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r79lt in 2vol». 410. I:i this inrtrnftive work the autlior 

 comprilcs the hillor)- of philofophy iiiidcr tlircc pcrioch : 

 the /irjl, commencing from the earlieft times, and extending 

 to the dccliiie of the Roman empire, compieliends the liar- 

 banc and the Grecian philofopliy ; x.\\e feccintl, from the de- 

 cline of the k<)man repubhc to the revival of letters, com 

 prchend:, the philulophy of the Rnn.ans, the oriental philo- 

 fophy, that vi the Jews, that of the Saracens or Arabians, 

 and that of the CKrillians: and the //jW period, from the 

 revival of lettcrj to the beginning of the 18th century, in- 

 cludes attempts to reilore and correct the Sedarian pb'lo- 

 foph), attempts to introduce new mcthodo of pliilofophifing, 

 and attempts to improve philofopliy in the true Eclettic 

 method. 



IIRI'CKL.WV, in Geography, a town of Germany, in 

 the ci'tle of I'ppcr Saxony, and county of Reus ; S miles 

 W. N \V. ofGreitz. 



BK.UCKM.VN', F:;ancis-Ernest, in B'io<;raphy, was 

 born at Htlmlladt, in Ky-;, and, having completed his 

 lludics, was created dodor in medicine, at the univerlity 

 there, in the year 1721. As his talle inclined him to bo- 

 t.iny\ he travelled over Bohemia, Aultria, and a great part 

 of Germany, examining and colleftiiig plants indigenous to 

 ihole countries, and other natural productions. In return 

 for his communications to the Academia Nat. Curiof. and 

 of Berlin; he was made corrcfponding member of thofe focie- 

 ties. Having tinilhed his travels, he fettled at Brunfwick, 

 where lie continued in requcll to the time of his deatli, 

 March 2iil, 1753. When youna;, and before be bad 

 taken the dtgree of doctor, he publillied, " Specimen Bo- 

 tanicuni, cxhibens fnngos fubterrancos, vulgo tubcra tens 

 dictos," Helmlt. 17:0, 4to. with engravings. He con- 

 lidertd the black fpots on the bark as feeds. In 1727, 

 " Opufcula Medico botanica," 4to. Brunl'wick. In this 

 he treats of the ircdical qualities of various vegetable pro- 

 ductions, among others of cofTee, the ufe of which he con- 

 demns. " Epillola; Itinerarix," containing his obfervations 

 on vegetable and other natural produdions, coUeded during 

 his travels. The epiftles are 300 in number, the lirft cen- 

 tury was pubhdied in 1742; the Uvo lalt in 1749, 4(0. 

 rhey contain a great body of ufeful information. The 

 ■titles of a few of the epilUes follow, for the reft, or fnch of 

 them as are moll curious, confult Nailer's Bib. Butan. 

 " l)e Ttr cllricole, feu Phallo ;" " De Alga Saccharifcra;" 

 '• Animadverliunes in Pifonis et Boetii Libros ;" " De 

 Mufcis nordum defcriptis ;" " De Melone Aquiformi ;" 

 *' De S'.;.api tuberos, radice infantem reftrentc ;" " De 

 Ufu Com c's Sambuci in Hydrope," &c. &c. Haller. Bib. 

 Lot. and Chirurg. Eloy. Did. Hid. 



• ^^^^'-/^OBEL.in G«^^/-^/,!y., a town of Germany, in the 

 circle ,f iht- Upper Rhine, and county of Hanau Munzen- 

 berg ; 2 r?;i!es N. of Hanau. 



BRUCl'ERII, in yln.-icnt Geography, a people of Ger- 

 many, phxed by mod geographers next to the Frilii, be- 

 tween the Amiha, now the Ems, and the lake Flevus, now 

 the zCuyder Zee. They were powerful and warlike; but 

 betore the time when Tacitus wrote, (fee Germ. 07 ) that 

 IS, betore Trajan's fecond confulHiip, thev had been ex>ir- 

 patedbv their neighbours, who had confpi.'ed againil them - 

 and tncir place was occupied by the Charnavi and Aruri- 

 vani. 1 hey were conquered by Drufus in a naval fight, on 

 occafion of his tirft German campaign ; again by Tibe- 

 nus .n the 4th year of the Chriftian a.ra ; and afterwards, 

 - •■ An^v V'-' ^^ Germanicus. In the year 69 they 

 .)Oin*d Civihs in his attack upon the Romans. Towards the 

 commencement of the 4th century, Conltantine, having palTed 

 the ilhme, entered their countrj' and laid it walie with fire 



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and fword. Their villages were burnt, their cattle flaiig!;. 

