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is an advocate for the forfeiture of pro- 
perty, but not for the corruption of the 
blood of attainted perfons. This pam- 
phlet evinces a great deal of knowledge 
and found fenfe. © 
MEDICINE. 
In our laft Retrofpeét we noticed with 
fome particularity” "De. JENNER’s in- 
gel, Enquiry into the Caufes and Ef- 
feéts of the Variola Vaccine; we are 
happy to find that fince that bate. the 
difeate has undergone the examination 
of various practitioners. Dr. PEAR- 
SON, from an opinion that the obferva- 
eae of Dr. Jenner were not fufficient- 
ly numerous for the eftablifhment of all 
that it was intended they fhould prove, 
has taken great and moft laudable pains 
to make himfelf mafter of the fubject, 
by collecting information from various 
parts of the kingdom: the information 
here colle€ted is ftrikingly corroborative of 
the efficacious influence of the cow-pox. 
It has been obferved, however, that whe- 
ther this difeafe be fpontaneoufly gene- 
rated in the cow, or accidentally commu- 
nicated to it, in either cafe it fhould be 
“uuniverfal, where-ever there are cows, and 
confequently that it fhould be known not 
merely in England, but in France, Ger- 
many, é&c. “This certainly is not the cafe ; 
the difeafe is totally unknown even in 
Many parts of our own country; it is 
computed thet in the vicinity of London 
are Kept about fix-thoufand cows ; and yet, 
from the inquiries of Dr. Pearfon, it 
feems that the cow-pox was very little 
known among them. 
Te. Medical and Phyjical Fournal, an 
Icipient work of much merit, under the 
general fuperintendance of Drs. BRAD- 
~LEY and WILLICH, commences with an 
account of the cow-pox extraéted from 
the publications of Drs. JENNER and 
PEARSON. -Dr. BRADLEY informs 
us, that the difeafe broke out about the 
latter end of December a among the herds 
of feveral milk-farms in the environs of 
London: very few of the milkers—on a 
fingle farm, one only out of two bundred 
—veceived the infeétion. A fuficiency of 
taatter, howéver, was colle éted for inocu- 
lation: and this experiment was tried on 
a number of perfons, 1€ age of two 
weeks and upwards, all oe whom took the 
difeafe, and paffed throveh it without 
being confined by it a fngie day. A let- 
ter from Dr. Srats is imferted in the 
firfi number cf this work, ftating that a 
gentlemas of I Brifol, now eminent in the 
jie caught the infection twice when he 
was a lad, and ufed to milk fome-of his 
of 
: Retrofpett of Domeftic Literature...Medicine.  ~ 
father’s cows. This Briftol gentleman 
afferts, that he was afterwards inocu- 
Jared for the fmall-pox, and had it in fo 
great an abundance that his life was for 
fome time defpairec of. If this ftatement 
be accurate’ and true, the cow-pox moft 
immediately fall into difrepute: but at 
prefent it is very far from being fulfi- 
ciently authenticated to deter practitioners 
from making experiments on the influence 
of the difeafe. The Medical Journal 
-contains the’ earlieft- information on fub- 
° 
jects of Medicine, Surgery, Chemiftry, 
Pharmacy, Botany, and Natural Hiftory, 
and promifes to be an ufeful and. inter- 
efting work. . 
Dr. Hooper, of Pembroke Col- 
lege, has coilected from the mof a 
proved authors, and publifhed, A compen- 
dious be Gas Diftionary, which will be 
found very ferviceable to fudents and 
Pere onetS it contains an explanation 
of the terms in _Anatomy, Phyfiology, 
Surgery, Materia Medica, Chemiftry, and 
Practice of Phyfic, arranged i in alphabe- 
tical order. 
Mr. Browwn’s. Treatife on Scropbu- 
lous Difeafes bears evident~ marks of 
juvenility. Mr. B. treats with a very un- 
becoming and impertinent contempt 
many men whofe learning and abilities 
are beyond all comparifon fuperior to his 
own. As he grows older he will pro- 
bably feel afhamed or this hafty and cone 
erie work. 
In a very ufeful pamphlet entitled 
Medical Dicipline, Tr. ALEXANDER 
STEWART has publifhed fome rutes and 
regulations for the more effectual pre- 
fervation of health on board the honour- 
able Eaft India Company’s fhips: the 
regulations propofed are given under the 
following heads: attention to clearlinefs 
air, diet, reft, exercife, clothing, and pen 
neral remarks. Mr. Stewart warmly 
enforces the. ftri€&t obfervance of religi- 
ous and moral duties among the feamen, 
as having a /alxérious tendency; a pro- 
per idea of religion, he obferves with 
great juftnefs, tends to introduce clean- 
lincfs, fobriety, and good order. It 
feene: obedience, and a faithful and re- 
gular difcharge of their refpective duties : 
it produces a ferenity of mind; banifhes 
melancholy, difcontent, and all the train 
of depreffing aficétions ; and thence con- 
tributes to the improvement and prefer- 
vation of health.” The perufal of this 
little work will amply reward the read- 
eke e 
We are enabled to fpeak in terms of 
approbation ef a work written by Mr. 
ELL es 
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