they are restored to the legiflative faculty of the conflitution, they will revive the court of claims, and inftitute an inquiry into defective tirles, and an invitation of re-affumption to ancient proprietors." This pofition Mr. Jones ridicules as extravagant and impracticable. He gives us a very melancholy picture of the ftate of the poor Catholics in Ireland; recalls to our recollection the horrid perfecutions of the Catholics by the Proteftants; and proves that Religion, or at leaft fomething which has hitherto affumed her facred name, has been a fcourge and a sword to our fifter Ireland. When will Chriítians learn the firit maxim of the gospel, to love one another! When will rulers profit by the hiftory of perfecution, and allow religion to be a cement to, inflead of ftriving to make it a principle of repulfion among, the particles compofing the mafs of civil fociety! Dr. McKenna, who is a fpirited and fenfible writer, prophefies that an energy of character is now rifing among the Catholics of Ireland, and that the period of their emancipation is not far diftant, May he be a true prophet!-and may peace, and love, and liberality of heart and mind, prove the everlafling cement of the filler kingdoms! Moo-y. MEDICA L. Art. 28. A Treatise on the Management of Female Breafts during Childbed and feveral new Oblervations on Cancerous Difeafes, with Prefcriptions: to which are added, Remarks on Pretenders - to the Cure of the Cancer. By William Rowley, M. D. Member of the University of Oxford, the Royal College of Phyficians in London, &c. zd Edit. 8vo. pp. 113. 2s. Wingrave. 1790. This Treatife poffeffes little reafoning and no order; while it abounds in unfatisfactory affertions.-Dr. Rowley's plan of removing cancerous complaints, is, by perfilling in a long courle of mineral alteratives. Speaking of thefe medicines in cancers of the uterus, he delivers himfeif with more than usual modetty: From this confideration I was induced to attempt a more rational plan of cure, by uniting the fulphureous antimonials with the preparations of hydrargyrus. In all the cafes where I have been confulted, I have never yet feen patients cured by any other methods; but by mineral alteratives, given in very fmall dofes, and repeated now and then, an unfortunate victim to this horrid disease has been fnatched from death, and politively cured. The remedies I have used are, Cinnabar antimonii. Kermes mineralis. Nitrum puriffimum. Merc. dulc. xij. cies fub. & lotus cum fulph. aurat. ant. long rubbed together. Camphora. Neutral falts. Antimonialia. Antimonialia. Tartarum emeticum cum merc, corrof, fub. to the fixteenth part of a grain, diffolved. Turp. mineral. cum Kerm. mineral. The modes, in which fuch remedies have been applied are, to prefcribe very small dofes, and drink after each fome folution of camphor and nitre, &c.' 0. Art. 29. Cautions to the Heads of Families, in Three Effays: 1. On Cyder Wine, prepared in Copper Veffels; with Hints for the Improvement of Cyder, Perry, and other Fruit Liquors. 2. On the Poifon of Lead-Method of detecting it in various Liquors, Foods, Medicines, Cofmetics, &c. With general Indications of Cure. 3. On the Poison of Copper-how it may be discovered, though in very minute Quantity-Method of Care. By A. Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S Member of the Royal College of Phyficians, London, and of the Medical Societies of London, Edin burgh, and Paris. 8vo. pp. 95. 1s. 6d. Cruttwell, Bath; Dilly, London. Thefe ufeful effays have already appeared in the 5th volume of Papers by the Bath Society. We recommend the perufal of them to the heads of families, to whom they are properly addreffed, as enabling them to guard againft pernicious impregnations of lead, copper, &c. in the common articles of diet. 0. Art. 30. The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician; enumerating with accurate Defcriptions all the known Vegetables which are any way remarkable for Medical Efficacy; with an Account of their Virtues in the feveral Difeafes incident to the Human Frame. Illuftrated with Figures of the most remarkable Plants, accurately delineated and engraved. By William Meyrick, Surgeon. 8vo. pp. 498. 14 Plates. 