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Observations on the Cure and Prevention of the Contagious Fever prevalent in Edinburgh; with an inquiry into the nature and origin of the specific poison producing the various forms of the disease; and the means necessary for preventing the formation, as well as arresting the progress, of the contagion, with the best chemical process for that purpose. By John Yule, M.D. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Modern Maladies, and the Present State of Medicine. The Anniversary Oration delivered before the Medical Society of London, and published at their request. By D. Uwins, M. D. 8vo. 2s. Practical Illustrations of the Scarlet Fever, Measles, Pulmonary Consumptions, and Chronic Diseases, termed nervous, bilious, stomachic, and the like. With observations on the efficacy of sulphureous waters in various complaints. By John Armstrong, M.D. 8vo. 14s. A Treatise on Blood letting in Fevers. By J. Van Rotterdam, Physician to the Great Hospital at Ghent, &c. &c. Translated from the French, by J. Taylor, M. 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A short Introduction to the Study of Geology, comprising a new theory of the elevation of mountains, and the stratification of the earth By Joseph Sutcliffe, A. M. 8vo. 1s. 6d. A Syllabus of Lectures in Mineralogy, containing a methodical distribution of minerals. By Edward Daniel Clarke, LL.D. Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge. Foolscap folio, 11. 18. TOPOGRAPHY. A General History of Malvern, intended to comprise all the advantages of a guide, with the more important details of che mical, mineralogical, and statistical information. By John Chambers, Esq. Crown 8vo. 5s.; demy 8vo. with plates, 15s. Illustrations of the Island of Staffa, in a series of views, accompanied by a topographical and geological description. By William Daniell, A. R. A. Imperial 4to. 21. 2s. Observations on the State of Ireland, principally directed to its agricultural and rural population; in a series of letters written on a tour through that country. By W. Curwen, Esq. M. 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The Stranger's Guide to the City of New York; comprising a description of the public buildings, population, markets, public amusements, literary, philosophical, and commercial establishments, manufactures, &c. &c. By E. M. Blunt, of New York, 8vo. A New Picture of Rome; or Itinerary; containing a general description of the monuments and most distinguished works in painting, sculpture, and architecture, both antient and modern, of that celebrated city and its environs; with forty views, and a plan of Rome. By Marien Vasi, 8vo. 12s. La Scava, or some account of an excavation of a Roman Town, on the hill of Chatele, between St. Dizier and Joinville, discovered in the year 1772: to which is added, a Journey to the Simplon, by Lausanne, and to Mont Blanc, through Geneva. By the author of Letters from Paris in 1791-2, &c. (S. Weston, D. D. F. R. S.) 8vo. 6s. A Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, in the years 1813 and 1814; with remarks on the marches of Alexander, and the retreat of the ten thousand. By John Macdonald Kenneir, Esq.; with an original map, illustrative of the marches of Alexander, Xenophon, Julian, and Heraclius, Svo. 18s. Greenland; being extracts from a journal kept in that country in the years 1770 to 1778. By Hans Egede Saabye : to which is prefixed an Introduction; containing some accounts of the manners of the Greenlanders, and of the mission in Greenland; with various interesting information concerning the geography, &c. of that country, and illustrated by a chart of Greenland, by G. Friès, translated from the German 8vo. 10s. 6d. Iceland; or the journal of a residence in that island during the years 1814 and 1815; containing observations on the natural phenomena, history, literature, and antiquities of the island, and on the religion, character, and customs of its inhabitants; with an introduction and appendix. By Ebenezer Henderson, with a map and engravings, 8vo. 2 vols. 11. 8s. INDEX. *** The Roman numerals refer to the pages of the Preface ; the Arabic figures to the body of the volume. Academy of Sciences of Paris, prize question of, 360, 361— anatomical prize question of, 378. Adam's Peak, a mountain in Ceylon, description of, 28, 30. Pilgrimages made thither, 26,27-its height determined, 151. Adder, specific for the bite of, 141. Aerolites accounts of, 292, 293-conjecture on their origin, 294. Erometer for correcting pneumatic experiments, description of, 52, 55. African expedition, failure of, 146, 147. Agarious vegetation, observations on, 257-264. Alcantara, aqueduct of; see aqueduct. Alcohol, average quantity of, in different kinds of wine, table of, 152, 154. Ale, experiments on the strength of, 124. Alisma plantago, a remedy for hydrophobia, 142. Alkali, from potatoe-stalks, 122, 123-a new one discovered, 152-account of it, 337-340. Almonds, (sweet), analysis of, 125. (bitter) analysis of, 126. Altitude instrument, directions for using, 221, 222. Alumine, analysis of silicated hydrate of, 139, 140. sinceous sub-sulphate of, 376, 377. Ammonia, combinations of, with chlorides, 74-77-a specific remedy for the bi e of an adder, 141-on the oxide of silver · by ammonia, 368, 369. Antigua (island) geological structure of, 312. Antiquities, recently discovered, notices of, at Chadderden, in Derbyshire, 147-in the Crimea, 148-at Largs, in Scotland, 149 at Chariton in Cheshire, ibid-Roman Villa, near Oxford, 150-Egyptian antiquities, 151-antiquities near Chiusi, 384-at Paris, ibid-at Bushire, 385—at Hieres, ibid -at Avignon, ibid.various, discovered in England, 386, 387. Apple-trees, blight in, how prevented, 357. Aqueduct of Alcantara, Portuguese description of, 283-account of it by Mr. Rennie, 284-dimensions of its arches, 285, 286-appearance and analysis of its waters, 287, 288-description of the reservoir, 289-inscription on its south side, ibid, 290. Arabic digits, on the formation of, 321, 322. |