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apparatus to effeft the purpofe from the 
infide of the houfe, this machine was 
deemed unfit to accomplith their views.’ 
Mr. Horneblower’s method was that of 
throwing yravel up the chimney by means 
of condenfed air ; as this plan couid fuc- 
ceed only in cafes where the chimneys are 
perpendicular, it had no claim to the pre- 
mium as a genera! method of cleanfing 
chimneys. Mr. Orme’s apparatus con- 
fifted of elaftic rods of whalebone and 
cane, with a brufh on the upper one: this 
in fhort and {trait chimneys might pro- 
babiy anfwer the end very completely, but 
in that on which the experiment was made 
it could not be made to afcend. 
The two competitors for the gold me- 
dal were Mr. Barber and Mr. Smart. The 
apparatus of the former confifted of laths 
feveral feet long, which locked into one 
another, and on the upper one was fixed 
an elaftic expanding brufh, which in its 
contraéted ftate was reduced to a fpace’of 
about fix inches fquare, but which when 
{pread is capabie of filling a fquare the fide 
of which is twenty four inches: a {tring 
attached to the brufh the whole length of 
the rods, is intended to open it after they 
have reached the top of the chimney-pot. 
‘Twice did Mr. Barber attempt to fend his 
brufh up withouteffeét ; but itexpanded be- 
fore it had afcended more than about fifty 
feet : he requefled leave to make fome al- 
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terations, and renew his experiments ; this 
was readily granted ; ftill however, after 
repeated attempts, he was completely un- 
fuccefsful ; between fifty and fixty feet 
was the greateft height to which he could 
force his brufh ; nor could he then by any 
means in his power open and expand ite 
Another material inconvenience attending 
this machinery is, that it requires a man 
to ftand in the flue to force up the rods, 
thereby~ expofing him to all the inconve- 
nience which attach to the climbing-boys 
under the common method. 
Mr. Smart’s apparatus has been already 
de(cribed in this Magazine.* The brufh 
attached to the upper tube of this machine 
prefently appeared out at the top of the 
chimney, and in lefs than twelve mmutes 
the whole operation was completed. Some 
doubts were entertained as to the efficacy 
of the brufh in bringing down all the foot 
adhering ta the fides of the chimney. To 
afcertain more fully the merits of this and 
Mr. Barber’s machine, the Committee 
-have ordered new experiments to be made. 
The progrefs of thefe, as well as of every 
thing elfe conneted. with the fubjeét, we 
fhall carefuliy watch, and report in the 
fucceeding Numbers of the Monthly Ma- 
gazine. 
* See p. 259. 
ACCOUNT or tHE DISEASES in LONDON, 
From the 20th of April to the 20th of May. 
Admitted under the Care of the Phyjficians of the Finfoury Difpenfary. 
ee 
S £ 
No. 
PEBRIS Catarrhalis . - 13 
Tuffis - = - 27 
Dyfpnea | ° ° - 13 
Rheumatifmus = - 21 
Afthenia & Dyfpepfia ~ - 49 
Amenorrhea ° - - 28 
Mienorrhagia ~ - = 9 
Leucorrhea 2 - - 6 
Hemeorhois * - ei 
Epilevfa ~ - - 3 
Hyfteria 2 - > 5 
Morbi Cutanei = = 21 
Morbi Infantiles = ° 32 
THE taf month has not been marked 
by the prevalence of any particular difeafe 
Typhus, which for feveral years was 
¢he topic that more efpecially occupied the 
attention and pen of the reporter, has of 
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of Cafes. 
late retired ina great meafure from the 
reach of his profeffional obfervation. It 
is remarkable as a faét, not of medical 
merely, but likewife of political impor- 
tance, that, {con after the fufpenfion of 
hoftilities with a foreign power, this do- 
meftic enemy evidertly contraéted the 
{phere of its: extenfive devaftation. The 
abject neceflities and extreme wretchednefs 
of the loweft clafs of fociety were in a 
confiderable degree relieved by the more 
acceflible price of thofe articles which are 
effential to the fupport of hfe. 
‘The recent renewal of war, it is proba- 
ble, will e’er long be followed by the re- 
turn of peftilence and famine. The fever 
of the poor* will again raife its head, and 
: . require 
* By this expreffion it is meant that a lia, 
