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avork in our laft Retrofpeét of American 
Literature. 
Mr. KenwvisH has publifhed * A 
fecond Effay on Burns ;’’ in which an 
‘attempt is made to refute the opinions of 
Sir James Earle and Sir William Far- 
quhar, lately advanced, on the fuppofed 
penefit of the application of ice in fuch 
accidents. In his former eflay, Mr. Ken- 
zifh direéted the application of /limulants 
to burns: in the prefent he purfues 
the principle of treatment then recom- 
mended, though in the detail ef praétice 
he has been induced to make fome altera- 
sions. 
Mr. ParRKINSON’s ‘ Hofpital Pupil” 
is an eflay intended and well calculated’ 
to facilicate the ftudy of medicine and 
furgery. agai 
Dr. FowLer’s “ Praétical Treatife 
on the different Fevers of the Weit In- 
dies” is very ingenious, and ferves, in a 
great mea(ure, to reconcile the difcordant 
accounts of medical authors who have 
written en the fubjeét. Dr. Fowler ob- 
ferved, that perfons who have been at- 
- gacked with fever, in almoft any fitua- 
tion, very generally became yellow: he 
was foon led to conjeéture, therefore, 
that this yellownefs was merely a con- 
comitant fymptom, and by no means 
fuch as could be fufficiently characteriftic 
of any one fever, to give it a particular 
Genomination. This circumftance aifo 
led him to. difcover the caufe of the vari- 
ous fymptoms attributed by different au- 
thors to the yellow fever, and to account 
for fuccefsful methods of cure which 
were often diametrically oppofite to each 
ether. Dr. Fowler divides the fever of 
the Weft Indies into intermittents, re- 
mittents, ardent fevers, and the malig- 
nant or jail fever; he enlarges on the 
diagnoftic fymptoms of each of the va- 
rieties with much difcrimination. 
Mr. WosteE has publifhed the firft 
part of * A Traét on Ophthalmy, and 
thofe Difeafes which are induced by In- 
flammation of the Eyes; with new Me- 
“thods of Cure.” 
Dr. SaunDERS has publifhed “A 
Treatife on, the Chemical Hiftory and 
Medical Powers of fome of the molt cele- 
brated Mineral Waters; with practical 
Remarks on the Aqueous Regimen: to 
which are added, Obfervations on the 
Ufe of Cold and Warm Bathing.” In 
this work the knowledge of the phyfician 
is happily united ro that of the philofo- 
phical chemift, Dr. Saunders, as it was 
impoffible that he should make himfelf 
perfonally acquainted with the compofi- 
tion and medicinal efficacy of the various 
mineral waters mentioned in his work, 
has, of courfe, confulted a number of 
publications on the virtues of particular 
fprings, and, by this means, has brought 
into a comparatively {mall compafs much 
{cattered but valuable information. The 
following is a lift of the mineral waters 
of which Dr. Saunders has given an ac- 
count: Malvern, Holywell, Briftol, Mat- 
lock, Buxton, Bath, Sedlitz, Epfom, Sea, 
Seltzer, Tunbridge, Spa, Pyrmont, Chel- 
tenham, Scarborough, Vichy, Carlfbad, 
Hartfell, Harrogate, Moffat, Aix, Borfer, 
and Barege. . 
A number of publications are continu. 
ally iffuing from the prefs on the 'interett- 
ing fubject of the cow-pox: each, per- 
haps, throws fome new light on the na- 
ture of the difeafe, and all contribute to 
affure us of its mildnefs, and to convince 
us of itscomplete efficacy. Dr. Woon- 
VILLE, Mr. HENRY JENNER, Mr. 
Fermor, Mr. DUNNING, &c. &c. have 
all prefented the public with the refult 
of their various obfervations and experi- 
ence. Mr, CHARLES AIKIN has united 
all that is at prefenr Known on the fub- 
ject, in his ** Concife View of the Origin 
and prefent Praétice’’ of this {pecies of 
inoculation. 
AGRICULTURE AND HusBANDRY. 
A fhort “ Treatife on the Culture of 
Wheat,” by Mr. Datrymp_e, will 
repay the perufal: in a {mall compafs the 
author-has conveyed much ufeful ine 
formation, as to the management of this 
important crop. The application and 
qualities of different manures are treated 
of with confiderable ingenuity. 
Dr. FALCONER, of Lichfield, is the 
author of fome ‘¢ Obfervations on Agri- 
eulture,”” which the praétical farmer may 
read with pleafure and advantage. 
A fociety of praétical farmers have 
written ‘ A Letter’ to Lord Somerville, 
with a view to fhow the inutility of the 
plans and refearches of the Board of 
Agriculture, and how it might be em- 
ployed in others more beneficial. This 
pamphlet contains fome excellent obfer- 
vations on the management of crown 
lands, the high price of provifions, and 
various fancied improvements of the new 
hufbandry : it required but little evidence, 
in addition to our own obfervations, to 
convince ws that the Board of Agriculture 
is an inftitution, the expenfes of which 
have not been overbalanced by any ad- 
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