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*^uiiosity, by (lellveiiiig public kotures on the epi- 
thereby to combat every injurious prejudice, 
®r>d spread that intelligence which could not fail to 
® productive of benefit. He also established a new 
Society, the specific object of which was to promote 
Experiment and inquiry into the best modes of op- 
posing ibe dreadful scourge. His course of public 
^Ectures was not confined to the mere epidemic, but 
« took occasion to prefix to it several lectures on 
'E- structure of oxen, which was only in keeping 
many of bis other plans for exciting a taste for 
Natural history. These lectures were highly popii- 
E') and excited the keenest interest in all classes of 
'E community. They were immediately puldished, 
End Were speedily translated into German, and so 
®P'ead over the Empire, which had too much rea- 
to feel deeply interested in the subject. The 
ES'ly lectures were occupied by a regular domonstra- 
*I>E anatomy of tlie animal, with the physio- 
Sy> including the phenomena and tlie uses of ru- 
^ Aiation, Sic .. ; and the later lectures were dedicated 
E description of the epidemic itself. This was 
pursued in his usual regiiliir and ample method, in- 
th ' history, nature, symptoms, and cure of 
^^E disorder. Concerning tlie history, he seems to 
^E lansacked the records of history, and supplies 
Erences and notices from before the Christian era, 
Eceining those epidemics which, at various periods, 
tile lower animals. He quoted from 
E ei Cato s work on agriculture, from Colu- 
