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difeafe. Much were it to be wifhed that his mode of cure were
as efficacious, as it is fimple. He orders the part bitten to be
covered either with fresh earth, or with fnuff, to abforb the
faliva, and then to be carefully cleanfed with water: it fhould
afterward be bathed with a warm fomentation made of two
pounds of vinegar, and half a pound of butter, with which the
wound fhould be kept continually moiftened for nine or ten
days, when this application may be laid afide, and the com-
mon dreffings ufed: during this period, the patient ought to
drink the vinegar and butter, warm, four times in a day, about
two ounces at each dofe; and his common beverage fhould be
water, acidulated with vinegar, or lemon juice. By thefe
means, the Doctor fays, he has prevented the hydrophobia in
more than fixty patients, who had been bitten by mad dogs;
and he has found the fame remedy very useful in the bite of the
viper, and of other venomous reptiles. It has been faid that,
in Italy, vinegar has been adminiftered with fuccefs in cafes of
hydrophobia; and, by turning to the 67th volume of our Re-
view, p. 560, the reader will find a remarkable inftance of its
efficacy, taken from the fecond volume of the hiftory of the
royal academy of medicine at Paris. Some uncertainty, how-
ever, attends all thofe cafes in which the diforder is faid to be
prevented; for fuppofing the animal, by which the patient is
bitten, to be really mad, which is not always afcertained, yet,
as it is not every bite, even of a mad animal, that produces
hydrophobia, the queftion will always remain, -was the difeafe
actually prevented by the remedy? The conclufion, poft hoc,
ergo propter hoc, is but too common, and is a delufive maxim
againft which every phyfician ought to guard.

ERRATA in Vol. XIII.

Page 5. 1. 26. for certairty, read certainly.

24. 1. 8. from the bottom, put a turned comma after bimself,'
122. 1. 10 from ditte, for 1791, read 1771.

245. 1.15 from do. for project dies,' read projects dies.
253. 1. 25. for vexaris,' read rexain.

256. 1. 18. for "obove,' read below.

263. 1. 20. for pale thee,' read pall thee.

401. in fime copies, 1. 3. for any decitive,' read and decifive.

os in duo. 1. 28. for perfive,' read penfile.

455. 1. pen, for quere unjust,' read was unjuft; and for quai the

delegate, read were the delega.c,

-403. l. 12. fr. bot. for a tonic gout, r. atonie gout.

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.

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

ABBENHALL, Glofterfhire,
defcription of that parish,

199.

293.
Abbey, of St. Alban, obf. rel, to
the history of, 396.
Aberlady parish defcribed,
Aikin, Dr. memoir on the impref-
fion of reality attending drama-
tic reprefentations, 184.
Air, vital, medically confidered,
556. Hurtful in pulmonary
confumptions, 560.
Aldermack, M. remark on the
œconomy of bees, 328.
Altedo, Don, his geographical and
hiftorical Dictionary of the Weft
Indies and America, 580.
America. See Dictionary.
Amphibalus, St. who, and what,
398.

Amfterdam, remarks on the theatre

there, and its performers, 544.
Anderfon, Dr. James, account of
the manner in which the Lam-
mas feftival was celebrated,
about the middle of the 18th
century, 19.

-, Mr. account of the
united parishes of Kinguffie and
Inch, in the centre of Scotland,
431.
Anecdote, meaning of that term,
279. Utility of anecdotes,

Atlas, of the kingdom of Spain,
580.
Austin, Mr. defcription of a port-
able barometer, 388. Of a
felf-regiftring barometer, 389.
Of a method of cutting fine
fcrews, ib.

B
Bakewell, Mr. See Dishley.
Barclay, Mr. his obfervations on
Agricola's engagement with
the Caledonians under Galga-

CUs, 22.

Bajchkirs, a Tartar nation, in the
northern parts of Rulia, curi-
ous account of, 554.
Baumé, M. method of whitening
raw filk, 326.

Beauford, Mr. account of the an-

cient Irish lamentations, 393.
Bellerophan, critical obfervations

relative to. See Homer.
Bernoulli, M. on the new hydrau-
lic machine for raising water,
483.
Bethlem Hofpital, connection of
with Bridewell, 31,
Beza, controverfy relative to Dr.
Kipling's edition of his Greek
Teftament, 289.

BIBLE, a book of much greater
fimplicity than it is generally
deemed, 425, 426. New
editions of the Hebrew Bible,
576.
Blumenbach, M. description of
ten fpecimens of human skulls,
of various nations, 506.
Botany. See Ruiz. Šee Quina-
quina.