7s. Boards. Coloured Copies at double Price. Pearfon, Birmingham; Baldwin, London, 1790. We can recommend this Herbal as an ufeful book; as it appears to be fufficiently accurate and comprehenfive for the purposes for which it is intended. Mr. Meyrick very wifely rejects thofe numerous and incredible accounts, given by moft writers, of the virtues of different vegetables; accounts fo contradictory and abfurd, that they never fail to remind us of one of honeft old Dr. Baynard's ftories, which he whimfically introduces in his letter to Sir John Floyer, on cold baths. "I remember, (ays the worthy Doctor,) when I was at Leyden in Holland, not much fhort of forty years fince, walking in the phyfic garden, a Scotch gentleman, a fudent there, afked the profeffor, Francifcus De la Boe Sylvius, What Abfinthium marinum was good for? The profeffor fmilingly asked him, Wha: countryman he was? He answered, Scoto Britannus. He asked him, If, in their metropolis, Edinburgh, they had not fuch a punishment as the boot, to extort confeffion from the stubborn criminals? He answered, Yes. Why then, quoth Sylvius, take this plant in his luxuriant feafon, root and branch, and clap him into the boot, and fqueeze it hard, for without it confeffes, I doubt neither thee nor I fhall ever know what his virtues are." To prevent mistakes from the inaccuracy which prevails among the common English names of plants, the author has added the Latin generic and trivial names of Linné. He has been fparing in the ufe of fcientific terms, and has explained fuch as he has been obliged to adopt. In an appendix, he has given useful directions for gathering and preferving all kinds of roots, herbs, flowers, and feeds; with the methods of preparing diftilled waters, conferves, fyrups, pills, tinctures, ointments, and other necessary forms of medicine. A table of diseases is added, with references to those remedies commonly employed in their cure. 0. Art. 31. The Ufe and Abuse of Sea Water, impartially confidered and exemplified in feveral Cafes and Remarks: with many neceffary Hints and Cautions to those who bathe in and drink it. Including the most approved Means for preventing the dreadful Effects of the Bite of mad Animals. Third Edition, with Additions. By Robert White, M. D. 8vo. pp. 76. ss. 6d. Richard, fon. 1791. The perufal of this pamphlet may perhaps be of fome ufe to invalids, who indifcriminately ufe fea water in all complaints. The work will, however, attain its greatest pitch of utility, if it should induce the reader, in cafes of importance, to fubmit to the decifion of fome skilful phyfician.-For our account of the first edition, fee Review, vol. liii. p. 247. 0. Art. 32. The Anatomical Inftru∨ or an Illuftration of the modern and most approved Methods of preparing and preserving the different parts of the Human Body, and of Quadrupeds, by Injection, Corrosion, Maceration, Diftention, Articulation, Modelling, &c. With a Variety of Copper-plates. By Thomas Pole, Member of the Corporation of Surgeons in London, &vo. PP: 304. 10s. 6d. Boards. Darton and Co. 1790. It is evident from the title of this work, that Mr. Pole afpires to no higher honour than that of inftructing medical students in the art of making anatomical preparations. We have examined his directions on this fubject, and, on the whole, can recommend them as being ufeful and plain. In a long introductory differtation, confifting of 80 pages, Mr. Pole treats of the utility of anatomical knowlege, and points out what he thinks the belt methods of attaining it. 0. Art. 5. The Inftruments of Medicine; or, the Philofophical Digeft and Practice of Phyfic. By George Hoggart Toulmin, M. D. Svo. pp. 265. 5s. Boards. Johnton. In an introduction to this work, Dr. Toulmin laments that the practice of phyfic fhould be involved in obfcurity, from the deviation from fimplicity, and from the fondness for whatever is complex and unintelligible, fo obfervable in the profeffors of the medical art. He profeffes, however, not to enter into a confideration of the theoretical part of the fcience, referring his readers, for all that is requifite to be known on that fubject, to the Elementa Medicina of the late Dr. Brown; whofe character our author holds in great veneration. Dr. The Dr. T. has given a flight hiftory of the principal diseases, and has fubjoined prefcriptions adapted to their feveral natures. histories are generally exact, and the remedies are judicious. 