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the author of this piture) were entwined 
‘around the temples of their matters: 
9. Dedalus and Icarus. By Landon, a fcholar 
of Regunault. 
This alfo is a charming picture ; the. 
fubjeét is from Ovid. 
‘© Geminas opifex libravit in alas’ 
‘Ipfe fuum corpus, motaque pependit in 
aura 5 t 
Inftruit,” &c. 
&. Vertumnus and Pomona, By Metimée, a 
febolar of Vincent. 
. This compofition, at one and the fame 
time, exhibits grace and voluptuoufnefs, 
but it abounts with feducing faults. The 
grove, which is charming, appears to enve- 
Jope the forward god and the fainting 

Lift of Difeapis. 
[ Aprif 1, 
nymph in its fhade; on the other hapd, 
the land{cape is harfh, and the drapery 
ungraceful. Befides, Vertumnus is far. too 
tall, and the right foot of Pomona is dif- 
foifed:”) 
9. A Hificrical Landfcape. By Van det Burch. 
The French government being defirous 
to perpetuate the memory of the combat 
between Philip Rouzeau, a hufbandman in 
the department of /'Arriage, and a mone 
ftrous bear, that fpread terror and defola- 
tion through the neighbourhood, feizes the 
moment when, being deprived of his arms 
by his adverlary during the confliét, the 
brave peafant, as a laft effort, plunges his 
hand into the throat of the monfter, and 
inftantly choaks him! . 


LIST OF DISEASES IN LONDON. 
‘Monthly Report of Difeafes admitted under the Care of the Phyficians of the Finfbury 
Difpenfary, St. John’s Square, Clerkenwell. 
The Difirit, in which the Patients of the Finfoury Difpenfary are vifited, comprehends the Parifhes 
of St. Sfames, and of St. ‘fobn, Clerkenwell 5 of St. Luke ; of St." Sepulchre, within and without 5 
of St. Bartholomew, the Great and the.Lefs; the Liberties of the Ralls, and of Glafs-Houfe Yard 5 
the Town of Iflington; the Parifbes of St. Pancras; of St. Andrew, Holborn; and of St. George 
the Martyr, Queen’s-[guare. 
Weftern Diftrie of the Metropolis. 
This Traét of Ground may properly enough be termed, a Nort 
Lift of Difeafes, Sc. from Feb. 20, ta March 20. 
. No. of Cafes. 
(onTrNUED FEVER . - 15 
Catarrhal Fever = - 
Scarlet Fever - = = 
Aphthous fore throat - = 
Pneumonia - - ~ 
Peripneurnonia notha | =~ - 
Eryfipelas: - ~ ~ 
Hemoptyfis - = - 
Rheumatism - ~ - 
Dyfentery 
Pulmonary complaints without fever 
Dyfpepfia - = - 
Afthenia 2 - 
Chlorofis and Amenorrhea - 
Menorrhagia - - - 
Leucorrheea - ° - 
Nephralgia calculofa - 
Hyfteria - ~ _- 
Hy pochondriafis 
Cephalza = ~ - = 
Enterodygia - = = 
Diarrhea © ~ « - +1 
Contftipatio - ~ ° 
Inteftinal Hemorrhagy ° - 
Phyfconia abdominalis - = 
Dropfy © ~ - ~ 
Gout = - ~ - 
Paraplegia = 2 “ 
Hemiplegia = - - 
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HRN DAKWBNYHD NH NPP NGO WY | OP NPW wh WEST 
_ polis. 
No. of Cafes. 
Pulmonary confumption = ~ 5 
Urinz Incontinentia < ~ i 
Hooping Cough - = - 3 
Infantile Fever 2 - = 4 
Mefenteric Fever - ~ « 2 
Chronic cutaneous difeafes - - 
The periodical account of difeafes, ioe 
offered to the public, is not intended as an 
exact epitome of the ftate of epidemics, whe- 
ther of the acute or chronic kind, which . 
prevail throughout the whole of the metro- 
The different circumftances of thé 
rich and poor occafion a ftriking diverfity in 
their difeafes. While, by cleanlinefs and a 
free circulation of air, by a generous diet, 
warm cloathing, and a dry and comfortable 
habitation, the one clafs efcape the effeéts oF 
febrile and other contagions, and neither feel 
the debility of want, nor the inckemency of 
winter; a plain and fcanty meal, earned by 
the fweat of the brow, a hardinefs of confti- 
tution, and a mind little agitated by care, ex- 
empt the other, though not in an equal de- 
gree, from the diforders which luxury, indos 
lence, and mental anxiety: entail on their 
opulent, and apparently more enviable, neigh- 
bours. A fafhionable phyfician attending on 
the rich, and another in the fame diftri@, 
and at the fame time, viliting the fick poor, 
would 
