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Saffron, its effe£t upon air, p. 208. 
Sage leaves, the effeft of their effluvia upon air, p. 20 2, 203. 
Sago-tree, houfes in Sumatra thatched with its leaves, p. 162. 
Salubrity , extraordinary at Blandford Forum, Dorfet, enquiry concerning it, p, 613— 
621. 
Sandford, Matter, his fquinting cafe, p. 86. See Squinting. 
Sandy foil, favourable to health, p. 218. 
Saunders , Dr. his letter concerning a journal of the weather at Montreal, p, 539. 
Schehallien. An account of the calculations made from the furvey and meafures taken 
at Schehallien, in order to afcertain the mean denfity of the earth, p. 689. See 
Earth. 
Schjli , a foup in Mofcow fo called, how prepared, p, 666, 667. Good again!! the 
Scurvy, ibid. 
Scott , Mr. J. his account of a family-imperfe£Hon of fight in regard to colours, p 0 
612— 614. 
Scurvy . Obfervations on the fcurvy, p. 661. How introduced into the blood, p. 662. 
But one fort of fcurvy, p. 662, 663. How to corre& this diforder by food, p. 663. 
The ufe of four krout a good method, p. 663, 664. All vegetables in their raw 
Bate more antifcorbutic than when boiled, p. 664, 663. State of the fcurvy at 
Mofcow, and how produced, p. 666, 667. Great ufe of raw greens corrects the 
diforder among their common people, p. 667, 668. Particular account of the pro- 
grefs of the fcurvy in the Foundling Hofpital there, p. 669 — 672. Method of 
curing them by boiled vegetables, p. 672 — 674. A more violent fcurvy among 
the children, p. 674, 673. Cured by their eating raw vegetables, &c, p. 673 — * 
677. Farther cures by the fame means, p.677. How far the foregoing methods 
of cure may be ufeful in fea voyages, p. 678 — 680. 
Sea-cocoa-nut , not amarine production, p. 178, 179, Where it grows, p. 179. 
Sea/on, ftate of it preceding the earthquakes of 1749, 1730, p. 228. State of it pre* 
ceding the earthquake at Manchefter, &c. 1777, p. 228 — 231. 
Sea-voyages . How far the methods of curing the fcurvy in Mofcow may be ufeful in 
fea- voyages, p. 678 — 680. 
Securing . Of the inter- fecuring ufed in defending buildings againft fire, p. 891. 
Seed. Concerning the fowing of elm-feed, p. 558. 
Sete Cidades , a valley in the ifland of St. Miguel, fome account of it, p. 608, 609, 
Shark . An account of the blue fhark, p. 789, 790. 
Shot. The force of fired gun-powder, and the initial velocities of cannon balls, deter- 
mined by experiments ; from which is alfo deduced the relation of the-initial velocity 
to the weight of the fhot and the quantity of powder, p. 50. See Gun-powder. 
Shrewfiury , the proportionable number of inhabitants that die there annually, p. 154.. 
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