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Cfinccrninrr t'le prcfert prcilliar MftlioJ of Trtaling perfons 

 iinKiilatcJ ("r lilt Smnll-Pox." 'Tliis rotates to tlic tJiit- 

 tins «li"> wri- now in tlic /ciiilli «f llitir ivputatioi-. lie 

 ihtiiks t\yriy pi-'tt'c? of expofing tlicir patients to the open 

 air ill the miilll of winter, of reptlling t!ie tnipticii, and 

 c!i-ciu(]j or prcventin;T the fi:p;ii!r.uivc procefs, too bold, 

 a;unwzard.>iii. On liie wliulc, liowcvtr, he iitknoivkdgei., 

 tliey were d J" rving of coninuiid.iiioii, for tiie iinprovcmeiits 

 tlu-y had introd>:itd, in the tuatn^cnt, botli of tlie iiiocidat- 

 cd, and nainral fniall pox Mis ni\t work, the moll ton- 

 fi Irr.dde one, written by him, vva<! " Chirurccieal Cafes and 

 Ohfcriiilioi'S," piiblilhid in 17/ i- in : vols. Svo. Thonjjh 

 .th-rc are much judicious praflice, and many valuable oblerva- 

 lioiis com. lined in thefe volumes, yet they did not aiifiver 

 the exprvl:ttioiis of the public, or corrtfj-oiid to the fame 

 mid credit the author had obtaiiud ; actordiiiglv in the fol- 

 lowing year tluv were attacked by an anonymous writer, 

 faid to be Mr. Jullainond, in a pamphlet, entitled, "Notes 

 on Chiriirgical Cafes and Obfervations, by a Profelior of 

 Surgrry." The lliidtires contained in thefe notes are keen 

 and ingenious, a-id, though evidently the produce of ill- 

 humoiir, yet feem to liavc had the clllit ot preventing fo 

 general ad iff nil on of tlie cafis, as tiie character of the au- 

 thor would otherwlfe have procured them. They have 

 luvcr been reprintid. Abont this time the author took a 

 fpacions manfion in Chelfea Park, which he enbrgcd, al- 

 tered, andfnrnilhed in an eltgant llyle. It is now occupied 

 by tir Henry Wdfon. Hither he retired, after doing his 

 biiGnefs, which he began gradually to contrafl into a nar- 

 rower circR:. With that view, a few years after, he gave 

 up his fiaiation as furgeon to the Lock hofpilal. His other 

 appointments he kept to the time of his death, which hap- 



f)ciicd on the 24th of November, 1792, in the Soth year of 

 lis age. The above are all the memorials we have been 

 able to collect of this ingenious gentleman, of whom no life 

 has been before written. 



IJROMIO, in Geography, a torrent of Swiflerland, in 

 the canton of B-jilinzone, which takes its rife in mount Uc- 

 callo, or the Vogelfberg, near Splugen, and joins the Tefnio 

 in tlie Levantine valley. 



BROMiSCUS, in Ancient Geo;;rn/)l>y, a town in Mace- 

 do:.ia, fituate, according to Thucydides, iu the gulf where 

 the hike of Bolbe difcharged itfelf into the fea. 



B ROM I US, in Enlrjmol'jgy,7i. fpccies of Tab AN us, having 

 a purple b:\ud through the eyts, and the body cinereous. 

 Linn. Fu. Sv. Frequent in Germany, and fome other parts 

 of Europe. Degeer calls this Tabanus macniatus. 



BROMLIiY, in Geography, a market town in the county 

 of Kent, England. Tlic manor of B' omlcy w'as given by king 

 Ldgar,in 700,to thrbilbop of Rochciler,who,in coiifequence, 

 had a palace erecled here, and the bifhopsof that fee appear to 

 have made it their feat till the prtfcnt time. Near the .palace 

 is a fpring, which has been found to poffcfs the fame qualities 

 as the water at Tunbridge Wells. In moukifh times this was 

 held in high etlimation, and a chapel was crefted near it for 

 the ufe of pilgrims. A college, or hofpital, was erefted at 

 Bromley, by Dr. Warner, bifliop of Rochefttr, in the 

 reign ot Charles II. for twenty poor clergymen's widows. 

 This is faid to have been the full endowment of the kind 

 in England. In confcquence of a bequeft from the reverend 

 Mr. Httherington, of 2000I. and of bifliop Pcarce, who 

 left 5000I. more, the trullees Iwve been enabled to augment 

 the annual allowance to the widows from 20I. to 30I. a id the 

 chap'ains from 30I. to 60I. By aucther bcquell from a 

 Mrs. Betenfon, ten additional houfes have been erected, and 

 endowed. Bromley is fituated on the rivi.r Ravenfbourn, at 

 ,the dillancc of 10 miles S.£l. from London. Here are a 

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weekly market on Thurfday, and two fairs aniVJally. The 

 town confids of 4:4 houfe>, and 2;co inhabitaiiCs. Wilfoii's 

 1 lillory of Bromley, 1 2mo. 



