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⚫ mortal. I must likewise think, that writers on the inflam⚫mation of the intestines do not reprefent ftrongly enough the languor and low fmall pulfe which fuch patients generally have, more than in most other difeafes. It is such, that I have feen several cafes, where people of fkill, deceived by thefe symptoms, have been afraid to order blood-letting, left the patient had not ftrength to bear it, and thereby neglected this evacution till it was too late.. When there is a fixed pain in the ftomach, or inteftines, with a quick, tho' fmall pulfe, no time is to be loft; blood ought immediately to be let plentifully, and venæfection fhould be repeated till the pulfe become full and free, which is a hopeful fign of a cure's being made, tho' neither pain nor fever have yet ceased.' Art. 28. A history of a genuine Volvulus of the Inteftines; by Alexander Monro, junior, M. D. &c.

Dr. Monro, fenior, in the preceding article had obferved, that the Volvulus, or twifting a part of the intestines into a knot, was a very rare cafe; but, as an inftance that it is not impoffible, he quotes this hiftory, which was communicated to him by his fon.

Art. 29. A defcription of the American Yellow Fever, in a letter from Dr. John Lining, Phyfician at Charles-Town, in SouthCarolina, to Dr. Robert Whytt.

The dreadful ravages this fatal vifitor makes, wherever it comes, renders it an object of universal concern. Dr. Lining has fully and accurately described it, but his description will not admit of any abbreviation.

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30. Anfwer to an objection against Inoculation, by Ebenezer Gilchrift, M. D. Phyfician at Dumfries.

The objection is this: "The fmall-pox in the ordinary way "is defigned by nature as a drain, to clear the constitution of "fome grofs humours, which, if not carried off in this way, "would bring on other dangerous diseases; and, for the most

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part, end in death, before perfons arrive at middle age. Now, fay the objectors, the fuppuration, where the fmall-pox is in"oculated, is fo inconfiderable, that it cannot be supposed fuf"ficient to clear the body of those humours which are the pa"rent of other deftructive diftempers. Befides, fay they, this theory is juftified by facts and experience. Upon enquiry, it "is found, that in thofe places where inoculation has most "prevailed, particularly in and about Dumfries, there are as many that die in childhood, and before they arrive at the age of twenty, as formerly, even including thofe who are

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With refpect to the facts, Dr. Gilchrift replies, In order fully to fatisfy myself and others, I have not trufted wholly to my own opinion; but converfed with all who have been long and principally concerned in inoculating, through an extenfive country and we can affirm, that of the inoculated, few are dead. Two or three of an hundred are the moft we can recollect; but fuppofing them more, it is far fhort of the number that in ordinary circumstances die before twenty. Nor are we miftaken, do we think, when we fay, that they are uncommonly healthy; which the small proportion that are dead will readily fuggeft to every one. It is impoffible to be very exact; but it is fufficiently evident to us, that the ftate of the inoculated is much the reverfe of ⚫ what is objected. If this is true every where, as here it ⚫ certainly has been hitherto, we are led to a very material discovery; and that which was intended as an unanfwerable objection, by giving occafion to a pretty careful enquiry, has accidentally furnished a new argument in favour of inoculation, and a further proof of the great benefit of it. < Long ufe has fhewn it to be a real fecurity against the prevailing malignity of a very mortal diftemper; and the prefent inftance affords a ftrong prefumption, that it is, in its confequences, no lefs a prefervation from many difeafes in cident to a period of life the most fatal to mankind, ar

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As to the theory in the objection, it is more philosophical, perhaps, to argue thus: The fever of the fmall-pox, ⚫ communicated in the infant ftate, not only deftroys, or expells the latent feeds of difeafes, before they are by time and • accidents perfected, and put into action; but caufes fuch an alteration of the humours, as may make them lefs fufceptible of any morbid impreffions: and the veffels being so soon accuftomed, before they become rigid, to certain motions and extenfions, the body is rendered ever after more paffive to the impulfes of any fubfequent diftemper; which therefore will be attended with lefs danger. This is agreeable to experience; for, one who has fuffered an acute illness, will * bear fickness better than another, who never had the like diftemper, and be lefs overcome by it.* Dua or busin Art. 31. A propofal of a new Method of curing obructed Menfes; by Dr. Archibald Hamilton, Phyfician at Edinburgh. The method here propofed, is by a mechanical compreffion of the external Iliacs; the utility of which is evinced by an inftance of its success.

