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of Mr Thomas Allan of Edinburgh, a tooth, which the latter 
gentleman had himself found several years ago in the quarries of 
Binstead, in the Isle of Wight, and which, with the assistance of 
Mr Pentland, has been ascertained to be a molar tooth of the 
lower jaw of the Anaplotherium commune. 
43. Petrified Fishes . — Mr Sinclair of Ulbster, M. P. lately 
transmitted to Professor Jameson, for the College Museum, a 
collection of petrified fishes, found by him in the old red sand- 
stone formation in the neighbourhood of Thurso; and the minis- 
ter of South Ronaldshay, one of the Orkneys, lately deposited 
in the College Museum specimens of the same description, 
collected by himself in the old red sandstone of that island. 
These fishes are found in the variety of sandstone flag now so 
extensively imported into Edinburgh from Caithness, and which 
we first pointed out to the attention of builders and others many 
years ago. 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
44. On the causes of Bronchocele .— The enlargement of the 
thyroid gland, called by medical men Bronchocele, and common- 
ly known in England by the name of Derbyshire Neck, and in 
France by that of Goitre, is an endemical disease, or one that 
takes place only in certain districts. It is a complaint that oc- 
curs very frequently in Nottingham, and the surrounding coun- 
try. The disease is to be met with, I believe, throughout Der- 
byshire, but in some places more commonly than in others. I 
was lately told, that there are not fewer than a hundred women 
in the village of Cromford, near Matlock, who labour under 
bronchocele of a large size. As to the cause of this disease, 
there are various opinions : the vulgar one here ascribes the dis- 
ease to the hardness of the water, and, as far as I have had an 
opportunity of inquiring, the same opinion obtains in Derby- 
shire. This popular notion certainly receives confirmation from 
the circumstance, that Bronchocele is more frequently to be met 
with, and of a larger size, where the water in common use is very 
hard, than when it is of a softer quality. The water with which 
the inhabitants of Nottingham are chiefly supplied, is from the 
river Leen, that runs close to the town, and well-water. The 
Leen is chiefly surface water, and is forced by an engine into a 
