644, 
It is ve ry remarkable, however, that Pro- 
feffur A dini could with the utmof : iff- 
culty excite the heart by Galvanic in- 
fluesce, that muicle which, accordirg to 
Halicr, is the firft to rective life, and the 
Jaft to loie it. 
Fron the experiments detailed in the 
feconi part the following inferences are 
d duced: 1. That the mufcles are afleS- 
ed by the aétson of the pile more powe:- 
fully when they are Jaid bare, and wh-n the 
arc is made to penetrate to a confiderab'e 
pie in their fubftarce. 2. Thele ccn- 
vulfions are increafed in prepor-ion to the 
number of the points cf contact between 
the arc and the muicle. 3. In nany 
cafes, mufcular contra@ions are obtained 
by ferming an aic from one muicle to 
another. 4. Muicular contra&tions are 
almoft -always fpeedily obtained by the 
ple. 5. Theheart can with difficulty be 
made to fee] the influence of the Galvanic 
action, while the cther mufcles always re- 
tain, a long time after death, that vital 
force which it has never been found p: {- 
fible to excite but by ane impulfe « of Gal 
vaniim. 6. Galvanifn excites contrac- 
ticns without the aid of cther fimulants, 
which alter the texture of the mufcular 
fibre, and deftroy its contmuity. 7. As 
the Galvanic apparatus may be applied 
to the nerves of the animal machine, it 
may afford to the anatomift an experi- 
menta! myology, by means of which he 
can render tenfible to the eye the fixed 
and moveable points of the mutcles, and 
the real extent of their a&tion.. 8. In 
purfa:ng the experiments mace on the 
bodics of perfons who die a natural 
death, we may hereafter become better 
acquainted with the chara€ier of the vital 
powers, and the difference of the'r dura- 
tion, accorcing to the diverfity of fex, age, 
ris ad ament,and difea‘e, and ev: n accord- 
lig to the divertity of the climate, and to 
the nature of the atmofphere. aoe third 
pait, as we have already Gated, is confined 
$o the medicinal! cfiicscy of “Gah vaniim : 
3t is fubd vided into five fidiions; in the 
firf of which are confideredl the advan- 
tages wh cb tie medical adminifirztion cf 
Gaivaniini has over common eleétric: ity 3 
in icGiion 2, the ayplication of Galvanifin 
to tre organs cf heaiing and eae n 
41¢44 1On 25 iis appiesation m cates of a- 
fphyxia and crowning; in fe*tion 4, 1s 
application to the cure o. melanchcly 
madre!s, where ithe author relates, that 
two patients in the jumatic holpital at Bo- 
logna were completely cured by this new 
venicdy. The filth and laf {cGion con- 
| Retrofpec of Domeftie Literature—-Natural Hiftary, €e- 
tdins general reflections on the aétion and 
influence which Galvanifm, confidered in 
a medical point of view, exerciles on ‘the 
animal economy. 
Thefe experiments and ob‘ervations are 
fellowed by two differtations on animal 
eleétricity, tranflated from the Latin: 
they are partly hiftorical and partly ex- 
perimental. Three appendixes felluw: 
the fir? giving an accuunt of the experts 
ments on a maletactor hanged at New- 
gate; the fecand containing a report of 
fimilar experiments made by Vaffali Ean- 
di, Giulio, and Refi, on three criminals 
decapitated at Turin. The def? appen- 
dix relates an experjment on the tranfmif- 
fon of Galvanitio, through a confider-b'e 
extent ct water in Calais harbour. This 
work is illuftrated by a number of well 
en2rayen pla tes. 
Mr. Carpues has dae a familiar 
“© L.treduGion to Elect icity and Galvan- 
ijt, with Cafes foewing their Effeds in 
the Cure of Difac; bie 
Mr.Jounsoy’ s * Hifiory of the Pregrefs 
and prefent State of Animal Chemifis a 
will be found a very ul-ful compilaiion 
to the young phyfisiogitt, who, | ) thefe 
volumes will fee colleéted together from 
various fources, the moit imporiant faéts, 
experinients, and obfervations, relative to 
the coemical piocefies which are perpe- 
tualiy going on within the human body. 
‘A Sytem of Theoretical and Praétical 
Chemijiry, in tevo Volumes, with Plates. 
ofl GAB a Teacher of Prac- 
tical Chemiflry, Pharmacy and Minera- 
logy, and Chemical Operator in the Royal 
Injtitution of Great Brita. This will 
be found a very convenient manual, as 
well by the le€turer as the ftucent: 
the experiments are very numerous and 
po felected. 
“© Britijb Mineralogy; or, coloured Fi- 
gures to elucidate the Miner alozy of Great 
Britain. By JAMES So indeed Per 3. 
In the prefent beautitul volume Mr. 
Scwerby has periaps pert.rmecd as mech 
as it was in the power cf any man: but 
it is impoffible for the mof delicate pen. 
cil, although it may repre: it the cry- 
fiailine an.i other varticuiar forms of mi- 
n-ra:s, tecethe with their colours, to 
Gelineate *¢ fie infini€ gradations of lut- 
tre, tne play of light, and tne ttill mere 
effentiai charaéter ot fracture.”” 
“© Remarks upon Chemical’ Nomencla- 
ture, according ta the Principles of the. 
French Nealegif}s. By RICHARD CHE- 
NEVIXG FoR, S. Be. 
Mr. Chenevix is a faithful difciple of 
Lavoifier, 
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