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Art. 32. A Dropfy unexpectedly cured by Thomas Livingston, Phyfician at Aberdeen

This paper may ferve as a proper admonition to all practitioners in phyfic, not to be too precipitate in their prognoftics, nor ever to defert a patient, without making ufe of every means for recovery.

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Art. 33. Hiftory of a Patient affected with periodic nephritic
Convulfions; by Cornwell Tathwell, M. D. Phyfician at
Stamford.
Art. 34. Hiftory of a Fever after child-bearing; by the Same.
Art. 35. Hiftory of a Fever with bad symptoms; by the Same

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In the first of these cafes, confidering the periods of the fit's acceffion was previous to, but near the time of menftruation, it may perhaps be doubted whether the diforder was not rather hysterical, than nephritic. With refpect to the two latter cafes, it may be fufficient to take notice, that they were attended with imminent danger, and that the prefcriber's fagacity met with fuccefs.

Art. 36. Accounts of extraordinary Motions of the Waters in feveral places of North Britain, and of a fhock of an Earthquake felt at Dumbarton.

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As thefe accounts contain nothing more remarkable than what appeared in the public papers relative to these convul fions of nature, happily uncommon in Great Britain, we shall, without particularizing them here, clofe this article..

A. Cornelius Celfus of Medicine, in eight books. Tranflated, with Notes critical and explanatory. By James Grieve, M. D. 8vo. 6s. Wilfon and Durham.

S it must be fuperfluous to fay any thing of an author fo

A jufly admired as Celfus is, by all medical perfons of

fufficient literature, we fhall confine ourfelves to the confideration of this tranflation, which may well be called a Work, and was not a very eafy one.

Dr. Grieve acquaints us (Preface, p. 15) that he has • tranflated from the editions of Linden, or of Almeloveen' who, he obferves, has almoft literally followed him. By this it appears, that he has carefully compared them, felecting undoubtedly what he judged the best readings, where they differed. And indeed it is obvious, both from the prefaçe, and from many notes, occurring throughout the tranfation,

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that of a middling nourishment, ex media materia, and forbids none but the ftrongeft, in these words-valentiffimam tan tummodo effe removendam; which our Author tranflates into

that only the ftrongest is to be refrained. We apprehend here, that this final word is not true English idiom, without annexing the particle from, which it feems to require as indifpenfibly, as abftained would in the fame fenfe, or as the verb and participle to defpair, and defpaired, require to, or of after them. Poffibly forborn, or avoided, might have anfwered the purpose, if it had been thought ungraceful to terminate the period in from, it having been, undoubtedly, Dr. Grieve's defign to give fo elegant an author a suitable tranflation: but the question is, if the utmost elegance, in any language, does not neceffarily include a conftant attention to its ftrict and ges nuine idiom.

We acknowlege at the fame time, with pleasure, that thefe are minute blemishes; which we have quoted, not more in fupport of our obfervation, and from a principle of impartiality, than as a hint to the ingenious Tranflator, of what may be very easily altered, or avoided, on any fubsequent occafion: we have met with none that produces any doubt of the Author's fenfe, nor that prevent the general ease and fluency of his diction. As a fhort fpecimen of its corref pondence to the original, we have given the little chapter on Abftinence, Book II. in the Latin and English.

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Abftinentiæ verò duo (genera funt: alterum, ubi nihil aflumit æger: alte rum,ubi non nifi quod oportet. Initia morborum primùm famem fitimque defiderant: ipfi deinde morbi moderationem, ut neque aliud quam expedit neque ejus ipfius nimium fumatur: neque enim convenit juxta inediam.. protinus fatietatem effe. Quod fanis quoque corporibus inutile eft, ubi aliqua neceffitas famem fecit, quanto inutilius eft infirmo, nedum ægro? Neque ulla res magis adjuvat laboran

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There are two kinds of abftinence: one, when the patient takes no food at all; the other, when he takes only what is proper. The be ginnings of difeafes call for fafting and thirft: after that, in the diftem pers themselves, moderation is res quired, fo that nothing but what is proper be taken, and not too much of that; for it is not fit, after fafting, to enter immediately upon a full diet. And if this be hurtful, even to found bodies, that have been under the neceffity of wanting food for fome time, how much more is it fo to a weak, not to say a diseased one? And there is no one thing more relieves an indifpofed perfon than a " feafonable abftinence. Intemperate

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