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ous Obfervations on the Zoonomia of that 
eccentric writer, endeavouring to ‘fabvert 
the fundamental principles of his work. 
We are difpofed to flatter ourfelves that 
D. Darwin will not refufe to accept the 
challenge of a combatant who is by no 
means unworthy of attention. 
Mr. Waire, apothecary to the Bath 
City Infirmary and Difpenfary has pub- 
lithed his Obfervations and Experiments 
on the broad-leafed Willow-bark, illufirat- 
ed with Cafes. This bark has been in- 
troduced as a fubftitute for the Peruvian ; 
and Mr. W..-tells us, that, fince the intro- 
duétion of it into the Bath City Infir- 
mary and Difpenfary, that inftitution has 
faved by it not lefs than £. 20. a year: 
the common dofe is two table-fpoons full of 
the decoétion three or four times a day : in 
intermittents it is neceflary to give one or 
two ounces every three hours: the form 
of decoétion confifts of two ounces of the 
bark boiled in two pints of water to one 
pint, with the addition of a dram of pi- 
mento. It is to be expeéted that thefe 
obfervations and experiments will excite 
the attention of medical gentleman to the 
virtues of other barks as well’ as that of 
the broad-leafed willow. 
Dr. Oxntyp. has tranflated from the 
Latin of ‘his own original 4 Treatife on 
mortal Difeafes ; the do€tor has arranged 
the caufes of death under the follow 
feven heads: I. Death from old age. H. 
From paffion of the mind. EI. Death either 
fiom We pCR ey, ce or want of caloric. IV. 
Fiom the electric Suock. F. Fiom different 
kinds of gas, uextous to the animal econoniy. 
VE From foifons. VID. and lafily, death 
from univerfal difeafes. A fingle o€étavo 
‘volume does not “allow fufficient room for 
fo comprehenfive a plan as the prefent: 
Dr. Oncyd has exerted a great deal of in- 
duftry in reducing to their feveral heads 
a variety of facts, and his work though 
by fo means perfeét, may be read with 
pleafvre and initruétion. 
Mr. Debrett has imported from Pii- 
Jadelphia 4 View of the Science of Life on 
the Principles eftablifhed in the Elements of 
M dicine of the late celebrated Fob Brown, 
&c. by W. YATES and CHARLES Mac- 
LEAN: the defperate and deadly pra€tice 
of thefe mercilefs phyficians excites the 
mingled emotions of pity and indignation ; 
of indignation againft the practitioners, 
and of pity towards the viétims who are 
fo unfortunate as to fall into their hands. 
Dr. PEARSON’s Arguments in Favour 
ef inflammaiory Diathefs in Hydropbobia 
confisdered, is a pamphlet which does credit 
to its author: the object is to prove that 
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Retrofpedt of Domeftic Literature... Medicine...Surgery. 
hydrophobia is not an inflammatory dife 
eafe, and that bleeding has never been 
fuccefsfully employed in it. 
The laft work which we {hall mention, 
under the head of Medicine, is a poem, 
mifcellaneoufly defcriptive and didaéti- 
cal, in four parts, entitled, Pdthifologia. - 
The author evinces himfelf to be a man of 
obfervation, and he a ays a confiderable 
portion of profeflional knowledge ; but, as 
a poet, the fhare of merit due to him 1s 
very finall indeed. 
SURGERY. 
Mr. Simmons, fenicr furgeon to the 
Manchefter infirmary, has publifhed fome 
a on the Propriety of perfornung 
the cafarean Operation: he is fo deter- 
mined an enemy toit, that he fays “it 
never can be juftifiable ‘dur ing the parent’s 
ite, and ftands recorded only to difgrace 
the art; this expreffion furely is feme- 
what too pofitive and intolerant. To thefe 
Refie&tions Mr. §. has added a few fhort 
obfervations on cancer, in which he rejects 
the external application of arfenic, but re- 
lates a fingle inftance, in which, taken in- 
ternally in very {mall quantities, it was pro- 
duétive of material benefit. In this pam- 
phlet Mr. Simmons has related fome ex- 
periments on the fuppoled origin of the 
cow-pox; the refult of which feems to 
prove, in the ficft place, that the cow-pox 
poifon does not originate in the horfe’s 
heel, as Dr. JENNER fuppofes ; and, in 
fe ae place, chat cows will not take 
the {mall-pox. ~ 
Dr. Huuy has publ ithed A Defence of 
the ca@jarean Operation, with Obferva- 
tions on Embryulcia and the Se€tion of the 
Symphyfis Pubis, addrefed to Mr. W. S:m- 
mons. Mr. S§. had afferted, that, although 
the cefarean operation is faid to have 
been performed with fuccefs in other na- 
tions on the continent of Europe, it has 
proved fatal in England in every infiance. 
“ This fingular difference,’’ he continues, 
‘‘in the event of an operation, is unpar- 
alleled in any other cafe,.and, unlefs cli- 
mate be admitted to have great influence, 
no fufficient caufe has been yet afligned.’ 
Dr. HuLL accounts in this manner for the 
difference of fuccefs : the operation on 
the continent is performed in a more early 
ftage, before the ftrength of the mother 
has been exhaufted by the continuance and 
repetition of tormenting and unprofitable 
pains, and before her life is endangered 
by the accetiion of inflammation of the 
abdominal cavity. This difference, there~ 
fore, Dr. Hull argues, is applicable on 
the ground of pre-exifting difeafe, with- 
out ‘having receurfe to the influence of 
~ climate, 