Brabanters,

Brabanters, their deplorable fu-
perftition, the confequence of
their blind fubmiffion to their
clergy, 543-
Bread-fruit. See Nicobar.
Brewery, of beer, in Madrid, ab-
furd limitation of by the Spa-
nish government, 579.
Bridewell Hofpital, defects in the
management of, 31.
Brown, Col. his tranflation of the
Perfic account of the bloody
battle of Paniput, 566.
Bryant, Mr. his mythological ra-
dicals controverted, 362-365.
A Dictionary extracted from
his Analysis of ancient Mythol.
ib. Form of approved, 367.
Buchan, Earl of, account of Icolm.
kill, 20. Of the life of Mr.
Short, the optician, 200.
Buckland, or Bokeland, account of,
294.

Buffalo, curious account of that

ferocious animal, 123.
Buble, M. origin and progress of
Pantheifm, 509. On the in-
troduction of Greek Literature
among the Arabs, 516. On
the attempt of the Greek phi-
lofophers, who lived before A-
riftotle, to cultivate logic, 517.
Burnet, Bp. account of his letter,
complaining of the bad conduct
of the Scottish Bishops, 200.
Burrows, Dr. account of a fiftu-
lous opening in the ftomach,
390. Cafe of an enlarged
fpleen, ib.
Buxton-water, obfervations on the
effects of, 403.
Beneficial in
the tonic gout, alone, ib. In
fcrophulous diforders, when not
attended with fever, &c. 405.
Particularly recommended for
difeafes of the skin, ib.

Cape of Good Hope, entertaining
account of, 123. Danger to
travellers in that country, from
the fury of the wild Buffaloes,

124.

Caroft, M. de, on an earthquake,
Dec. 3, 1786, near Cracovia,

486. See alfo Georgi.
Cartwright, Rev. Edmund, his
remarkable fuccefs in curing
putrid fevers by yeast, 302.

--, Mr. George, his
voyages to Labrador, 368.
His favourable account of the
red Indians, 370. Specimen
of his Journal, 371. Brings
feveral of the Efquimaux to
England, 373. Interesting
account of what happened to
thofe Indians while in London,
with their obfervations, ib.
Unfortunate conclufion of their
voyage, on returning home-
ward, 377:

Caffini, M. determination of the
length of a pendulum swinging
feconds in vacuo, 324. His
ufe of the circle invented by
M. De Borda, for measuring
angles, 326.

Catherine, Q of France, her re-

partee, in answer to the Gene-
rals who fent to court, to know
whether they should give battle
to the enemy, 531.
Cavallo, Mr. his newly invented
telefcopical mother-of-pearl
micrometer commended, 98.
Cheltenham, account of the medi-
cinal spring there, 294-
Chemistry, phenomena obferved in,
by philofophers abroad, 539.
Chrift, a paffage in his fermon
on the mount, Matth. iv. ex-
pounded, 270. Comment on
his meaning with regard to Spi-
ritual food, 274.
Circle for measuring angles. See
De Borda and Caffini.
Cirencester, antiquity of, 294.
Clifton, near Bristol, account of,
295.
Commentators, theological, de-
fcribed, 422.
Great hin
drances from a right under-
ftanding of the fcriptures, 423.
Comparetti, Prof. his Prodromo di
Fifica Vegetabile, 578.
Convention, a word of terrific
found to an English ear, 202.
Conventions not rare in this
country,

country, nor of unfavourable
confequence, 203. Inftances
of their beneficial effects, ib.
Copland, Mr. remarks on the in-
dications of the barometer, 69.
On an ancient mode of fepul-
ture in Scotland, 188.
CORRESPONDENCE

with the
Reviewers, viz. An old
Friend,' concerning a new
tranflation of Livy, 120. The
author of the Reveries of Soli-
tude, io. Capt. Bradley, re-
lative to the charts of Norfolk
inland, 240.
The Female So-
ciety, ib.
A. A. rel. to M.
de Sauffure, ib. Edinenfis,
rel. to the Perfian Interpreter,
and Walton's Polyglott, 359.
C. concerning George Fox, ib.
T. B. S. concerning Pitt's dia-
mond, ib. Vindex veritatis,
rel. to the purchase of Bre-
men and Verden, by Geo. I.
and its alleged confequences,
476. Dr. Beaufort, concerning
his new map of Ireland, 480.
Crell, M. on a new chemical no-

menclature, 501.
Creutz, Major, Defcription of

a floating pier, 527.
Criticijin, verbal, preferred to
that which points out the beau
ties or defects of literary com-
pofition, 7.
Cryptozoa, animalculæ, microsco-
pical account of, 328.
Cumine, Mr. excell. management

of his eftate in Scotland, 433.
Cammyng, Mr. difquifition con-
cerning the filver coins of the
first four James, kings of Scot-
land, zo.

