitherto agitated the learned world. 



To this second volume are added two ^loges 

 read before the Philomathic Society of Paris, the 