 tcred, their men and women malTacred, and tho.e that 

 efcapcd the fword, and were made prifoners, met w i!i a ftill 

 more ciu' 1 fate. As he judged them incapable of ever per- 

 formi"g any really ufeful fervice, on account of their per- 

 lidy and invincible ferocity, they were condemned to the 

 fame puniihment as the kings cf tiie Franks, whom he had 

 vanquifhcd, and delivered to wild beafts, whofe favage dif. 

 polition thcv imitated. 



BRUDUS, Emanuel, in Biography, fon of the phyfi. 

 cian Dionyfius, of Paris, pradifed medicine for fome years 

 in England. lie publifhed, in 1544, at Venice, '• De 

 Ration.- Vitlus in fingulis Febribus ad Anglos," 8vo It 

 is a thick and bulky volume, and has been°feveral times re 

 printed, once by Gefner, in 1555. He appears to have' 

 read the old Greek and Arabian writers with attention and 

 to have drawn his doftrine principally fro.^l r!,em Too 

 flender a diet (hould not be given to the Eugluh in fever, 

 but care (bouid be taken to keep up the ftrengt!- cf the 

 patients. This fliould be done in all fevers, of which he 

 defcr.bes the different ftages, with the treatmeat in each 

 He IS every whei-e prolix, but fome good pradicai rules nay 

 be deduced. " Dialogus circa quafdam Qiieftiones in Me- 

 dicma," 4to. without date. Haller. Bib. Med 



I.nS^';!? '^P^ r ^'°3'-fPh> a town of Upper Guelder- 

 land : 10 miles S. E. of Veiiioo. 



BRUEHL, Walter, or Bp.aijt, in B'wgrahhv a Ger 

 man phyhcian, pubi-nied in 1579, Antw^ fol.^ " Prlxis Me'- 

 dica, Theonca et Empinca, familiariffima, in qua morbo- 

 rum mtcrnorum cognitio, et curatio traditur " Th? 

 work, though little noticed now, was in much eftimat^on 

 as appears by its having paded through eight editions, 'the 

 laft pruned at Venice in 1602, Svo. It is dedicated ti the 

 earl of Huntington, wnich makes it probable the author had 

 been in this country. Haller. Bib. Med. Pratf. Eloy Did, 



BRUEL in G.o^/-^/^v,a town of Germany, in the circle 

 N. K^rsSn?"^ '^"^^^ °^ ^l^^^l..^.r,., t. mile: 



BauEL, i?ri.././, orBrugl, a town of Germany, i„ the 

 circle of the Lower Rhme, and eleftorate of Cologn • 6 

 miles S. ot Cologn. ° ' 



BRUE'RE, a town of France, in the deoartment of the 

 Cher, and diftrid of St. Amand, feated on the Cher i ' 

 league N. W. of St. Amand. ' ^ ^ 



BRUEYS, DAyiD-AuGUSTiN, in Biography, a Fren-h 

 }"l '"'''' ,''?'■" °^ " P>-oteftant family, ft a4 in 16,0 

 and educated for the bar; btit his inclination tfco'nt ovSal 

 theology led h.m to abandon the profeiTion of an advoca e 

 and in 16S3, he publiihed an anfwer to bilhop S et.^ 

 expofition of tlie dodrine of the church. The bfflioD how 

 ever, cnnverted him to the catholic faith; and aSe h d 

 bm-ied hj. wife, he entered into the eccleliaftical ft t e and 

 diftinguifted himfelf as the champion of popery again t In- 

 neu, Levant, and other proteilant divines.^ Of fh fine' 

 my of his conveifion his fubfequent condud afforded fom^ 

 giound of fnfpic.on ; as he diverted his attention from theo! 

 logy and devoted it to dramatic fubjeds. Accordin Jv K. 

 compofed feveral pieces for the ftagi, fomeofvSlre 

 written in conjundion with his fne°nd Palaprat. Of tTefe 

 the mort celeorated are the comedy of "l^Crr^A f, 

 (the Grumbler), which Voltaire piSers to ^ Uh"! St 

 pieces of Mohere, and a revived ancient piece failed 

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