Retrofpett of Domeflic Literature—Medicine €'c. 
of this Kingdom,” bv Dr. StuRGES, Pre- 
bendary of Winchefter, &c. who afferts in 
plain terms, and with abundant evidence 
that the hiftory of Mr. Milner is in faét 
made fo much the vehicle of an apology 
for Popery, and a fatire on the Reformed 
Religion in general, efpecially that of the 
Church of England, that this feems to 
have been the objeét predominant in the 
author's mind; and the oftenfible fubjeé, 
the Hiftory of Winchefter properly fo 
called, fecondary only and {ubject to it. 
Dr. Sturges’s Refleétions may not only be 
confidered as a refutation of the objec- 
tional parts of Mr. Milner’s Hiftory, but 
as a comprehenfive and able defence of 
Proteftant principles in general. . 
The falfe and illiberal afperfions on the 
memory and writings of Dr. Hoadley, 
have called forth ‘* A Letrer to the Rey. 
John Milner,” from the pen of Dr. Ro- 
BERT HoapLey Asu#E, who has de- 
fended his! celebrated relation with much 
nrmnefs, ardor, and fuccefs. 
GENEALOGY. 
On a former occafion we noticed a ge- 
neral hiftory of the Stuarts’ from the 
earlieft period of their authentic hittory to 
the prefent times, by a lineal detcendant 
from the ancient kings of Scotland, An- 
drew Stuart, Efy. A refutation of 
this genealogy has been attempted by 
an anonymous writer in a Letter to Mr. 
Stuart,: who in his turn has publifhed a 
“Supplement”? to his former work, in 
reply to the anonymous Refutor. The 
few who feel interefted in this fubject 
will themfelves refer to the publication : 
although it is not for us to enter into the 
merits of the queftion we cannot avoid 
noticing in terms of feverett reprehenfion, 
the petulance, the vulgarity and mifrepre- 
{entation which difgaace the pages of this 
anonymous Genealogift.. 
MEDICINE, &c. 
Numerous as are the works perpetually 
iffuing from the prefs on this fubjet, we 
have lately difeovered but very few which 
requicé. to be noticed at any length. It 
gives us the greateft pleafure to remark 
that every new experiment on the cow- 
pox is corroborative of its mildnefs, and of 
its efficacy in refifting the varioluus con- 
tagion. Dr. JENNER, to whofe ardent 
fpirit of inve(tigation the public is under 
fuch deep obligations, has given us a 
“* Continuation of Faéts and Obfervations 
relative to the Variole Vaccine.” Thké 
Doétor inftituted a freth feries of expert+ * 
ments on this fubjeét in confequence of 
the unfavorable repofts concerning it 
which had been. made: by Dr, Wocd- 
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ville, whofe patients, it feems, had many | 
of them puftules feattered over the body: ' 
in fome of thefe moreover, the puftules 
were confluent, and in one inflance the 
patient died. On examining Dr. Wood- 
ville’s experiments, however, _ it appears 
that a confiderable number of his patients 
were inoculated with /mall-pox matter 
the third or fifth day after inferting the 
ichor of the vaccine! The patients there- 
fore having been infeéted with the fmall- 
pox, it is not wonderful that thofe who’ 
were inoculated from them fhould receive 
the fame difeafe. Dr. Woodville’s prac- 
tice, and that of the other gentlemen whe 
have adopted this new inoculation con- 
tmue we learn with unvaried and unequi- 
vocal fuccefs. 
Dr. Prarson’s “ Obfervations on the 
Bilious Fevers of 1797, 1798, and-1799” 
do credit to his medical fagacity and mode 
of treatment, and will be read with mucla 
advantage by gentlemen of the profeffion, 
The fame may be faid of a “* Medical 
Pra€titioner’s fhort Account of an infec- 
tious malignant Fever as it appeared at 
Uxbridge, &c.’”’ In this little tra@ the 
good effects of yeaft and vital air in the dif- 
ferent flavesof the diforder are infitted on. 
Dr. ANDREE, has publifhed «« Some 
few Cafes and Obfervations on the Treat- 
ment of Fiftula in Ano, Mortifications, 
the Venereal Difeafe, and Stri€tures of 
the Urethra.” Although "this work con- 
tains but little that is new, it may be read 
with advantage by ftudents in Surgery. 
We are happy to learn, from the Doc- 
tor’s practice, that an operation for the: 
fiftula in ano, is by no means fo generally 
necetlary as we imagined: various me= 
thods of cure are detailed, which the Doc=' 
tor fuccefsfully + purfued without having 
recourfe to the knife. 
Dr. SUTTON, in his * Confiderations 
refpeéting Pulmonary Confumptions,” is 
of opinion that’ the fource of this difeafe 
is really in the inteftines, and that the 
iungs futfer fecondarily : he fapports his’ 
opinion with fome degree of plaufidjlity. ‘ 
Mr: Burn’s “ Anatomy of the Gra- 
vid Urerus” is fufficiently accurate: it’ 
cannot be expected that a work on this 
fubject fhould contain any novelty.’ Mr. 
SANDFoRD and Mr. Twerepte' “have 
both of them given vs leétures: the 
former gentleman in “ A few Praétical 
Remarks on the Medicinal Effe@s of 
Wine and Spirics,” the Jatter in’ his 
‘‘ Fints on Temperance and Exereife :” 
thefe pamphlets though very ufeful andi 
praifeworthy have very little novelty ta 
recommend-them, ; — 
Mr, 
