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APPENDIX. 



1821. 

 of Cinchonin 

 and Quinin ; 

 and of Spix's 

 Expedition : 

 and Profes- 

 sor Jameson 

 on the use of 

 Iodine in the 

 Cure of Goi- 

 tre, and of 

 its existence 

 in Peat. 



Alkaline Substances existing in Cinchona; the other 

 relative to the Travels in Brazil, of Messrs Spix 

 and Martins, sent thither by the king of Bavaria. 

 Professor Jameson also read a notice in regard to 

 the use of Iodine in the cure of Goitre, and of the 

 existence of Iodine in the Peat of this country, and 

 in cryptogamous land plants. The Professor then 

 exhibited, 1. A preserved head of a New Zealand 

 Chief, having the skin and tattooing of the face in 

 a very perfect condition. A section of a log of 

 Elm, containing the nest of a titmouse, completely 

 encircled by the solid wood of the tree, the speci- 

 men having occurred in one of the Royal Dock- 

 yards, and been sent by Lord Melville to Professor 

 Jameson, for the Regius Museum of the Univer- 

 sity. 