0. EDUCATION and SCHOOL-BOOKS. Art. 34. The New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages. In two Parts, I. French and English;-II. English and French. By Thomas Nugent, LL. D. The Sixth Edition, carefully revised and corrected, by J. S. Charrier, French Master to the Royal Academy, Portsmouth. Small Quarto. 4s. bound. Dilly. 1791. Our account of the fecond edition of this very useful portable dictionary, may be feen in the fiftieth vol. of the M. Rev. p. 68. ; to which we now refer for particulars that we may, on this occafion, fpare ourselves the trouble of repeating.-The uncommon fuccefs which this abridgment of the greater dictionaries has experienced, is evident from the number of impreffions that have been already demanded. To the prefent edition is annexed the following poftfcript to the editor's preliminary advertisement: Few books have been more affiduously improved in fucceeding editions, than this dictionary. So numerous are the additions, that there is danger left it should no longer continue to be a pocket dictionary. Its fmall fize was, however, a great recommendation; and to preferve it in that fize, it is now fo contrived, that the fupplement may be fubjoined or omitted, at the option of the purchafer. As the fupplement chiefly concerns thofe who are in the navy and army, it may be entirely omitted by others who are not in that line, and who wish to avoid whatever fwells the volume with extraneous matter, not effentially neceffary to bind up with the dictionary, though ufeful to officers, &c. The fupplement may be had in a feparate ftate. The reader will, of course, advert to one great improvement in this edition, the introduction of many phrafes which are very useful, but which never appeared in any preceding edition,' Art. 35. Sententiæ Hiftoriæ, bine & inde excerptæ. Quibus fubjiciuntur thefes quædam & verfus, in ufum tironum. 12mo. pp. 42. 1s. Bound. Dilly. 1792. This little work appears very well adapted for the use of boys who are beginning to apply the rules of Latin grammar. Gil...s. Art. 36. Excerpta Hiftorica ex C. Julio Cafare, T. Livio Patavino, &C. Cornelio Tacito. In ufum fcholarum. 12mo. pp. 428. 3s. fewed. Dilly. 1790. Thefe extracts appear to be judicioufly felected, and the readings carefully regulated. Art. 37. A Summary of Geography; and Classical Geography: being Di in fchools, as the title page fairly fets forth, without oftentation of parade. POETRY and DRAMATIC. Gil...s. Art. 38. Monody to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, late Prefident of the Royal Academy, &c. &c. &c. By Mrs. Mary Robinfon. 4to. Is. 6d. Bell. 1792. Another poetic tear bedewing the hearfe of Sir Joshua *.- Mrs. Robinson has already obtained from us a wreath of laurel; and we feel a pleasure in being now able to enrich the garland by an added tribute of commendation. The Monody before us deferves and meets with our fincereft praise. The poetry is good, the numbers are pleafingly harmonious, and the apparent heart-felt affection, which animates the diction, impreffes the reader's mind with the most agreeable fenfations. We were alfo gratified with reflecting, that the praise here beftowed by the Mufe on her fifter art is not merely poetical. Mrs. R. very happily and very justly describes the Painter's excellence, in the following lines: Tafte, feeling, character, his pencil knew, And Truth acknowledg'd e'en what Fancy drew.' In p. 11. addreffing herfelf to her Mufe, fhe illuftrates, in very Say, can't thou add one ray to Heav'n's own light; Canft thou increase the diamond's burning glow, Midst the vast fplendours of a NATION'S PRAISE !' The graces of pathetic verfe' feem, in this Monody, to be affembled round the tomb of BRITAIN'S RAFFAELLE; and the invocation to Sir Joshua's pupils to protect his fame, founded on an enumeration of those feveral virtues which are urged as obligations to this protection, forms a pathetic and beautiful conclufion to the poem : By the mild precept of his focial hours; |