Retrospect of Domestic Literature—Medicine, &c. 669 
The iter from Warwinster, the 
second station, are four in number. The 
second illustration of Bratton Casile, 
contains a curious account of the bat- 
tle of Eddington fought inthe year 
878 between King Alfred and the 
. Danes. 
Heytessury, the third station, has 
also four tters diverging from it. ; 
We should be very glad would our 
limits allow a more explicit detail of 
the contents of ** Antient Wiltshire ;’’ 
especially as it is so rich in original 
information. The plates adorning it, 
which are both numerous and_ weil 
executed, refer principally to the con- 
tents of tumuli and antient encamp- 
ments. 
CHEMISTRY. 
** Rudiments of Chemical Philoso- 
*« phy: in which the first Principles of 
** that useful and entertaining Science 
** are familiarly explained and illus- 
** trated by N. Merepirn,” is the only 
work on this subject which we have to 
notice. It is neatly and perspicuously 
written, and will be found a useful 
manual for those who are entering on 
the study of chemistry. 
MEDICINE, SURGERY, &C. 
Vaccination is still a subject can- 
vassed in pamphlets. 
*« A Correspondence with the Board 
«© of the National Vaccine Establish- 
«© ment”—and ‘‘a Letter inreply tothe 
«« Surgeons of the Vaccine Institution, 
‘¢ Edinburgh,” by Tuomas Brown, 
Surgeon, Mussleburgh, will perbaps be 
acceptable to the anti-vaccinists. Mr. 
Brown considers vaccination as a tem- 
porary preventive only. 
‘< A Practical Treatise on Tinea 
‘“« Capitis Contagiosa and its Cure, with 
«an Attempt to distinguish this Dis- 
“‘ ease from other Affections of the 
‘*« Scalp; and a Plan for the Arrange- 
“* ment of Cutaneous Appearances 
‘* accordiag to their Origin and Treat- 
‘* ment; including an Enquiry into 
‘* the Nature and Cure of Fungi He- 
‘© matodes and Navi Materni, The 
‘* whole exemplified by Cases. By 
«© W, Cooxe, Surgeon.” ; 
On the subject of the scald-head Mr. 
Cooke has taken a review of opinions 
both ancient and modern, adding the 
result of personal attention to the dis- 
ease, The remedies recommended dif- 
fer but little from those commonly 
employed ; there is only some varia- 
tion mthe mode of applying them. 
The plan for the arrangement of 
cutaneous diseases is judicious. They 
Montary Mac. No. 208. 
are~ distributed into six classes, the 
first includes 
‘* Those appearances which arise 
from local and contagious diseases of 
theskin, viz. tinea capites contagiesa, 
and scabies.” 
2. Those that are primarily local, 
aud not contagious, and which are 
supposed to arise from a peculiar and 
disordered action of the vessels of the 
skin, viz. the various] species of sarco. 
matous and encysted tumoars, fungi 
hematodes, nevi materni, warts, 
corns, the cutaneous ulcer, and that 
which has been considered cancerous, 
or more properly phagedenic, 
3. Those that accompany and are 
characteristic of some constitutional 
and gontagious disease, viz. variola, 
rubeola, vaccina, scarlatina, varicella, 
and syphilis. 
4. Those that depend upon morbid 
structure, disordered action of some 
internal organ or surface, upon an acri- 
monious state of the blood, or upon an 
increased or diminished strength in the 
vis vita, which have been generally 
known under the terms lepra, elephan- 
tiasis, alphos, psoriasis, scorbutus, ery- 
sipelas, urticasia, miliaria, gutta rosea, 
crusta lactea, porrigo, herpes, pete. 
chiw, carbunculus, &c. &c.. to which 
may he added, the state of the skin in 
gout, acute rheumatism, and jaundice. 
5. Those that are induced by exter- 
nal and simple stirauli, such as incised, 
Jacerated and contused wounds, burns, 
scalds, chilblains, and ihe bites and 
stings of various insects and animal. . 
cule. 
6. Those that are excited by the 
external and ‘specific stimuli, viz. the 
bile of a mad dog and ratile snake. 
“* The Considerations respecting the 
“* Expediency of establishing an Hos- 
‘f nital fer Officers on Foreign Service by 
‘¢ Dr. Faurxener,’’ deserves the atten- 
tion of the legislature; they were sug- 
gested by the writer's experience dur- 
ing the late occupation of Walcheren. 
The details of a similar establishment 
adopted by the French are given ina 
letter from M. Boudriot. 
We have also iv notice some 
‘** Cursory Remarks on Corpulency,” 
by a meinber of the. Royal College of 
Surgeons. . 
CLASSICAL LITERATURE; ‘ 
The only work that we have to 
Notice in this division of our retrospect 
at present, is the new and enlarged 
edition of 
' 4¢ Elementa Lingue 
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Grece; novi*, 
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