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medical reader with every piece of ufeful 
intelligence, as far as the practice of medi- 
cine is concerned, from whatever quarter 
of Europe it may be derived. Of the 
“¢ Mifccllancous Chtrurgico-praétical Cau- 
tions, Jos beginning PraGitioners in Sur- 
gery,” by J. C. JAGER, of Frankfort, 
the fifth volume has lately appeared, and 
contain’, like its predeceifors, many ex- 
cellent praétical hintsand remarks. * The 
Syftem of Diet for Young People, particularly 
the Siudious,’ by an znonymous author, 
is one of thofe mercantile or manufaétur- 
ing fpeculations, which have a direét ten- 
dency to increafe the price of paper and 
printing maierials, but not to enlighten 
the head of the reader. 
We conclude this department with an 
‘account of an efiay which deferves fome 
notice, as it is written on a fubje& which 
ef late years has been unaccountably ne- 
gleéted : “ What Advantages has the mo- 
aern Pragtice of Medicine derived from the 
Exertions of fome Naituralifts and Phyfi- 
cians, for Half a Century paft, with relped 
to the proper application of Electricity in Dif- 
cafes?” by P. Maximus IMHoF, pro- 
feflor at Munchen, pp. 79; -4to. The 
ingenious author furnifhes us here with a 
concife and fatisfactory hiftory of the pro- 
grefs of electricity in different countries ; 
he begins with the year 1742, when elec- 
tricity was firft uled as a medical remedy, 
antl {pherical glaffes were fubitituted for 
eylinders: Among the principal promoters 
of this ftudy, he mentions the names of 
GoRDON, KRUGER, KRATZENSTEIN, 
QUELMALZ, NoLLET, JALLABERT, 
SAUVAGEs, SCHAFFER, DOPPELMAYR, 
RicHMANN,DE HaeEn, LINNEUS,ZET- 
ZELL, De LA FOND, FRANKLIN, Lov- 
VET, WESLEY, CAVALLO, BERTHO- 
LON, &c, 
MISCELLANIES, 
As the number of. books on mifcella- 
neous fubjeéts is comparatively greater 
than in any determined branch of icience, 
and as our retrofpeét has already been ex- 
tended to a cenfiderable length, we find 
ourfelves under the neceflity of abridging 
the account even of the beft books here- 
fter to be mentioned, and of excluding 
all fuch as are of inferior merit. —‘* Moral 
Pidiures,” by A. HENNINGS, vol. i. 8vo, 
PP- 322- 1798, is a well written collec- 
tion of Effays, in which the {pirit of hu- 
manity, wifdom of life, anda noble fim- 
licity throughout prevail._— Ye Nea 
», oD 
Centributions towards improving the know- 
ledge of mankindin general, and the prac- 
tical knowledge of the mind in particular ;? 
by C.F, PocKELs, pp. xxviii. and 302s 
Te A 
Retrofpec? of German Literature... Mifcellanies. 
(Sup. 
8vo. 1798, contain fome good and enter- 
taining fttcries, although we rather doubt 
whether the fcience of < Pfychology’ will de« 
rive any real advantage from fuch pro- 
mifcuous and ill-digefted colle&ions.— 
“< Short Effays on different Subjecis,” by 
E. F. Kein, pp. 332, $vo. Virtue, 
jultice, and civic profperity are the chief 
objeéts of thefe concife and elegant trea- 
tifes.—** The Critique of Humanity,” 8vo. 
Pp. 254, by an anonymous author, is a 
fingular produGion ‘which aims at deter- 
mining the degree of mental cultivation 
and urbanity among different nations. 
The idea is originally a good one, but. 
we are forry to fay that the execution of 
it falls fhort of the moft moderate expecta- 
tions.—“ The Elementary Code of Lave 
for all Men;” by C. Sommers, 8yo. 
pp. 96. 1798, isa fpecies of a moral cate- 
chifm, in which the principal doétrines 
relatgve to the deftination, the ‘different 
duties, as well as to the liberty, and equa- 
lity of man, are laid down ina popular 
and inftru€tive manner.—The “ Secyeg 
Memoirs from the Lives of fome of the molt 
notorious Ufurers, Money-lenders, Procia 
Ter $; Bankrupits, Scwindiers, and Seducers 
of Youth it the prefent Times, pp. 82, 
8vo. 1798. Although the utility of ex- 
pofing vice to public deteftation cannot be 
doubted, yet works of this kind, if not 
critically and cantioufly executed, with 
regard to their moral tendency, ought ra- 
ther to be fupprefled than propagated ; as 
otherwile they will be read with the fame 
avidity and attended with fimilar confe- 
quences, as our ¢ Seffion Papers’ or 
* Newgate-Kalendars*; which certainly 
de more harm than good among the lower 
claffes of readers—The ° Contributions 
towards the Improvement of Mankind, col-. 
ledted tram the tnffitute of Education necr 
Copenhagen 3” by ©. J. R, CHRISTIANI, 
&c. of which two volumes 8vo. are now 
completed, well deferve the ferious peru. 
fal of every enlightened mind, particu- 
larly thoit who are anxious te, acquire a 
more accurate information ref fle the 
laws, manners, and cuftoms of Den- 
mark.—'Phe “© Magazine for Philology 
and Educetion (or © €he Hunanifftic Ma- 
axing’) edited by PF. A. WIEDEBURG, 
of which fix volumes are now publifhed, 
is carried on with the fame depree of fri 
{election and claffical erudition, which 
_chavacterifes every number of this inte- 
tefting publication.—The’ « Complete 
Extrad from Funke's Natural Fifiory and 
Zechnehey,’* calculated for the wie oF 
thoie amatetirs who cannot afford to pur- 
chale the larger work; and for the ufe of 
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