S(5 Report of the City and Finshury Dispensaries. 



De sulphur ation of Galena. — This is one of -the sulphurets 

 which best yields' to the decom position in question : the fu- 

 sibility of the lead which facilitates its aggregation, as well 

 as the little affinity it has for sulphur, are the causes of the 

 successful trials that have been made on this subject. Lime 

 and iron are employed in various circumstances in the de- 

 sulphuration of galena ; the use of lime is not very general, 

 and it is impossible tojudge of its effects from what is known 

 of the properties of the sulphuret of lime. The treatment 

 of galena by iron is more in use, and appears more advan- 

 tageous. 



The above memoir will, T hope, suggest several experi- 

 ments to those who are engaged in metallurgical pursuits. 



All the experiments I have detailed were performed in 

 the laboratory belonging to the Council of the Mines, and 

 under the eyes of M. Descostils, by whose superior judge- 

 ment I profited considerably during the progress of my 

 labours. 



XI IT. Report of Surgical Cases in the City and Finshury 

 Dispensaries, for April, May, and June, 1608. With two 

 Cases of Dropsy of the Ovarium, By John Taunton, 



Esq. 



Xn April, May, and June, there were admitted on the 

 books of the City and Finsbury Dispensaries 785 surgical 



patients. 



Cured or relieved — 722 



Died — — • 6 



Irregular — — 2 



Under cure ■*— 55 



785 



Mrs. Dennison, retat. 29, has generally enjoyed a good 

 state of health till within about eighteen months, when she 

 had svmptoms of dropsy of the ovarium ; the right side of 

 the abdomen enlarged most, was irregular, and has been 

 most painful during the continuance of the disease. 



The catamenia stopped about a year since, when the abdo- 

 men 



