1796.] 
and rifque of fuch a capricious mode of 
admiffion. 
Having ftated as much of the charter 
and act of parliament, as relates to the ad- 
iiffion of members ; and given a fum- 
mary view of the arguments, by which 
the Licentiates eftablifh their right: ha- 
ving alfo ftated the bye-laws under which 
the fellows admit, or profefs to admit 
them, and briefly pomted out the ob- 
jections of the Licentiates to thefe bye- 
Jaws; we fhall proceed to give a concife 
account of the principal arguments, ad- 
anced in the Court of King’s Bench, to 
fupport the affumed power of the gra- 
auates of Oxford and Cambridge, and juf- 

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325 
tify the bye-laws above flated. It may 
be proper to premife, that the Court of 
King’s Bench being of opinion, that Dr. 
Stanger fhould have applied for examina- 
tion to the comitia majora, inftead of ap- 
plying as he did to the prefident and co- 
mitia minora, difcharged the rule which 
the Licentiates were contending to have 
made abfolute. In confequence of this 
informality in the mode of application, 
their counfel were not allowed to plead ; 
we fhall, therefore, in recounting the argu- 
ments of the counfel for the college, offer 
a few remarks in reply, as Wwe proceed. 
[Te be concluded in our neat. | 
ow eeee 
ACCOUNT or DISEASES in LONDON. 
From the 29th of April, to the 20th of Alay. 
¥ SHALL continue to exhibit monthly 
a lift of the difeafes prefented to my 
obfervation, nearly in the fame order as 
that tranfmitted for the laft month. This 
plan feems likely to afford more accurate 
and fatisfactory information refpecting the 
predominant complaints, than a flight, 
general account of them. 
ACUTE DISEASES. 
No. of Cafes, 
Catarrhal fever - - - - 12 
Feripneumony = - > 3 
Pleurify - ~ ~ > I 
Pulmonary confumption - = 6 
Acute rheumati{m - = - 2 
Inflammatory fore throat = - 6 
Ulcerated fore throat - - 1 
_ Aphthous fore throat - = - 3 
Malignant, or contagiousfever - < 2 
Hooping cough - - - + 6 
Mealles - - - = 9 
Smali-pox - - ea eS 
Eryfipelas of the face - - - I 
Synochus lentus, or flow fever - = 4 
Child-bed tevers - - - 5 
CHRONIC DISEASES. 
Cough and chronic dy fpaa - a6 90 
Spitting of blood . « = ot 8 
Chronic rheumatifm = = Ne de 
Sciatica - “ = - T 
Lumbago > = - - 3 
Dropfy == - “ = 5 
Afthenia - - - ile Sete aa 
Hy fteria - - - - I 
Syncope . - ~ i arin 
Cephalea - = = - 6 
Chlorofis - as - ° 5 
“Paralyfis - soe - = 3 
Hematemefis, or vomiting of blood = | -3 
Anteftinal heemorrhagy - - - I 
Menorrhagia - = = 2 
Abortus + ° Wie = I 
Fluor albus - - 2 = he 
Amenorrhea - - = - 5 
Schirrus uteri - - 2 - z 
Prolapfus uteri = - - 2, 
Dyfpeplia - ~ Mike - 9 
Gaftrodynia - - = 6 
Enterodynia =| = - 10 
Diarrhea - - - * - 7 
Hernia - - 2 - - - r 
Tape-worm = - - = I 
Round-worm (Lumbricus) = - 2 
Afcarides - - = - 4 
Schirrus liver = - - X 
Gravel and dyfury 2 = - 4 
Axillary abfcefs “ = - r 
Suppuration in the ear - - = 2 
Scrophula = = is = 5 
Tabes mefenterica - ok Mele 6 
Convulfions in infants = ss - z 
Lichen = o be ue 3 
Itch and -prurigo - - - 16 
Lepra Grecorum - eis > i 
Diy'tettar™ = - S = 2 
Térhy ofis « a es ms i 
Erythema s - - < - 2 
Purpura - - - = = ~ I 
Impetigo - ~ = = 2 
Vari - = = ea = e z 
Noli me tangere ~ = - - 2 
Porrigo co = was te lhe 4 
Papulous eruptions, peculiar to infants 3 
Eéthy mata, or large inflamed puftules - ba 
PERIODICAL DISEASES. 
Tertian Aa BS “ es 
Heética fenilis ies ss vs 
f= Un 
All the cafes ef catarrhal and pneu- 
monic inflammation terminated favour- 
ably. ‘Che medical treatment of them 
was by local bleeding, blifters, antimo- 
nials, pediluvium, é&c. It is remarkable, 
how few cafes of this kind, in London, 
admit of repeated bleeding from the arm. 
: The 
