best men may err, and therefore be not ashamed to be convinced yourself, nor be ready to reproach others. Remember that your electors did not send you to Parliament to make your own fortune, but to take care of theirs. When you do speak, take especial care that it is to the purpose; and rather study to confine yourself to the subject with brevity and perspicuity, than to indulge yourself in the unnecessary display of a Howery imagination. If you feel all right within, you will scorn to look round the House for support; for be assured that God, your conscience, and your country, will support you.

In a German Journal, called the Miscellanies from the newest Productions of Foreign Literature, we find the following remarkable, but not improbable, account:-A merchant not only heard the name of Bonaparte in the deserts of Tartary, but also saw a biography of this tyrant in the Arabic tongue, which contained a great many falsehoods and exaggerations, and ended with his marriage in the year 1810. This biography was printed in Paris, and thence it was sent to Aleppo, to be circulated in the East. It may be presumed, that this was

not done merely to spread the glory of the hero, but most probably to prepare the way for some great undertaking.

Professor Burdack in his report respecting the Anatomical Institution of Konigsberg, mentions the following singular will:

"From the 19th of November, 1817, to the 19th of March, 1818, 26 human bodies have been dissected here. Among them I must

mention that of M. Kanter, late a teacher of music in Konigsberg. This well-informed and scientific man, even in his last will expressed his wish to promote the welfare of society. He bequeathed his landed property to some establishments for public education, and his body to the Anatomical Institution. On the 23d of December, the funeral procession proceeded to the house of the anatomical Institution, where the friends of the deceased, who followed in 18 carriages, delivered the body to me. In conforinity with the will of the deceased, on the 30th of December, Dr. Von Baer delivered, in the presence of a number of professors, physicians and students, a lecture on broken bones and ruptures, with demonstrations from the body."

ART. 11. REPORT OF DISEASES.

Report of Diseases treated at the Public Dispensary, New-York, and in the Private Practice of the Reporter, during the month of August, 1818.

ACUTE DISEASES.

FEBRIS Intermittens, (Intermittent Fever,) 8; Febris Continua, (Continued Fever,) 20; Febris Infantum Remittens, (Infantile Remittent Fever,) 11; Phleginone, 6; Phrenitis, (Inflammation of the Brain,) 2; Ophthalmia, (Inflammation of the Eyes,) 4; Otitis, (Inflammation of the Ear,) 2; Cynanche Tonsillaris, (Inflammation of the Tonsils,) 4; Cynanche Trachealis, (Croup or Hives,) 1; Catarrhus, (Catarrh,) 2; Pneumonia, (Inflammation of the Chest,) 13; Pneumonia Typhodes, (Typhoid Pneumony,) 1; Pertussis, (Hooping Cough,) 15; Hastitis, (Inflammation of the Female Mamma,) 2; Gastritis, (Inflammation of the Stomach,) 2; Enteritis, (Inflammation of the Intestines,) 2; Hepatitis, (Inflammation of the Liver,) 3; Icterus, (Jaundice,) 2; Rheumatismus, 4; Hydrothorax, (Dropsy of the Chest,) 1; Cholera, 25; Dysenteria, (Dysentery,) 21; Erysipelas, (St. Anthony's Fire,) 2; Rubeola, (Measles,) 2; Rubeola et Pertussis, 2; Urticaria, (Nettle Rash,) 2: Vaccinia, (Kine Pock,) 8; Dentitio, 3; Convulsio, 2.

6; Febris Remittens, (Remittent Chronicus, 8; Pleurodyne,

CHRONIC AND LOCAL DISEASES.

Asthenia, (Debility,) 4; Vertigo, 7; Cephalalgia, 5; Colica et Obstipatio, 12; Co

lica Pictonum, 2; Dyspepsia et Hypochon driasis, 22; Hysteria, 2; Mania, 1; Paralysis, (Palsy,) 1; Epilepsia, (Epilepsy,) 1; Asthma et Dyspnea, 5; Bronchitis Chroonchitis Ch nica, 3; Phthisis Pulmonalis, (Pulmonary Consumption,) 8; Ophthalmia Chronica, 3; 2; Lumbago, 2; Menorrhagia, 1; Dysmenorrhea, 2; Dysuria, 2; Ischuria, 2; Amenorrhœa, 7; Conceptio, 3; Diarrhea, 22; Leucorrhœa, 3; Scirrhus Uteri, 1; Hydrops, (Dropsy,) 2; Vermes, 7; Tabes Mesenterica, 1; Syphilis, 7; Urethritis Virulenta, 5; Tumor, 4; Contusio, (Bruise,) 6; Luxatio, 3; Fractura, 2; Vulnus, 4; Ustio, (Burn,) 23 Abscessus, (Abscess,) 4; Ulcus, (Ulcer,) 10; Scabies et Prurigo, 12; Porrigo, 3; Herpes, 3; Eruptiones Variæ, 7.

