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aim of augmenting the importance of the 
Ife of France in the opinron of the pub- ’ 
lic, and that of leffening the eftimation of 
the Cape of Good Hope. fio 
It is but fair to acknowledge, that Cof- 
figny has alluded to the works of his pre- 
deceffors in a very liberal manner, and 
been more eager to obviate miltakes, than 
to blame what has been faid by them. 
His remarks on the cuftoms and produc- 
tions of China, contain fome interefiing in- 
formation relative to botany and chemiftry- 
MEDICINE. 
« Differtation fur les Fiévres perni- 
cieufes,” &c, A Differtation on perni- 
cious, or Atax:cal-intermittent Fevers; by 
J. Le ALIBERT, Phyfician, and Mem- 
ber of feveral learned Societies. Paris, 
1500. 
Fevers of this kind have been ufually 
divided into. feven_diflerent claffes, to 
thefe the prefent auther has added an 
eighth, to which he has affixed the tile 
of Delirum, becaufe this word charater- 
ifes the fymptoms. His cbfervations on 
this fpecies have been made at the na- 
tional hofpital of the Salpéiriere. 
The great merit of the prefent work 
confifts in its perfpicuity and arrangement, 
As it is fom an appreciation of the 
patient’s ftrength that the phyfician draws 
his deduétions, 1t has been fuggefted to 
apply this principe to the different orders 
of fevers, in the following manner; 
$6 In febre inflammatoria feu fynocho fim- 
plici (angeio-tenica) Opprefio virium.—In 
-febre biliofa feu ardente (meningo-gaftrica) 
FraG@ura virium,-—Iin febre pituitofa feu morbo 
mucofo (adeno-meningea) Languor virium,— 
In febre putrida (adynamica) Proffratio yirium. 
—In febribus malignis feu atactis, Ataxia vi- 
yium.—In febre peftilentiali (adeno-nervofa) 
Syderatio virium 
«Dictionnaire de fa Confervation de 
VYHomme,” &c. A Didtionary calculated 
for the Prefervation of Man; by L. C.H, 
Macavart, Phyfician, of Paris, formerly 
Phyfician to the Marine,“ Member of the 
Societies of Medicine, and of Natural 
Hiftory of Parts, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 
In this work the author has endea- 
voured to concentrate every thing worthy 
of being known, relative to air, aliments, 
cloathing, habitations, exercife, repole, 
fleep, fecretions, excretions, &c. | &c. 
Learned men, artiils, foldiers and failois, 
will all find proper direétions for the pre- 
fervation of their health, under their re- 
{pective articles. The author has already 
diftinguifhed himfelf by feyeral works of 
merit, and particularly as one of the co- 
eperators in the Ency¢lopedia, — reel 
| Retrofpedt of French Literature—Neovels, Sc. 
«« Medicine, Prefervative et Curative, 
Generaie et-Particuliere,” &c. Medicine 
Prefervative and Curative, both Cis 
and Particular; or a Treatife on Hygeza, 
and Praétical Medicine, for the Ufe of 
young Phyficians, as well as all who are 
defirous of preferving their own Health, 
By N. F. RouGwon, formerly Profeffor 
of Medicine at Befangon. 2 vols. 8 vo. 
This work on medicine is the fruit of 
fifty years labor, on the part_of profeffor 
Rougnon, during his refidence in the de- 
partment formerly defignated by the appel- 
lation of Frauche Comté. The ftyle is far 
from being corie€ét, yet the method adopted 
by him is fimple and perfpicuous, each 
malady being treated in a hiftorical man- 
ner, and all the obfervations of the anti- 
ents and moderns added to thofe refulting 
from his own experience. He has alfo 
taken care to begin with the moft fimple 
difeafes, fo that the knowledge of thofe 
firft treated of naturally leads tu and ferves 
to illuftrate others of a more complex na- 
ture. The author is extremely anxious 
to prove by an expofitiom of the funda 
mental principles of thé healing art, that 
fo far from being conjectural as its de- 
tractors have maintained, it is a fcience to 
be depended upon, and is equally powerful 
and certain in its effeéts ! 
‘‘ Nofographie Philofophique, ou la 
Methcde de ]’Analvyfe appliquée a la Me- 
dicine,”” &c. Philofophical' Nofography, 
or the Method of Analyfisapplied to Me- 
dicine; by P. H. Pinet, Phyfician tothe 
National Hofpital- of the Salpétrier, and 
Profeffor in the Medical Schooi of Paris. 
2 vols. $vo. Paris. 
The fyftem of analyfis introduced ito 
philofophy by Locke and Condillac, has 
of late years been adopted with great ad- 
vantage, in every branch of knowledge, 
This is the mode adopted by Pinel in the 
prefent work, throughout which he proves 
-himfelf a warm ftickJer for the doctrines 
of Hippocrates, in oppofition to all inno- 
vators and innovations whatfoever. He 
alfo attacks the Brunonian theory with 
much animation, and blames Dr. Frank 
of Pavia for having declared himfelf a 
convert to that fy{ftem. 
NOVELS A\D ROMANCES. 
‘Les Amans Vendéens,” &c. TheVen- 
dean Lovers by Citizen Gossg, 2 vols. 
i2mo. The incidents of this novel are 
founded on the late infurreétions ih La 
Vendée, and the miferies, bloodfhed, and 
crimes, which disfigured and devaftated 
that unhappy province, afford but to@ 
tich a fubjeét for the pen of an ingenious 
writer, Emilia is thy daughter of a nich 
propriciod 
