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[Jan ty 
ACCOUNT of tHE DISEASES in LONDON, 
From the 20th of November to the 20th of December. 
Admitted under the Care of thé Phyficians of the Finfoury Difpenfary. 
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‘ No. of Cafes. 
BPS ee cals cas = phakic ke eee eee 
Cabscnbns, BEPUNIS, «5 oe Pag oe ee, 
Rieumatiimus.. «235. ~ 55-6 in oe SES 
Hypochosidria et Dyfpep. ..--.------ 15 
POSIT aT = Pee PIS a ee T2 
Pacslpitae: av . ieee aes 22 hs Yt Ad oS 
Hy Werig’ Socal ne ces eae dee SOR itt A 
oe LSE UE jaa 0: 1 Ee MR Mg lige a i a I 
UEeres hnotece wadeeteue® Algae 2s 3 
Pipalarcan | Sie tek aie eaicls ees bri 
eh EAR Sat lly a Hg aay Io 
Pimenoprnes.. 0 Ls oie ce ae Cea 
MEEAOPCRE RIA. <2’. -1.) ninsinin ies Ne 4. 
Momma 02, gk) i a 2 
WenpateemranGueS cient oe = swe SEIeemea 21 
Nir CO htaa et oie sa wens) coe, eecene 2 & © 8 
The inftance of melancholy ftated in 
the above Lift, evidently arole from the 
repelling, by external applications, a cu- 
taneaus eruption, 
This fact is one, out of many, which 
daily recur, to evince the inexpediency 
and danger of tiling means merely to cor- 
ret an obvious fymptom, without taking 
iuficient care to inveltigate the radical and 
recondite caufe. 
Some cafes of fcarlatina, although not 
fo great a number as in preceding months, 
chave occurred during the laf. 
The ufe of cold and tepid ablution was 
formerly ncticed, as having been tried in 
this fever with unvarying fuccefs, by the 
Reporter and his late aid-de-camp in me- 
dical praétice, Dr. Murray, now refident 
at Knarefborough.* 
Between the difeafes of man and other 
animals there is an unquettionable affinity 
* A detailed Account of this Treatment 
has been tranfmitted to the editors of the 
Medical and Phyfical Journal, and will pro- 
bably appear ia the Number for January. 
- Southampton-row, 
STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
both in their fymptoms and in the method 
of cure. A cat, for inftance, lately in 
pofieffion of the writer, was evidently at- 
tacked with fymptoms fiinilat to thofe of 
trphous fever. She was feized, in the 
firtt inftance, with ficknefs and vomiting; 
and with apparent languor and indifpoli- 
tion to motion, until evident marks of 
phrenzy came on. Soon after this, fhe 
{unk intoa ftate of complete coma, which; 
in a few hours, terminated in death. 
It was fingular, that, although this clafs 
of animals are remarkable for their anti- 
pathy to either a general or a partial im- 
merfion in water, the individual we are 
{peaking of, was conftantly bathing her 
meuth, face, feet, and indeed all her body 
that fhe could get into the bafon, which 
was put before her to drink out of. She 
drank, too, of the refrefhing fluid with 
an infatiable anxiety. | 
It was likewile not unworthy of notices 
that at a time when fhe feemed fcarcely 
able to move, fhe crawled to a diftance. 
from+the fire; under the heat of which fhe 
was before in the habit of repofing herfelf. 
This cafe, although not a bumaz cafes 
and even in {pite, alfo, of its fatal termi- 
hation, feems to confirm, by analogy, a 
doctrine which ought never to be forgot- 
ten or neglected, that inftiné in diieafe 
is an infallible guide to the proper treat- 
ment of it; and affords an additional rea- 
fon for believing that the advice of recent 
practitioners, with regard to the ufe, in 
febrile complaints, of cold ablution and 
cool air, is founded on the diétates of na- 
ture, and on the principles of a genuine 
philofophy. 
ds REiDs 
Dec. 26, £8036 
In December, 1803. 
GREAT BRITAIN. 
N the month of December, the prepa- 
rations, ard the vigilance to refit in- 
vation, have been continued, throughout 
Great Britain and Ireland ; while the fear 
of danger trom it has become, every day, 
SMALLER. ©The whole number of the 
volunteers amounts to 379,943 mes 3 coms 
pletely trairied and difciplined ; well cloti- 
ed, armed, and furnifhed with accoutre- 
ments ; animated with a patriotifm more 
zealous than was ever felt by mercenary 
foldiers. The total annual expence of this 
fervice 1s calculated at about 1,000,000}- 
fterling, to government. pe 
Scotiand has been fuppefed to be more 
es - immediately 
