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LIST OF DISEASES IN LONDON, 
From the 20th tes to the 20th of Fune. 
ACUTE DISEASES. 
JERIPNEUMONIA Notha = - 
2 
Intermittent Fever - - 7 
Typhus Mitior - _- - 4 
Scarlatina = - - . I 
Ophthalmia - - - 2 
Acute Rkeumatifm - 2 
CHRONIC DISEASES. 
Cough ~ - - 6 
Dy{pnea - - 3 
Cough and Riviere - - 7 
Phthifis Pulmonalis ~ - 8 
Hemoptoe - - - 3 
Hoarfenefs - - - 2 
Pleurodyne - - ~ 3 
Hydrothorax - - - 2 
Alcites Sa - PAE - 3 
Anafarca - ~ - - 2 
Ophthalmia St - I 
Cephalalgia. -° - - - 6 
Hemicrania - ~ - I 
Paralyfis yee - ” 2 
Hemiplegia - “ - I 
Epiftaxis ~ . “ 2 
Gaftrodynia - ~ . 7 
Dyfpepfia - - = 6 
Vomitus - - - 3 
P yrofis - - - - i 
Enterodynia ~ - Br nw 
Procidentia Vagine ~ - 2: 
Hemorrhois * - - 3 
Diarrhea . - ~ - 2 
Obttipatio - - - 3 
Dyfuria - ~ - 6 
Hiytteria - - - 4. 
Hypochondriafis a - 3 
Palpitation of the Heart - - 2 
Tremor - - - - I 
Scrophula - - - 4 
Herpes - - “ - 4 
‘Tinea ~ - - - 3 
Chronic Rheumatifm - - 10 
Gout - - - D 
PUERPERAL DISEASES, 
Menorrhagia lochialis > - 4 
Enurefis ~ Pie An 2 
Stranguria - - - ie 
Maitodynia ; - 7) 
2 INFANTILE DISEASES. 
Convulfio ~ - - 2 
Ophthalmia “ x £ 3 
Aphthe ~ ~ - 3 
Herpetic Eruptions - - 4 
No. oh Cafes. 
A confiderable change in the ftate of the 
weather having taken place fince the laft re- 
port, the number of difeafes depending upon 
it has been diminifhed. The wind, however, 
ftill continuing to blow from the Eaft and 
North Eaft, complaints of the cheft {till com- 
tinue to harafs many patients; though the 
number of recent inftances is much f{malle-r. 
Cafes of ophthalmia, a difeafe particvlarly 
noticed in the laft month, are {till numerous, 
owing probably to the ftate of the weather 
juft referred to. 
An inftance of pyrofis having prefented it- 
felf, and it being a difeafe of. rare occurrence, 
we embrace the opportunity of taking fome 
notice of it. This difeafe, though in fome 
of its fymptoms it bears a near refemblance 
to other morbid affections of the ftomach, as 
dy{pepfia, gaftrodynia, cardialgia, is particu- 
larly charaCterized by the. frequent eru@a- 
tion of a watery infipid fluid, on which ac- 
count it is diftinguifhed in Scotland by the 
name Water Brafh. ‘This eruétatiun is gee > 
nerally preceded by pain in the region of tke 
organ, accompanied with.a fenfe of ftricture, 
which has occafioned its being ranked by no- 
fologifts amongft fpafmodic difeafes. This. 
complaint, in fome inftances, returns perio- 
dically, and ee in them orning or fore~ 
noon, when the ftomach is empty. The 
patient complains of pain, attended with a 
fenfe of heat, fimilar to what is called the 
heart-burn, the ftomach is fuddenly pro- 
voked to throw up its contents, and a thin 
watery fluid 18 difchar 2 
It has been obferved, that this difeafe more 
frequently affects he fori ale than the male, 
and that a tate of pregnancy_renders the pa- 
tient more liable.to the attack. It is com- 
monly found amongit the lower claffes of 
fociety, and has been attributed to a farina- 
ceous diet. In the inftance referred to in the 
lift, there were fymptoms of too liberal a 
ufe of fpirituons liquors, 
As the pathology of the difeafe is not 
very well underftood, ‘fo the propereft mode 
of treatment has not been afcertained. 
The fymptoms are palliated by the ufe of 
opium. Confiderabie effects have been at~ 
tributed to the Nux Vomica; and it has been 
afferted, that the chewing oh tobacco has 
proved beneficial, 
nr a re 
NEW PATENTS 
Enrolled in the Month of Fune. 
MR. KEXNT’S FOR A NEW POWER. 
N the 5th of January, Mr. JOHN 
KENT, archite&t of Southampton, 
obtained the grant of a Patent fora new 
method of applying power to effect a ro- 
tatory motion. 
Mr. KENT propofesto fub{titute weight 
or prefiure for animal ftrength, and to 
apply it on the principle on ahs powers 
are, applied to the invented lever; i.e. he ° 
applies the power which is intended. to 
raile the weight on one fide of and near to 
the 
