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Braces^ remarks on those used by Mr. Seppings in the con- 
struction of ships, - - - - \324 
Brain, observations on its functions, - - 469 
the effects produced by an undue pressure of water 
upon it, - - - - . 470 
the effects produced by concussion of it, - 477 
— the effects produced when the blood vessels of it are 
preternaturally dilated or diseased, - - 477 
the effects produced by extravasated blood, 479 
the effects produced by the formation of pus, - 480 
■ the effects produced by depression, and thickening of 
different portions of the skull, - - 48I 
the effects of pressure from tumours, - - 483 
———the effects of injury to the substance of it, - 484 
the effects of alteration of structure in it, - 485 
Brands, William Thomas, Esq. Bakerian lecture, on 
some new electro-chemical phenomena, - - 51 
Br EwsTER, David, LL.D. On the afiections of light trans- 
mitted through crystallized bodies, " - - 187 
On the polarisation of light by 
oblique transmission through all bodies, whether crystal- 
lized or uncrystallized, - - - 219 
... On new properties of light ex- 
hibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl and 
other bodies to which the superficial structure of that sub- 
stance can be communicated, - - 397 
Results of some recent experi- 
ments on the properties impressed upon light by the action 
of glass raised to different temperatures, and cooled under 
different circumstances, _ - - 4^6 
Brodie, B. C4. Esq. Experiments and observations on the 
influence of the nerves of the eighth pair on the secretions 
of the stomach, - - - 102 
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Carbonate of lime, a determinate quantity of it regarded as the 
real measure by which most bodies are compared to each 
other in the scale of chemical equivalents, - - 8 
Carlisle, Anthony, Esq. An account of a family having 
hands and feet with supernumerary fingers and toes, - 94 
Chlorine, experiments with a view to effect its decomposition, 68 
Chyazates, a new term given to the triple prussiates, - 5 82 
