620 
Obferva 
Mea: &c. &c. 
Manuel de Medicine Pratique, &oseA 
Manual of Pra&tical Medicine, an elemen- 
tary, Work; to which are added feveral 
Formula for the Ufe of Surgeons, and fuch 
charitable Perfons as devote themfelves to 
the Cure of the Sick in the Country, by 
the Citizen GeorFroy, an Affociate. of 
the National Inftitute, a Correfpondent of 
the Medical Society of Paris, &c. &c. 
2 vols. 8vo. Paris. 
This work is divided into twelve feétions, 
in which Dr. Geofroy treats in fucceffion 
of fevers, inflammatory and virulent dif- 
eafes, fuppreffion and augmentation of the 
ihe evacuations, convullions, poifons, 
&c..&e: This publication is the refult 
of the labours of a medical man, who has 
attained confiderable eminence in his pro- 
feffion, in the courfe of thirty years exten- 
five prattice ; ; and, if it be not calculated 
to accelerate the progres of the fcience, 
on one hand, yet it cannot. be denied on 
_ the other, that it is likely to form-an ufe- 
ful manual for thofe young practitioners, 
who may not have attained a thorough 
knowledge of their bufinefs. 
Traité Medico-Philofepbique, &c.—A 
Medicc-philofophical Lreatife on Mental 
Derangement, by P. Prnex, Profeffor in 
the School of Medicine at Paris, Phyfi- 
cian to the National Hofpital for Women, 
formerly called: the Salpéiri¢re, and a 
Member of feveral learned Societies, I 
vol.8vo of 374pages, accompanied with fi- 
gures, reprefenting the Craniums of de- 
ranged Perfons. - Paris. 
The author of this treatife appears to 
have taken his hint from ‘* Smith’s The- 
ory of Moral Sentiments,’’ and to have 
combined morals and phyfic together. 
It is the avowed object of Citizen Pinel 
to treat of the medical and moral regimen 
to which a patient labouring under an 
alienation of reafon ought to be fubjedt ted. 
He confiders the conformation of the cra- 
niums of perfons inclined to madne(s, and 
alfo enters into details relative to the po- 
lice neceflary for hofpitals, &c. 
Efqui e @ un Courfe Hygiene, &a— 
The Outline of a Courfe “of ‘Medicine 
er, Medicine applied to the Art of wee 
and preferving Health ; accompanied with 
Notes, by J. L. Moreau, of La Sarthe, 
1 vol. 8vo. 
The author begins by defining the 
meaning of his terms; and he accord- 
ingly tells us, that he confiders Hygiene 
as the influence which nature and 
fefles in refpeét to our organization. This 
plap was originally Crawn up, in erdex 
tions on Apoplexy in old 
art pof-- 
“Reirofpedt of French. Literature—Mifeellancous, 
that it might be followed in the ‘ieiuees 
to be given at the Republican Lyceunt ; 
and the work terminates with the natural 
hiftory and phyficlogy of man.- 
Recueil de la Société de Medicine de Pa- 
ris, &c.—A Colle€tion of Papers relative 
to the Medical Society of Paris, edited by 
Citizen LepiLLor the younger, 1 large 
vol. Svo. 
In addition to the difcourfes fpoken be= 
bee the fociety, the extracts from the de- 
liberations, and the /urgramma of an ex- 
traordinary prize, we are prefented wit 
a Notice relative to the Labours of the So- 
ciety; by Citizen Lafife ; RefleQions on the 
French Pharmacopeitts, by Bouillon Le- 
grange ; the Conclufion of a Treatife on 
the Membranes, by Citizen Lecic ; Me- 
teorological Obfervations ; a Paper relaé 
tive to tte Maladies wh! ch prevailed in 
Paris, during the Spring and Summer of 
the Year 7, and Autumn of the Year 83 
by. Citizen Defeffart ; and an Account of 
feveral new Medical Publications.  _ 
_ Objervations rares de Medicine, d’ Ana- 
tomie, et de Chirurgie, &c.—Seleé& Obier- 
vations relative to Medicine, Anatomys 
and Surgery; tranflated from the Latin 
of Vander Wiel, by PLanque, 2 vols. 
I2mo. ; 
Do&tor Planque had good reafon to 
fuppofe that Van der Wiel’s work merit- 
ed a tranflation ; for thefe two volumes} 
containing one ‘hundred and fifty cafes, 
are equally curious and interefting. 
The remarks concerning canine-mad- 
nefs deferve particular attention, and con- 
firm the obfervations of Pelletau and Fa- 
vier, two of the beft French phyficians. 
One. of thefe recommends wafhing the 
wounds in pure water, after which they 
are to be cauterifed by means of a hot 
iron; while the other thinks that a ftrong 
licature ought to be applied above the 
bite. All thefe modes had been recom- 
mended t by "Van der Wiel, with this dif 
ference alone, that inftead of cold water; 
he preferibes warm water or wine, with a 
little falt. 
Traité dee Plaies d’ Armes a Feu, Bless 
A Treatife on Gun-fhot Wounds, in 
which the Inutility of Amputation i in cer= 
tain Cales; i iS pointed out. 
This work 1 replete with sieerbeoens 
and, in addition to a variety of sdeeadls, 
' prefents a clear and profound theory. The 
author poffeffes the advantage of a long’ 
and fuccefsful practice. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Hiffoire Univerfelle, a V lnfirudtion de la 
enue @, &c. elataigen Hiftory for the 
Inftruttion of Youth, preceded by a pre- 
paratory” 
