530 0 -Retrofped? of French Liber tebe Diep igh Hiftory, Se. [Surs 
foreign plants, with feveral recent obfer- 
vations, by Gilibert, 2 vol. 8vo. with 
many plates. 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
“© Hifiowe Naturelle,’ &c. \ The natu- 
ral hiftory of the birds of Africa, by F, 
Le Vaillant, No. IV. with fix plates. 
“ Entretiens,” 8c. Dialogues between 
a father and his children on natural hif- 
tory, 4 vols. and x of plates, containing 
400 figures, by J.C. Debroca. 
“* Nouveaux principes de Geologie,” &c. 
New principles oi Geology, compared and 
oppofed to thoie of the ancient and modern 
philofophers, and particularly to thole of 
@amettrerie, by Bertrand, 8vo. 
<* Hifioire Naturelle des Singes,” 8c. 
‘The natural hiftory of apes, by ay aBs 
Aiudebert. The firft number of this work 
has appeared: the whole will comprife 
about 50 plates, printed incolours. The 
fetter preis will defcribe the manners and 
habitudes of thefe animals, with an exact 
defcription, &c. 
‘© Nouvelle mecanique,” S&c. A new 
mechanilin of the motions of man and ani- 
mals, by Barthey, 8vo. The author 
proves man to be naturally a biped; and 
proceeds to feveral ingenious remarks on 
the fubje&ts indicated in the title page. 
MEDICINE. 
“¢ Memoire chimique,” &c. A chymical 
memoir on the Tetanus of the wounded, 
by C. Laurent, 8vo. On opening fifteen 
bodies of thofe who died through this 
diforder, they were all found to have 
worms in the inteftines. Seven patients, 
who took {weet mercury, and other ver- 
mifuges, recovered, molt of them after 
pafling worms. The author concludes 
that worms aloneare the caufe of Tetanus, 
and that the long-entertained opinion that 
at is caufed by the wounds is erroneous. 
“* Recueil periodique de le fociei¢ de me- 
aecine de Paris.’ This journal appears 
every month, being a continuation of the 
6¢ Journal de Medecine,” fufpended at the 
end Of 1793. 
“<< De P Epilepfie,” 8c. On the epi- 
lepfy in general, and particularly of that 
prodaced by moral caufes; by Doufain 
Dubreuil, 8vo, That fort of epilep{fy pro- 
duced by cares or paffions is here treated 
with confiderable ficill. 
<* Syfteme methodique,” &cc. A methodi- 
cal fyftem of the nomenclature and-claf- 
hification of the mufcles of the human bo- 
dy, by C. L. Dumas, ato. Montpelier. 
“‘ Traite du regime,” &c. A trea- 
tile on the regimen of diet, in the cure of 
maladies, by J. Tiffot. 8vo,. 
*< Expofition d’uz [yfteies? The eXpo= 
fition of a more fimple fyftem of medicine, 
or an illuftration and confirmation of the 
medical doétrine of Brown, tranflated 
from the Italian, with notes, by Léveillé. 
$vo. 
“Du degré dela certitude,” &c. OF. 
the degrees of certainty in medicine, by 
J.G. Cabanis, 8vo. The author confi- 
ders medicine as not only proper to re- 
lieve bodily complaints, but to rectify the 
mind, and deliver it from many errors ; 
thence he conneéts it with politics, and 
focial order. 
“* Recherches, &c. Refearches and ex-+ 
periments on the vital principle, by J. J. 
Sue, phyfician, 8vo. with pilates. The 
author fhews that fenfation exifts not folely 
in the brain, but in- other parts of the 
fyitem, without any common focus. 
“¢ De la Medecine Operative,” &c. Of 
Medica] operations, or thofe in furgery 
which are of moft frequent occurrence, by | 
C. Sabatier, 3 vols. 8vo. The reputa- 
tion of Sabatier enfures fuccefs to this 
work. Surgical operations naturally fall 
into two clafles, thofe performed on the 
bones; and thofe on the flefh, and other 
foft parts of the human body. The pre- 
{ent work only comprifes the latter: thofe 
on bones being referved for a future pub- 
lication. . 
** Euvres Medico-Chirurgicales,” &c.- 
Medico-Surgical works, containing ob- 
fervations and differtations on various de- 
partments of phyiic and furgery, by Col- 
lomb, large 8vo. The editors of this 
colleétion are entitled to the thanks of 
medical ftudents. It prefents diflertations 
on feveral interefting topics ; for example, 
the carnification® of the bones, on lymph, 
on cancer, on the gout, &c. | 
“* Effai fur les Fieures,” &c. An Ef- 
fay on intermittent Fevers, and the ufe 
and effects of febrifuges, particularly of 
quinquina, by Bouffey, 8vo. The cha- 
racter of fevers is here confidered under 
different af{pects, and unfolded with clear- 
nefs and precifion. The various febri- 
fuges are reduced to their jut eftima- 
tion; particularly the bark, which the 
author regards as being often uled too 
empirically. Praétical rules are given ja 
order to render its ufe more eafy, and its 
fuccefs more certain. This author has 
attempted to treat the effects-of this me- 
dicine on the human frame, in analogy 
with its chymical principles. .« 
‘* Objervations,’ &é. Obfervations on 
the nature and treatment of rickets, by © 
Portal, 8vo. 
“* Actes,” 8c. Tranfa&tions of the me- 
dical fociety of Bruffels, vol. i. part z. ee 
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