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eble diftemper of the bones, hick become : brittle as to 
‘be broken by exceedingly flight caufes. 
The comm el received opinion is, that the. fragilitas 
offium arifes fr ma deficiency of the animal matter of the 
wn, nt bone and burn 
fire, all the animal matter willbe deftroyed, leaving the earth 
‘texture gig which, in this calcined ftate, i is nd the 
ite- 
{uch bones are raat esi “ elaftic, and diffi. 
cally ba oken. Thirdly, in old perfons the earthy part of 
he bones is very ate aad the matter diminifhed ; 
confequently, fuch bones are ree more “prittle and eafily 
fraétured than thofe of youn ; 
From the few remarks already made, it appears that a 
certain degree of fragilitas offium is a natural attendant on 
d age. owever, [ is sae this flighter form of the affec- 
tion, as feen: in all ol s, that we Saas ularly with to 
treat of in the prefent. article. is it our intention 
to tite the reader a ferious refutation of the do@trine, 
that the bones are a s more brittle in frofty weather. 
The increafed number of fraétures which happen in winter 
time are fully accounted for by the se cel flippery ftate 
of the ftreets and roads at aor a the year, and the 
man, fixty years of age, whofe bones were fo brittle that te 
arm and fore-arm were fractured by the patient arp aatabe 
fame writer alfo, in the 
‘f 
new fhoe. 
hiftory of a man whofe bones uféd to break even a 
handled in a very gentle manner. acl ina gear 
“ . um Vitis,” — ns a woman w of a be 
vere attack of the gout, and all who e bane were exceed 
ing! light, brittle, nd even friable, ‘ univerfali quafi carie 
a. fimilia offium calcinatorum, vel acido quodam liquore 
abut »» Although the middle parts of the cylindrical 
bones had no eiteaeae of sale yet they were of a light, 
oofe, thin texture, which s dry and eafily c exible 
The m etacarpal ee met eaefal bones as he as thofe of the 
finger. ers a toes, were fo attenuated as be tranfparent. 
S. viard and M. Louis cite ane of the fragilitas offium 
in perfons who had long laboured ar cancerous difeafes. 
The laft author quotes an al nun who broke her 
ee in pees 1 Meds on sal ferv A patient is deferibed 
a ce, ee could not turn 1 in be 
atone or another. 
"of fyphilis is faid to be fonte ines ac- 
The latter ftage 
this afflicting diftemper of the bones. The 
_companied with 
fragilitas offium is alfo fet down by authors as an occafional ar 
ae on the feur 
regar 
little can = hace becaufe, vat ra little is known. 
may fay, in , th at 
ently of any “other obvious difeafe, no > plan of cure is es 
Wittdd List) U4 Le 
rvys in 
ard to the treatment’ of etie peculiar affection 
We 
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ged of Kime. This method. appears aa wi ai fuppofi 
he theory - of the ‘difeafe, to be cored and hat tthe bre 
Rate of the bones is owing to the 
their texture. wever, experience ie files exhibited 
no faéts in favour of fuch treatment. Indeed, doubts may 
be entertained whether the fragilitas offium always Specs 
upon the increafed quantity of earth, and the diminifhed pro 
portion of anim ait in ud frrudure of the bones w' a 
eafe, poeeae with the fragilitas. has re- 
: ited a cafe which fhews this chcumilanes, andhe has adverted 
o fome other inftances .of a fimilar nature. ae 
Works, vol, ii. p. 393. edit. 1792.) 
by Reederer, and uoted b 
hen fragilitas offium arifes from any pre-exifting dif- 
eafe, fuch as the curvy; old cancers, &c. it is obvious that 
if any hopes of relief can_ be ae they can only be 
realized - curing the primary a 
pape Fr. anfwers nearl =e a ae Italian, 
ufics it is a colle@ion of airs from different ballets, 
ek t together without the leaft connection, ee which, 
with dancing and finging between the acts, fupply an even- 
ng’ 8 Pace nats as long as a regular opera. ‘The pattic- 
the Italians have been much condemne 
fable of a regular drama is ftill preferved. The 
taftafio’s dramas are. only recapitulations and- ilftration of 
a bufinefs of*the preceding {cene, which would be com- 
plete — the air; fo that if the ieee air isa 
go aoe one, and wel fang, it makes fome amends for its want 
nneétion with the ma o put into action 
the performers of a“mifcellaneous concert mount the ftage, 
and enac& all — folos,. a and concertos; and Rouf- 
feau truly fays, that none but a man totally devoid of tafte 
— have fuggelted fi fe a a i ormance, or none but a cold 
infipid audience fupport 
OA De Sr. Pero in Gonarapeys a_ town of 
ee in the province of Beira; 13 miles §.S.W. of La- 
mae? 
FRAGOAS, - baile of Portugal, in Eftremadura ; fix 
miles N.W. of San 
FRAGUIE n Bio- 
ER, “CLAUDE FRANcoIS, L?ABB 
graphy, born at Paris 1666, was the fon of a pera ne in the 
f guards, defcended from an ancient noble fa mily y- 
the art of counterpoint, he ewe hie opinion into ‘the form 
of a memoir, ie prefented it to the Headey of Infcrip. 
tions and Belles Leftres, in 1716. ette acquaints 
us that this abbé learned to play on the. havplichoed at an ad- 
vanced 
