248 JOURNAL OP THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
WATER: ITS HEALTH ASPECTS. 
SYLLABUS OF PAPER BY DR. AUGUSTUS H. BAMPTON. 
(Read February 1st, 1883.) 
Introductory remarks. Importance of subject as affecting indi- 
viduals and communities. 
1. Water one of the purest substances in Nature. Composition, 
usefulness, distribution, varying forms, and many aspects. Rain : 
its sanitary work ; a scavenger of the sky, and flusher of drains. 
2. The all-pervading importance of water as a constituent of the 
human body ; proportion and work. 
3. Individual supply required. S hould not be stinted in Plymouth. 
4. Quality of water most important. Hard and soft water. 
Hard water not economical. Lead-poisoning through water. Water, 
and organic impurities. Epidemics of zymotic diseases. 
5. Simple means of ascertaining wholesomeness of water. Clean- 
liness dependent upon an abundant supply of pure water, easily 
obtained. Concluding remarks. 
JULIUS CESAR. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY MR. W. J. SQUARE, F.R.C.S. 
(Read February 8th, 1883.) 
Shakespeare's drama founded upon Plutarch's biography. The 
Commoners of Rome : their fickleness. Caesar : his character and 
murder. Brutus and Cassius : their characters described and con- 
trasted. The temptation of Brutus by Cassius. Mark Antony : 
his character, orations, and influence with the people. The object 
of the play is to describe the struggles and downfall of Republican- 
ism in Rome. Augustus Caesar : his character, dissimulation, and 
assumption of imperial power. Shakespeare's recognition and ap- 
preciation of the moral sense, conscience. 
