qualities, 338 a ; grinding the colours, and 
preparing them for the pallet, c\ hair-pen- 
cils; manner of choosing them, See, 339 a ; 
ivory; method of choosing, bleaching, and 
preparing, b ; mixing compound tints for the 
face, c ; colours proper for men’s draperies, 
340 a ; painting the face, b ; general observa- 
tions, c. 
Modes and materials of painting, 330 c. 
Mosaic, 341 a ; in marble and precious stones, b; 
process of mosaic painting, ib. ; manner of 
performing mosaic work of gypsum, c. 
Oil-painting, 331 c. 
Portraiture, 329 c to 330 b. 
Study, requisite course and methods of, 327 b. 
PHARMACY. 
Alcohol, preparation of, 400 b. 
Analysis of medicinal articles, 392 a. 
Antimony. See Opium. 
Cataplasms, 409 a. 
Cerates, 407 b. 
Conserves, 394 c. 
Decoctions, 396 a. 
Distilled waters, 399 c ; spirits, 400 a. 
Doses of medicine, table of gradations in, 409 b. 
Drying of herbs and flowers, 394 b . 
Electuaries, 406 b. 
Emulsions, 395 b. 
Extracts, 399 b. 
Infusions, 395 b. 
Juices, 395 a. 
I.iniments, 407 b. 
Oils, fixed, 395 b ; volatile, or essential, 400 b. 
Oily preparations, 400 c. 
Ointments 407 b. 
Operations, pharmaceutical, 391 a to 392 a. 
Opium, antimony, and quicksilver ; table shew- 
ing the quantity of each of these articles, in 
the different compound medicines of the Edin- 
burgh and London Pharmacopoeias, 409 a. 
Pills, 406 c. 
Plasters, 403 b. 
Powders, 405 c. 
Preparatious and compositions of medicines, 
394 a. 
Quicksilver. See Opium. 
Salts, and saline preparations, 400 c. 
SimpI? medicines, preparation of some, 394 a , b. 
Syrups, 396 c. 
Tinctures, 397 c. 
Troches, or lozenges, 407 a. 
Vinegars, 397 c. 
Wines, 397 b. 
PHYSIOLOGY. 
Absorption considered, 425 a. 
Ages, temperaments, varieties in the human spe- 
cies, Sec. considered, 430 c. 
Arteries, of the action of, 426 a. 
Blood (the), considered, 426 c. 
Circulation (the), considered, 425 c ; demon- 
strated, 426 c. 
Digestion considered, 425 a. 
Dreaming considered, 429 a. 
Functions of life, plan of a new classification of, 
424. 
Generation, function of, considered, 429 c. 
Habit, of the power and influence of, 429 a. 
Heart, of the action of, 425 c. 
Hermaphrodism, 4S0 a. 
Indivisibility the essential character of a living 
organized body, 421 a. 
Nerves, of the action of, 428 c. 
Nutrition, function of, 427 b. 
Organic, how distinguished from inorganic be- 
ing, 421 a, b. 
Puberty, state of, 430 c. 
Secretion, process of, 426 c. 
Sensations considered, 428 a. 
Sensibility, irritability, and the vital principle, 
considered, 421 b. 
Sexes, the differences of, considered, 429 c. 
Singing, stammering, Sec. considered, 429 t. 
INDEX TO THE TREATISES. 
Sleep, Sec. considered, 428 c. 
Smell, the sense of, considered, 428 a. 
Speech, the faculty of, considered, 429 b. 
Touch ^ senses 0 ^» considered, 428 b. 
Veins, of the action of, 426 b. 
Virility, state of, 431 a. 
Voice (the), considered, 429 b. 
PLANTS, PHYSIOLOGY OF. 
Bark, the, its nature and functions, 443 a. 
Cuticle, the, protecting the true bark, 442 c. 
Extractive principle, 449 b. 
Flower, its parts, and their functions, 444 a. 
Fluids of plants, 445 a. 
Fruit, the, described, 444 b. 
Functions of plants, 446 a. 
Leaves, their functions, 444 a. 
Light, sensibility of plants to, 447 a. 
Parts of vegetables, distinct in their nature and 
functions, 442 c. 
Pith, the, considered, 443 c. 
Root, its functions, 443 c. 
Seed, considered, 444 b. 
Sexual system considered, 447 b. 
Stem or trunk, its parts and their functions, 
442 c. 
Vegetable substances, 449 a. 
Water the principal nourishment of vegetables, 
448 a. 
Wood, the, its nature and functions, 443 a. 
PNEUMATICS. 
Air, particulars in which it differs from all other 
fluids, 455 c. 
Air-gun described, and its principle explained, 
460 b. 
Air-pump, description of, 456 a ; attentions ne- 
cessary in making experiments with, 459 c, 
460 a; American, described, 460 c, 461c; re- 
marks on the respective merits and imperfec- 
tions of these instruments, 462 a, b. 
Elasticity of air, 457 a. 