BtoMLEY, a towidhip of America, in Bennington coun- 

 ty, \'ermont, about ^z miles north-eallerly from Benning- 

 ton, containing 7 i iiih-ibitauts. — Alio, a town iu Somerfct 

 cour.lv. New Jerley. 



Bro^iley, or Abbots-Bromlf.y, a fmall market town 

 of Stiih irdfliire, in England. The adjunrt abbots was 

 given to i: in cnnfequence of its abbey, which is now entirely 

 dcllroyed. This town confills of one ilreet, near the centre 

 of which ii the town hall, where the court-lcet and court- 

 baron of t'l' earl of IJxbiidge arc annually htld. Bromley 

 ftauds in a fiiie open fertile country, dillant 1:9 miles N.W. 

 from London, and 1 1 from the city of Litchfield. Here 

 are a weekly niirket on Tuefdays, ard th'ee annual fairs. 

 The town cont;.ins 202 houfes, and Hob inhabitants. 



Near I'romlsv is Blitlifield, the ftat of lord Bairot ; and 

 at two miles dillnnce is How-crofs, the feat of the earl of 

 Shrewfbnrv. The foicft ol Needvvnod, conlidercd the great 

 ornament of Staifordlhire, is 3 mdcs from this place. 



B R O M pro N. See Chatham. 



BROMSEBivO, a town of Sweden, in (he province 

 of .Smalaiid, which has a large bridge over the river that 

 here difcharges itfelf into the fea. A fmall ifland Jies in the 

 middle of the liver, on which two ftoncs are ereftcd for 

 boundaries. This place ia famous for a congrefs, held in 

 1541, and again in 1^72, for lettling fome difputes con- 

 cerning the arms of the three northern crowns ; and alio, 

 for a treaty of peace, concluded in 1645, between Sweden 

 and Denmark. It is 4 leagues from Chriilianople. 



BROMSC-ROVE, a town of Worcellerlhiiv, in Eng- 

 land, is noted for its manufactures of worlled, hnen cloths, 

 fi(h-hooks, needles, nails, &c. It had .""ormerly a manufac- 

 tory for broad and narrow cloths, but this is removed into 

 Gloucellcrlhire. In the reign of Edward I. Bromfgrove 

 fent two members to parliament, and it has had many privi- 

 leges coi>ferrcd on it bv different monarchs. Edward VI. 

 founded a grammar fchool here, which was additionally en- 

 dowed by fir Thomas Cooks. The church and town are 

 large and handfome, and the former, from its high fituation, 

 is approached by a flight of fifty fteps. It is ornamented 

 witli fome painted glafs, and contains fcveral fine monu- 

 ments. Among thefe is one for judge Lyttlelon, iCco; 

 biihop Hall, of Briftol, 1710; fir Humphrey Stafford, who 

 was killed in Cade's rebellion ; fir John Talbot, of Grafton ; 

 and another afcribed to a daughter of Henry VII. This 

 parifli contains twelve manors, and its houfes amounted, in 

 1801, to 1178, and its inhabitants to 5998, of which t2;S 

 were engaged in nianufaftures and trade. Bromfgrove is 

 11') miles N. W. froin London, and 12 from the city of 

 Worceiler. 



About one mile and a half diftant is Grafton manor, the 

 ancient feat of the earl of Shrewfbury. Hewell-G range, the 

 feat of the earl of Plymouth, is at 4 milts dillance. Dod- 

 ford priory is within two miles of Bromfgrove. Nafli's Hif- 

 tory of Worceftcrfhire. 



BROMUS, \n Bot,:ny, (Sixj^y^fooJ,) Linn. 8y. Reich. 

 9,5. Schreb. 120. Juir.,52. Wdld. 140. La Marck, Illuft. 

 119. pi. 46. Smith Flor. Brit. 38. CLfs, tnonJiLt ill^y- 

 nia. Nat. Ord. graniina, grah'es. 



Gen. Char. Cal. glume, many -flowered, two-valved, 

 fpreading, coUefting the florets into an ob'ong two-rowed 

 fpiktlet ; valves ovate-oblong, acuminaiC, awnlcfs ; the lower 

 one Imalleft. Cor. twc-valvcd ; the outer valve the fize and 

 form of the calyx, concave, obtufc, bifid, putting out a 



llraight 



