among the classes of pupils, that the deaf and dumb children (Les Sourds-Muets) recited by signs a poetical piece; and the blind children, instructed in labours suited to their condition, assisted at this exhibition. The mind, sickened and disgusted with the daily recitals of carnage and destruction, reposes with momentary tranquillity on details like these but how little interest do they excite with the greater part of the world, compared with the charms of an Extraordinary Gazette! The name of the compiler is EDMUND CORDIER. ART. XXI. Restes d'Architecture Egyptienne, &c. i. e. Remains of Egyptian Architecture. By JOHN GODFREY GROHMANN, Professor of Philosophy. 4to. pp. 4. and 16 Plates. Leipsic. 1799. IN consequence of late events, which have made Egypt a more frequent topic of conversation, we are presented with this collection of plates, relative to the architecture of that antient people. It consists of ten, which are neatly engraved. Among them, we have specimens of different modes of building and embellishment, from the obelisk charged with hieroglyphics, to the modern Egyptian dwelling house. The style of these edifices sets all Grecian beauty and propriety at defiance, and is much too void of proportion and grace to be imitated by the more polished nations of Europe, who have applied the classic models with success. These engravings, therefore, are merely curious; and we must observe that they would have worn à better appearance of verisimilitude, if the places where these specimens exist, or the accounts of Egypt from which they were taken, had been duly pointed out. ART. XXII. Briefe, &c. i. e. Letters of a Physician, written at Paris, and with the French Armies, between May 1796, and November 1797: designed for Physicians and Statesmen. By G. WARDENBURG. Numbers I and II. Small 8vo. PP. 592. 1798, 1799. HESE TH two numbers contain twenty-three Letters re specting the character of the French, and its influence on surgery and medicine ;-general objects of French surgery and medicine ;-the history of Brunonianism in Paris;the constituted authorities, and administrative powers of the Republic;-the history of medical instruction before, during, and since the revolution the present Ecole de Santé ¡--and the Salpetriere, before, during, and since the revolution. Many of the observations are highly curious and charac teristic; and they shew that the author has well availed himself of His opportunities. The state of medicine and surgery, in the the capital and in the armies, is strikingly pourtrayed. Among other things, the seeming contradiction between the versatility of the French character, and the blind adherence of the medical student to the doctrines of his professor, is ably illus trated and explained. From among other anecdotes, we select the following: • The French (says the author) very properly learn their anatomy from the human subject; not, as the Germans often do, from plates. An excellent custom, too, has been introduced, for every one to demonstrate the muscles and nerves which they prepare; hence each instructs the other. This serves always as an occasion for the exercise of eloquence, and the talent is crowned with much applause-Mark, it is said, how he describes his muscle! As soon as a student has finished the preparation, ab he exclaims, what a beautiful muscle! At this signal, the rest flock round him, and he now begins the demonstration. If any student disregards the summons, and remains by his own subject, he is called away;-Why don't you come to see this great pectoral-Come and hear the demonstration-It is T- who is going to give it. During the exhibition, tokens of applause are commonly manifested; and, at the end, a general acclamation (if the orator has acquitted himself ably) breaks out:-al, quelle description il décrit son muscle comme Cicéron." Of the grossly barbarous and mechanical ideas, and absurd practice, of the French in one important department of surgery, the following will serve as a sufficient indication:. " To every swelling, they attach the idea of hardness, with which that of the necessity of softening naturally associates itself. In a fracture of the fore-arm, attended with violent contusion, extravasation, and swelling, I once saw one of Desault's most reputable scholars ap ply a poultice so hot as to raise a blister, which appeared next day under the dressing. The patient complained terribly of the burning, when the poultice was laid on "Tranquillise toi, mon camerade, (said the surgeon,) il faut que ça soit chaud ; il faut que ça s'amollit.” The author, however, foretells a vast alteration for the better in medical surgery and medicine, from the Ecole de Santé, which he describes at length... ART. XXIII. Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, &c. i. e. A Picturesque Tour through Syria, Palestine, Phoenicia, and the Lower Egypt, &c. Folio. Paris. 1799. WE 7 E announced this splendid work in our last Appendix, p.567. and since then Mr. Taylor, bookseller, in Holboru, has received five additional numbers of is. No letter-press accom panies these numbers, but each contains six plates, as before; and they continue to be very beautifully engraved, and to represent interesting and picturesque objects. N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume. Baume, M. h's hydrometer, 308. Beaujolin, M. his publication of the travels of two French gentlemen, 533. Account of the court of Dresden, ib. Of Berlin, 534, Of Hamburgh, 535Of the king of Denmark and his family, ib. Sweden, 536. Of thre late king Gustavus, 538. Of Russia, 540. Of the grandees of Russia, and their great luxury and state, 543.. Character of the soldiery, 545. Astonishing instance of the force of dis-i cipline on the minds of the Russian troops, 546. Beet-root, value of, in the production of sugar, 555. Berlin, described, 534. Unpleasant to * foot-passengers, $35. Bernis, Cardinal, his character of Cardinal Braschi, 564. Blair, Dr. on achromatic telescopes, 305. Blech, Prof. his testimony concerning the efficacy of the Perkinian tractors, 561. Bramab, Mr. description of a new press operating by water, 307. Brydone, Mr. accused of misrepresentation, 579. Bugey, a French province, remarks on, 575. Burrows, Mr. his memoir on the pe tical character of Goldsmith, 27. Butter-tree, of Africa, Mr. Park's aco· count and commendation of, 254. Cæsarean operation, performed with safety to the life of the woman, 169. Casarean Casarean operation, inquiry into the true. Cape of Good Hope, uncommon disease frequent among the cattle there, 130. Cheston, Dr. singular case of lithotomy, Cisalpine repablic, extent and population of, 72. Clarke, Dr. remarks on the causes and cure of some diseases of infancy, 389. Cake, Sir Edward, brief history of, 175. Calnett, Captain, undertakes à voyage to voyage, 30. tions of, 504. Probable effects of the Cooke, Mr. his thice schemes for conveys ing intelligence at great distances, 18, instances of obstructich of the account of Lord Bute's administration viz. F. Baily, relative to General Farr, Dr. observations on the cure of Highlanders of Scotland, their supersti Fontenelle, M. interesting anecdote rela- On tive to the characteristic turn of his Fowler, Dr. his attention to the digitalis, the state of Vermont, seemingly but G Genganelli, Pop, his death said to have God, our knowlege of, discussed, 381. Guyton, M. on the colour and matter of H Haighton, Dr. his account of a painful inquiry into the true and Hecuba of Euripides. See Parson. See Heidegger, anecdote of, 401. tion, 290. Hinckes, Mr. his account of MS. paper of Sir Ph. Hoby, 388. History, new method of studying, 513. favorable opinion of the institution Bope, the pleasures of, poetically display Horse, observations on the foot of that Hydraulic architecture, discussion relative 1 and f Java, fondness of the inhabitants of, for shews of the comba's of wild beasts, ying, with celerity and secrecy. See anecdotes relative to, 547, 551.. K Karfa, a negro slave-merchant, his Kilgour, Mr. his letter to Dr. Beddoes |