Miscellaneous experiments, 457 c. 
Pressure of the air upon the body of a middle- 
sized man, 457 a. 
Prince, Mr., his air-pump described, 461 c. 
Rarity of the air at different heights above the 
surface of the earth, 457 b. 
Suction, the idea of, disproved, 456 c. 
Vacuum, the Torricellian, 456 c. 
Weight of air demonstrated, 456 a. 
POETRY. 
Ancient poetry considered, 463 b. 
Arabian poetry, character of, 463 c. 
Blank verse considered, 466 b. 
Classical poetry considered, 464 a. 
Classification, poetical, 467 b. 
Comedy, origin of, 464 c. . 
Definition of poetry, 463 a. 
Description, poetical, 470 5 to 471 a. 
Didactic poetry, 468 b. 
Dramatic poetry, 469 a. 
Elegiac poetry, 467 c. 
English versification considered, 465 b. 
Epic poetry, 468 c. 
Grecian poetry considered, 464 a to c. 
Hebrew poetry, character of 463 b, c. 
Homer, character of his poetry, 464 b. 
Imagery, a prose passage rich in, 463 b. 
Lyric poetry, 468 a. 
Metre of poetry, evidently borrowed from the 
simple melodies of music, 463 a. 
Metrical harmony, and poetical emotion, 469 c. 
Modern poetry, origin of, 465 a. 
Ode, construction of, 464 b . 
Pastoral poetry, 467 b. 
Roman poetry considered, 464 c, 465 a. 
Satirical poetry, 468 b. 
Song considered, 468 a. 
Tragedy, origin of, 464 c. 
Troubadours, 465 a. 
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RHETORIC. 
Amplification considered, 579 b. 
Antithesis, 581 a. 
Apostrophe, 581 a. 
Arguments, disposal of, 579 a. 
Arrangement or order, the most important point 
in every composition, 577 e ; execution of this, 
578 b. 
Beauty of style, 582 a. 
Climax, 580 c. 
Definition of rhetoric, 577 c. 
Digression considered, 579 a. 
Harmony of style, 581 c. 
History, method of writing, 578 b ; its effect, 
579 b ; civil history, 583 a. 
Hyperbole, 580 c. 
Inversion, 581 a. 
Irony, 580 c. 
Metaphor, 580 b, 582 a. 
Metonymy, 580 b. 
Perspicuity of style, 580 a. . 
Prosopopeia, 581 b. 
Purity of style, 579 c. 
Style, 579 c ; the various kinds of, specified, 
582 b. 
Sublimity of style, 581 c. 
TransitionsL considered, 579 b. 
Unity of design and action considered, 578 a. 
Vigour or energy of style, 580 b. 
SCULPTURE. 
Ancient art of sculpture, 633 b. . 
Definition of sculpture, 630 c. 
English sculpture, 640 a, b. 
French sculpture, 639 c. 
Grecian sculpture, 635 a ; causes of its excel- 
lence, 636 a ; its character, 636 b ; its decline, 
637 b. 
History of sculpture, 633 b. 
Italian sculpture; modern, 639 « to c. 
Model, use of the, 632 b. 
Modern art of sculpture, 638 c. 
Modes of process, different, in sculpture, 631 c. 
Oriental sculpture, ancient, 633 c to 634 c. 
Powers of sculpture, 631 a. 
Roman sculpture, ancient, 638 a to c. 
Stone and marble, sculpture in, 632 c. 
Study, methods of, 631 a. 
Wood, sculpture in, 632 b. 
SHIP-BUILDING, 
Construction of ships, 660 b. 
Dimensions considered, 658 b, c. 
Guns, to make a ship carry hers well out of the 
water, 658 b. 
Masts, 661 b. 
Pitching hard, to make a ship go smoothly 
through the water without, 658 b. 
Plane, art of delineating ships on, 656 r. 
Plane of elevation of a sixty-gun ship described, 
659 a ; plane of projection, 659 b ; horizontal 
plane, 659 c. 
Sail, to make a ship carry a good one, 658 b. 
Steer, to make a ship, well, 658 b. 
Stowing and trimming of ships, importance of 
doing this judiciously, 661 a. 
Wind, to make a ship keep a good one, 658 b. 
SURGERY. 
Abdomen, wounds in, 738 c.. 
Amputation considered, 734 c, 735 a, 742 b. 
Aneurisms, 739 a ; diagnostic marks of, b ; causes, 
ibid . ; treatment, c. 
Arteriotomy, 748 a. 
Belly, wounds of, 734 a to c. 
Blood-letting, 747 c ; topical bleeding, 748 a. 
Benes, diseases of, 747 b, c. 
Breast and lungs, wounds of, 734 a ; 
Broncho.tomy, 750 a. 
Cancer considered, 746 a ; its causes and pecu- 
liarities, ib. ; treatment, ib. ; operation, ib. 
Chest, wounds in the cavity of, 738 b. 
Contused and lacerated wounds, 736 a. 
Corns, 747 b. 