The same sultry and oppressive weather which characterized so great a portion of July, continued at intervals till the 22d of the present month, after which the temperature was sufficiently inild, and sometimes rather cool. The hottest days were from the 2d to the 6th, inclusive, the thermometer ranging from 84 to 88°, in the shade, at two o'clock P. M. and on six other days, the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 21st and 22d, it marked from 80 to 85°. From the 234 to the conclusion of the month, the mercury was never higher than 77°. The average temperature of the whole month is equal to about 72° 1-2, which is full 4° 1-2

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short of the average temperature of July preceding. Highest temperature of the mornings, at seven o'clock, 84°, lowest 60°, mean 67°; highest at two o'clock P. M. 88°, lowest 67°, mean 78° 2-3; highest at sunset 81°, lowest 63°, mean 72° 2-3. Greatest variation in 24 hours 19°. -Barometrical range from 28.34 to 31.04 inches. Winds chiefly from the S. and S.W. except in the latter part of the month, when the N.E. prevailed. The quantity of rain that has fallen is equal to nearly five inches, of which more than one-half fell on the 9th and 9th. Thunder and lightning have been comparatively rare.

The extreme intensity of the recent summer heats has increased, as was to be expected, the general disposition to disorders of the human constitution; and as a proof that this month has been uncommonly pregnant with diseases, it may be mentioned that the mortality has not only, in the aggregate, increased, but the number of deaths is greater than has occurred in any one month since the epidemic visitations of yellow fever. It is infancy, however, that has chiefly suffered, for as respects adults, the city appears to have been as healthy as is common at this season of the year. The results have been particularly fatal to children. The deaths under two years of age are indeed numerous, amounting to more than one half of the total of deaths of all ages. Heat and cold have a powerful influence upon the human frame. Extraordinary degrees of the latter are not more cruel to old age, than are extreme intensities of the former to the tender sensibilities of infancy.

A few

Hooping cough is still epidemic among children, and, as will be seen by examining the annexed monthly bill, has been a considerable outlet to human life. Fevers have been fewer, and, in general, less severe than in some of the preceding months. The deaths from typhus are not equal to one half of the number for July. Asthenic cases have been rendered more permanent by the relaxing effects of the hot season. cases of Rubeola have been observed, and in two instances it was conjoined with Pertussis. But the predominant complaints (besides Hooping Cough) have been disorders of the Prime viæ, and of the hepatic system. Cholera, Dysenteria and Diarrhœa have, as is usual at this season of the year, been epidemic, and productive of more than common mortality.

A determination to, and increased discharges from, the intestinal canal, are, in many instances, of evident advantage to the constitution, and on this account should seldom be suddenly checked. With persons of plethoric habit, for instance, or with those who are subject to severe affections

of the head, a spontaneous Diarrhea will Ост. sometimes avert the stroke of an impending apoplexy. The premature use, therefore, of tonic and stimulating remedies to check these evacuations before they shall have vessels, or by thoroughly cleansing the indone their duty by unloading the blood terior of the body, is a practice often attended with much peril. Calomel and rheubarb, or some other appropriate evacuant, after which, the discharges become excesare the first medicines to be employed sive, or continue too perseveringly, they may be restrained by astringents and tonics, and particularly by the exhibition of opium. Frequently, however, the original source state of the stomach, and, in such cases, an of Diarrhea, is a deranged and vitiated emetic of ipecacuanha often succeeds in effecting a removal of the complaint, when other means have been assiduously tried in vain.

of Mortality for the month of August are The deaths stated in the New-York Bills

as follow:

Apoplexy, 3; Burned or Scalded, 3; CanConsumption, 45; Convulsions, 21; Diarcer, 2; Casualty, 7; Cholera Morbus, 24; rhœa, 10; Drinking Cold Water, 3; Dropsy, 7; Dropsy in the Chest, 5; Dropsy in the Head, 15; Drowned, 3; Dysentery, 40; Dyspepsia, 1; Fever, 7; Fever, Bilious, 2; Fever, Typhous, 18; Flux, infantile, 31; Gout, 1; Hives, 1; Hooping Cough, 20; Inflammation of the Brain, 3; Inflammation of the Chest, 10; Inflammation of the Bowels, 10; Inflammation of the Liver, 4; ation slaughter, 1; Measles, 1; Mortification, 1; 1; Intemperance, 3; Locked Jaw, 1; ManInsanity, Old Age, 8; Palsy, 2; Sprue, 5; Still-born, 14; Stone, 1; Stranguary, 1; Suicide, 3; 3; Unknown, 6; Worms, 3.-Total 385. Tabes Mesenterica, 16; Teething, 11; Ulcer,

Of this number there died 132 of and under the age of 1 year; 66 between 1 and 2 and 10; 10 between 10 and 20; 31 between years; 17 between 2 and 5; 9 between 5 tween 40 and 50; 19 between 50 and 60; 20 and 30; 43 between 30 and 40; 21 be19 between 60 and 70; 12 between 70 and 90 and 100 years. 80; 5 between 80 and 90; and 1 between

JACOB DYCKMAN, M. D.

New-York, August 31st, 1818.
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