D
Deafness, method of curing, 513.
Dean, forest of, 295.
Death, abfurdly perionified under
the form of an animated fkele-
ton, 201.

De Borda, M. determination of
the length of a pendulum fwing-
ing feconds, in vacuo, 344.
His invention of a circle for
measuring angles, 326.

Diffenters, the prefent race of, not
infenfible of the blettings of the
British Constitution, 213.
Dumourier, Gen. correfpondence
with the minister of war, 537-
His abilities manifefted, 538.
Remark on his defertion of the
republican caufe, 539-

Dutch, account of their fettle-
ment at the Cape of Good
Hope, 123. Of their trade to
Japan, 126. Cuftom of tram-
pling on the cross, &c. 128.

E
Effingham, Lord, his public cha-
racter, as governor of Jamaica,
113.

Electricity, Mr. Fowler's experi-

ments relative to, 298. Expe-
riments by Mr. Cuthbertfon,

given axis, 499.

Eure, &c. fome account of that
department of France, 531.
Evidence, demonftrative, oblerva-
tions on the nature of, 1.
Eyes, of a young girl, extraordi-
nary construction of, 388.
F

Fabricius, new edition of his En-
tomologia Syftematica, 329. Of
his Bibliotheca Græca, 574.
Fairford, beautiful church of, 295.
Ferber, M. on the hypothesis that
primary may be diftinguished
from fecondary mountains, by
the nature of the metaliferous
ores, &c. 485.
Ferriar, Dr. argument against the

doctrine of materialism, 182.
Ferro, Dr exper. on the medi-

cinal ufe of vital air, 557,558.
Fevers, putrid, cured by yeaft, 302.
Fontana, Mr. account of the Nico-

bar ifles, &c. 568. Defcrip-
tion of the inhabitants of, 569.
Forbes, Mr. his anonymous trea-
tife on gravel and gout repub-
lifhed with his name, 233.
Ferfler, Mr. George, his death,

and advantageous charact. 544.
Foulis, Sir James, inquiry into the
origin of the name of Scotland,
17. On the beverage of the
ancient Caledonians, ib. On
the original inhabitants of Bri-
tain, 18. On the fight, in
1296, between the Macpher-
fons and Davidfons, 19.
Fourcroy, M. his notion of vital air,

as unfavourable to health, 560.
Fourmont, M. charged with de-
troying the antiquities of
Greece, instead of bringing
them away, 379.
France, details rel. to the con-
vulfed ftate of that country, 60.

Concurring caufes of, 62,
Poem on, by Mr. Richards, 77.
Confederacy of the powers of
Europe against France, 89.
Various tracts relative to the
war, &c. 93. Impartial hift. of
the Revolution, &c. 162. Dr.
Moore's Journal, vol II. 186.
More tracts relative to the war,
216.227. 333. 449: 545.
François, M. le, meafurement of
a degree of latitude in the vici-
nity of Paris, 324.
Frankin, Dr. Benj. anecdotes of,
in his earlier years, 305. His
method of improving his ftyle
in writing, ib.
Fries, M. on the fevere cold in
Vologhda, 486.

Garcia, Don, his Spanish atlas,580.
Garnet, Dr. meteorological ob-
fervations, 68.

Garrows, mountaineers of India,
account of that fingular race of
people, 563. Remarkable cir-
cumftances attending their mar-
riages, 564, 565. Subject to a
peculiar kind of melancholy in-
fanity, 565.

Gatterer, M. inquiry into the ori-
gin of the Ruffians, Poles, &c.
516.

Geddes, Dr. John, account of the

province of Biscay, 20.
Geddes, Dr. Alexander, diff. on
the Scoto-Saxon dialect, 196.
Geometry, valuable treatifes relat-
ing to, 32.
Georgi, M. exper. with defign to
imitate the paper ftone, or ar-
tificial flate, 484. Exam. of an
obf. of M. Carofi, concerning
the tranfmutation of gypfe into
chalcedony, 490.

Ghent, remarks on that city, 542.
Gmelin, M. on the combination of
lead with antimony and zink,
507. Collection of obs, and ex-
periments, ib. Chemical expe-
riments, 513.
Gough, Mr. reafons for fuppofing
that lakes have been more nu-
merous than they now are, 66.
Grant,

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