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the Java swallow, and of the glands that secrete the mucus 
of which they are composed, 
— .... . .. — Observations on the gastric 
glands of the human stomach, and the contraction which 
takes place in that viscus, - - 347 
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Jfava swallow , some account of the nests of that bird, and of 
the glands that secrete the mucus of which they are com- 
posed, - - 332 
— the nests of this bird believed by the Chinese 
to possess an aphrodisiac virtue, - - 332 
an analysis of the substance of which the 
nests of this bird are formed, - 336 
— — — . . . a peculiarity in the structure of the gastric 
glands of this bird, - 335 
Johnson, James Rawlins, M. D. Observations on the 
hirudo vulgaris, - - - - 13 
* — — — — Observations on the hi- 
rudo complanata and hirudo stagnalis, now formed into a 
distinct genus, under the name Glossopora, - 339 
K 
Knight, Thomas, Esq,. Of the construction of logarithmic 
tables, - - - - 217 
— — — Two general propositions in the 
method of differences, - 234 
— — Note respecting the demonstration 
of the binomial theorem inserted in the last volume of the 
Philosophical Transactions, - 245 
Knight, Thomas Andrew, Eso,. Upon the extent of the 
expansion and contraction of timber in different direc- 
tions relative to the position of the medulla of the tree, 269 
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Leach, William Elford, M. D. Observations on the 
genus ocythoe of Rafinesque, with a description of a new 
species, - 293 
Logarithmic tables , of the construction of them, - 217 
