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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.

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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.

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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:

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• 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.

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N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

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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.

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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.

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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.
and spurious operation, 170.
Cambridge, university of, plan of a new
mode of academical examination for
the degree of bachelor of arts, 355.
Candles, probability of substituting tallow
for wax, 308.

Cape of Good Hope, uncommon disease

frequent among the cattle there, 130.
Catharine II. Empress of Russia, her re-
markable generosity to Diderot with
respect to the sale of his library, 512.
Chaptal, M. observations on the means
by which the mountains in the Ceven-
nes are fertilized, 557.
Charlemont, Earl of, his ingenious HINTS
on a passage in Dante, respecting the
revival of letters, 23.

Cheston, Dr. singular case of lithotomy,
168.

Cisalpine repablic, extent and population

of, 72.

Clarke, Dr. remarks on the causes and

cure of some diseases of infancy, 389.
Cline, Mr. on the use of the tinctura ferri
mariati in suppressions of urine, &c.
168.

Cake, Sir Edward, brief history of, 175.
Collins compared with Tasso in pathetic
simplicity, 283.

Calnett, Captain, undertakes à voyage to
the South Atlantic, round Cape Horn,
into the Pacific Ocean, with commer-
cal views, 27. His qualifications for
the undertaking, ib. Account of his
success, 18. Occurrences in the

voyage, 30.
Comets, perturbation of the elliptical mo

tions of, 504. Probable effects of the
shock of a comet, ib.
Consumption, pulmonary, early signs and
prevention of, 273. Dr. Beddoes's
method of treatment of, 274. Cakes,
275. Fox-glove used as a remely, 281.
Con agian, me hod of preventing, in ships
and hospitals, 345-

Cooke, Mr. his thice schemes for conveys

ing intelligence at great distances, 18,
Copper, Mr. Astley, his account of a case
of strangulated hernia, 165.

instances of obstructich of the
thoracic duct, 168.
Coste, Dr. his history of England disa
tinguished by the good sense and mo,
deration of the author, 53. His just

account of Lord Bute's administration
and character, 59. General commend-
ation of his work, 62.
CORRESPONDENCE With the Reviwers,

viz. F. Baily, relative to General
Wishington's letters, 118. Dr.
Booker, relative • Pierce "Ploty-

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Farr, Dr. observations on the cure of Highlanders of Scotland, their supersti

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Fontenelle, M. interesting anecdote rela-

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tive to the characteristic turn of his
liberality and beneficence, 511.
Fourcroy, M. philosophical papers by,
in the memoirs of the Paris Academy,
513 On the combustion of hydro
genous gas in close vessels, 15.
the formation of nitric acid, i. His
review of Ventenat's Pictures of the
Vegetable Kingdom, 555. His analysis
of urine, in conjunction with M. Vau.
quelin. 557-558.

Fowler, Dr. his attention to the digitalis,
as a remedy in phthisis, 281.
Frogs, curious account of some found in

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the state of Vermont, seemingly but
not irrecoverably petrified, 263.
Furnace, cupelling, of the assayists, obe
servations on the defects of, 516.

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Genganelli, Pop, his death said to have
been violent, 563.

God, our knowlege of, discussed, 381.
Omnipresence of, 393. Justice of, ib.
Not less amiable and adorable when he
exercises his justice than in the display
of his goodness, ib.
Goldsmith, Dr. character of, 27.
Gothic superstition, observations on,
284.
Gustavus III. king of Sweden, his great
character, 536..

Guyton, M. on the colour and matter of
vegetable juices, with a method of
making lake, &c. 554. Experiments
on the combustion of the diamond, 558.

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Haighton, Dr. his account of a painful
ffection of the face, 165.

inquiry into the true and
spurious Cæsarean operation, 170.
Hamburgb described, 535. Its fine estab-
lishment of an orph.n-house, ib.
Hamilton, Prof. on the longitude, 21.
Heart, singular case of a wound in. See
Babington.

Hecuba of Euripides. See Parson. See
Wakefield.

Heidegger, anecdote of, 401.

tion, 290.

Hinckes, Mr. his account of MS. paper

of Sir Ph. Hoby, 388.

History, new method of studying, 513.
Hogarth, anecdotes of, 397.
His us-

favorable opinion of the institution
of the Royal Academy, ib. Commences
author, and publishes his famous
Analysis, 399. History of his picture
of Sigismuna, 400,,, Humorous story
about Mr. Hadigger, 401.

Bope, the pleasures of, poetically display
ed, 422.

Horse, observations on the foot of that
useful animal, and on errors in the
practice of shoping, 383. Improve
ments in the art, proposed, 385.
Hyde, Edward, Earl of Clarendon, short
biography of, 175.

Hydraulic architecture, discussion relative
to, 485-499
Hydrocele, observations on the cure of
by injection, 170.

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Java, fondness of the inhabitants of,

for shews of the comba's of wild beasts,
134. Description of a battle between
a tiger and a buffalo, ib.
Imposture, literary, curious instance of,
576.
Intelligence, improved methods of con-

ying, with celerity and secrecy. See
Cake See Edgworth.
Joseph II late Emperor of Germany,

anecdotes relative to, 547, 551..
Ireland, political altercations relative to
an union of that kingdom with Great
Britain, 83, 97, 92, 215221.

K

Karfa, a negro slave-merchant, his
kindness 10 Mr. Park Guring his
African jauroty, 255, 259-
Kaunitz, Prince, late prime minister to
the emperor of Germany, anecdotes
relative to, 548, 55A.

Kilgour, Mr. his letter to Dr. Beddoes
on the pbibisis pulmonalis. 276.
Kiwan, Dr. on the composition of care
bon in bitumens and coal, 390. View
of the state of the weather an Dublin,
ib. Thoughts on magnetism, ib.
Primitive state of the globe, 391.
Klenberg, Prof. his evidence relative to
the Perkinian practice, 561.
Koskiusko, the unfortunate Patriot of
Poland, poetically lamented, 424.

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