Retrofpeét of Domeftic Literature. — Medicine, Se. ° 
ed with fcarcely more medicinal yir- 
tue than common water heated to the 
fame temperature. . 
The medical dire&ters of the Vaccine 
Pock Inftitution have publithed their 
*¢ Report” for the years 1800, 1801, 
and 1802, The grand objects of this 
inftitution were the prefervation of the 
fucceffion of matter for the public at 
large, andithe afcertainment of the 
laws of action of the vaccine poifon 
by accurate regifters of obfervations. 
Both thefe important objeéts appear to 
have been fully accomplifhed ;,and the 
fairnefs with which the cafes are here 
ftated, will, if poflfible, give additional 
confidence in the vaccina. The benefits 
of this inftatution have not been con- 
fined to our own country; for France, 
Germany, Raffia, Portugal, Italy, dif- 
ferent parts of Afia, Africa, and Ame- 
rica, have all been furnifhed with mat- 
ter from this fource. ~* 
Mr. Dewar, has publifhed fome in- 
terefting ‘* Obfervations on Diarrhea 
and Dyfentery, as thofe Difeafes appeared 
an the Britifh Army, during the Campaign 
in Egypt, in 1801 :”” they evince a con+ 
fiderable fhare of medical knowledge, 
found judgment, and accurate remark. 
Mr. Kerrison has tranflated from 
the French of M. RicuHeraup ** The 
Elements of Phyfiology, Se. Gc.” in which 
the modern improvements in chemiltry, 
Galvanifm, and other fciences are ap- 
plied to explain the actions of the ani- 
mal economy. This work is, uponthe 
whole, well executed, containing much 
information, and not abounding with 
frivolous or irrelevant matter. 
“* Fads and Obferwations ccncerning 
the Prevention and Cune of Scarlet Fever, 
«vith fome Remarks on the Origin of Acute 
Contagion in general, by W. Buack- 
BURNE, M.D. 
Dr. Blackburne has given a feries of 
faéts to ferve as a foundation - for his 
inferences, and made a number of va- 
luable observations on the medical 
treatment of /carlatina anrginofa; he 
then proceeds to inquire by what. va- 
ricty of modes the infection of {carla- 
tina may be introduced into the human 
body. Thefe he reduces to three, viz. 
rit, Simple conta& alone, of which, 
however, he exprefles confiderable 
doubt. 2dly, Inoculation, which cer- 
tainly communicates the fpecific ditt! 
eafe,. when properly performed ; and 
3d4y, Inhaiation, to which the autnor is’ 
defirous of calling the attention of the! 
protefion in particular, and on which 
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he founds his peculiar opinions refpect» 
ing the origin of acute contagious dif- 
eafes. 
Dr. Vaucuan has 'publifhed ‘* 4 , 
Concife Hiftory of the Autumnal Fever 
whith prevaited in the Borbugh of Wil- 
mington in North America, in the year 
1802."" Pie. 
It is a valuable piece of local medical: 
hiftory, drawn up by a phyfician, who 
de{cribes what he saw, and who lived 
through the fcenes of calamity and ter- 
ror which he witnefled. 
Dr.Davip Ramsay has commenced 
a publication which itis very detirable 
to be cor*inued ‘* The Charleflown Me- 
dical Regifter, for the Year 1802.” 
If medical practitioners throughout 
the United States wonld combine their 
labours; if one fkillful phyfician in every 
each of the towns and cities would give 
an annual account of the ftate of dif- 
eafes, and of the circumftances con- 
nected ‘with them, there would,in time, 
be an accumulation of materals which 
would much enlarge the knowledge of 
the difeafes in the United States, and 
very much contribute to improve the 
{tate of medical fcience.. 
Mr. TimBreut has written fome 
good practical ‘* Obfervations on the 
Management of Ruptares.”” 
Mr. Foxe’s “* Natural Hifory of the 
Human Teeth” includes a particular elu- 
cidation of the changes which take 
place during the fecond dentition, and 
defcribes the proper mode of treatment 
to prevent irregularities of the teeth, 
An account is added of the difeafes 
which affect children during the firft 
dentition, and the work is illuitrated 
with thirteén copper-plates. 
Dr. WinTERBOTTOM, Phyfician to 
the colony. at Sierra Leone, has pub- 
lifhed fome ufeful ‘* Medical Dire&ions 
for the Uje of Navigators and Settlers in 
Hot Chmates.”?” The methods of cure 
recommended, are, for the moft part, 
fuch as the author found fucceisfu) 
during his refidence at that fettlement, 
where for nearly four years the health 
of more than’ 1400 perfons was en- 
trufted to his care. SD GAGS 
Di. -Bucuan, the well-known au- 
thor of “© Domeftic Medicine,” has): 
publithed'fome very excellent'** Adwice 
to Mothers.on the Subje@ of their own 
Health, andon the Means of Promoting 
the Health, Strength, and Beauty of ther 
Offspring!” We coniider this as a far 
more uleful book than his former. 
(Mr. Bsuu’s + Series of Engravings, 
explaining 
