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EmurncHavus. Lipf. Weidmann, tom.1, 
E791. Pps 526- COM. 25.1799,PP+ S12 410. 
Though fome of, the, cafes. mentioned jn 
this work are now no longer contrevertcd, 
and, .controverfies have arifen on. other 
heads, which, this work makes no mention 
of it however fill remains a valuable work, 
whofe merit. is enhanced by. the editor’s 
learned, annotations and correctionsyand by 
a prefatory difcourfe of the late Profeffor 
Walch of Jena, De ufu artis cviticee, in de- 
cldendis Juris CONLTOVEL/IUS.. 
‘* Revifion der Grundfatze und Grund- 
becrifte des pofitiven peinlichen Rechts, 
von D. Paut Jon. ANSELM FREvER- 
BACH. Revifion of the Principles and 
Elementary Notions of the Pofitive Cri- 
minal’ Law, 1 vol. Erfurt, Hennings, 
17995 pp. 422. 2d vol. Chemnitz, Jafcheé, 
1S00, pp. 479, 8vo. Theauthor has highly 
deferved of the not -yet-fufiiciently-fixed 
{cience of criminal law by this work, in 
which a philofophical {pirit and a great 
deal of acutencls are confpicuous, Still more 
is to be expeéted fiom his abilities, as pro- 
feffor of penal law at the univerfityof Jena. 
‘“<Beytrage zu den deutfchen Rechten 
des Mittelalrers, aus den Handfchriften 
und alten, Drucken der Akademifchen Bi- 
-bliothek in Helmftadt,-herausgegeben von 
D. Paut }akoB Bruns.” Contmbutions 
to the German Laws of the MiddleAges. 
from the MSS. and antient _[mprettions 
in the Academical Library at Helmftadce. 
Helmftadt, Fleckeifen, 1799, pp. 480, 8vo. 
A moft acceptable prefent for the lovers of 
antient laws, languages, knowledge of 
manners, and literature. The volume be- 
fore us contains, among others,’ . correct 
copies of the Capitulare Caroli M. de Vil- 
lis and the Breviartum rerum Fifcahura, 
CorreGtions on the Leges Bajuvariorum, 
er Alamannorum, and feveral. documents 
concerning the fecret tribunals. 
. MepicINE AND SURGERY. 
The rapid progrefs of medicine and furge- 
rv. in Germany would fill a confid crable vo- 
jume of the Retrofpeét of onlyonehalf year. 
The moft interefting cafes and difcuihons 
aye recorded in more than a dozen maga- 
zines publithed by the frft phyficians and 
furgecns inGermany ,which of confequence 
mutt alfo be confulted in order to form an 
able ftatement of new difcoveries. Mr, 
LopeR, the great anatomift at Jena, con- 
tinues publifhing his Surgical Magazine, 
in which, midwifery is alfo comprifed ; 
HuFeLAND, goes cn with two periodigal 
works, a Journal of Praétical Phyfic, the 
Sth vclume of which ts completed, and 
Annals of French Medicine and Surgery ; 
piofeflor STARKE at Jena, and profeflor 
Retrolpe of German Literature—Medicine and Surgery. 
OSEAN DER/at Gottingen give full fupply 
to a regular continuation of their Maga- 
zines; oft; Midwifery  -profefler Roscu- 
LAL, at Wiirzburg, is ftill.a fteutcham- 
pion-of she Brunonian fyftem in his ma= 
gazime,, which bears the title, “ Magazin 
zur Vervoikommnung der Heilkunde(Ma- 
gazine towards perfecting the Science. of 
Medicine), three volumes (every volume of 
three numbers) of which have appeared 
already; Doétor HARTCKUKEIL, at/Salz. 
burg, BaLDINGER at Marburg, ARNE- 
MANN, and RicH TER at Gottingen, conti- 
nue with fpirit their periodical publications, 
RITTER at Jena fets up a new magazine 
for Galvanifm, three numbers of which 
have been completed ; JUNKER at Halle 
pufhes on very rapidly his Magazine for 
the Extirpation of the Small-pox, and 
Posow!Tz contrives to publifh a journal 
for Aetiology and Semiotice. One of the 
beft periodical publications, at Gotha, for 
Mr. Perthes, * Journal der Erfindungen 
in der Natur- und Arzney-Wiffen{chaft,” 
Journal of Inventions m Natural Hiftory - 
and Medicine, has been interrupted for fome 
time, but is to be continuedwith new ardor. 
‘¢ Archiv fiir die Phyfiologie, vonD. 
Jou. CuristT, ReEi1L, Prof. in Halle.” 
Repertory for Phyfiology, vol. 3. Halle, 
Curt, 1799, pp- 530, 8vo. A moft valu- 
able colleétion of medical treatifes, among 
which thofe of Mr. Reil are particularly 
inftructive. 
_ A. G. RicHTerR’s “ Anfangsgriinde 
der Wundarzneykuntt.”” R’s. Elements 
of Surgery. Vol. 6, Gottingen, Dieterich, 
1799, pp-476, 8vo. This work has already 
been fufficiently recommended by the name 
of its celebrated author, who is as emi- 
nent for the practical as the theoretical 
part of furgery, . 
‘« Erfahrungen und Bemerkungen aus 
der Arzney- Wundarzney- und. Entbin- 
dungs-wiflenfchaft, von G. THom.” .Ex- 
periences and Obfervations relating to Me- 
dicine, Surgery and Midwifery. Franc- 
fort, Varrentrapp, 1799, pp. Vill, and 264, 
Svo. The publication of the refults.of a 
long-continued practice, candidly .and fin- 
cerely -related, is more than any other 
thing conducive to the advancement of 
medical fcience ; and the author has done 
a great fervice to the public, in prefenting 
it with his experiences and obfervations. 
He is no friend tothe new fyftems in me- 
dicine ; and the reader will fee with afto- 
nifiment, how many difeafes, fome of 
which were almoft deemed incurable, have 
been relieved by a method which by the 
late revolution in medicine has been almoft 
overthrown. 
sé Phie 
