Extraordinary Cafes from the French Memoirs.

returning from the right to the left ventri-
cle of the heart, by the water's having
ftopped the refpiration, nothing more is
neceffary to recover fuch perfons, than to
put the heart again into motion, and gra-
dually and equally to warm the body in A
every part. To put the heart in motion,
it is adviseable to force irritating and fpiri-
tuous remedies up the noftrils, and to
blow with fome degree of force, the smoke
of tobacco into the lungs by the mouth,
and into the abdomen by the anus; the
body may be equally and gradually warm-
ed by rubbing it with warm flannels, and B
placing it in a warm bed,and changing the
coverings as often as they grow cold, för
others taken from the fire, and by many
other expedients of the like kind, which
will naturally occur in different places and
C
fituations.

Extraordinary Effect of Laudanum.

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N infant about three years old, was feized with a double tertian that refifted all remedies, and continued 16 days. M.Fouchy, a celebrated physician of France, who had feen the late M. Berryal's method of attacking fevers with quieting medicines, practifed with fuccefs, administered five drops of liquid laudanum about an hour D before the cold fit, which always preceded the redoubling, the fever yielded to a fin.. gle dofe, the child flept, transpired, and was cured without any return,

Extraordinary Effect of a Fall in the Care of an Epilepfy I orifm and.

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Relation 1.

Life in Flanders, who was fubject to epileptical fits, happened, upon his being feized with one of them, to fall backward, fo as to receive à violent blow on the hinder part of the head, which produced à compound fracture, including the fuperior part of the occipital, and part of F the parietal bone: The head was tra panned in two places, by which the fplinters were easily taken away; the wound, after being long kept open, was at length perfectly healed, and the epilepfy, except one or two flight fits during the cure, ne ver returned.

It fometimes happens, that when children are epileptic, they perfectly recover about the age of puberty, by the extraor dinary change which then takes place i Nature feems then to acquire a new ener gy, in order to give the individual its greateft poffible perfection, and fubdue whatever refifts its falutary operation: But, in this cafe, the cure muft bave been the confequence of the fracture, for the patient had not arrived at the age of puherty by many years: It was probably fected by the purulent running, which continued a long time before the vent (Supp, to Gent. Mag, 1762,)

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formed by the trapan, and the feparation
of the fplinters was closed: It is, how-
ever, extreamly difficult to determine why
this discharge was falutary; Are we to
fuppofe, that it removed the cause of the
epilepfy by leffening the quantity of matter
contained in the brain, and fo diminishing
the preffure of its párts? or was fome
foreign fubftance difcharged by the wound
wch had caufed that diforder? thefe
questions are propofed to the learned for a
folution.
Relation II.

A Young man of Roubaix, a town near

Turcoin, who had been an idiot from his infancy, happened to fall fo as to receive a violent blow a little on one fide of the hinder part of his head; the blow occafioned a fracture of many angles, including the inferior part of the parietal, and the pofterior part of the temporal bone, as får as the root of the mastoidal apopbefis, as appeared by an infpection of the splinters that came away by trapanning the fcull in two or three places.

The wound being cured, the friends of the patient perceived, with inexpreffible aftonishment and pleasure, that the faculties of mind began to difplay themselves; that his understanding improved every day, and that, in a fhort time, he was quire upon a level with others of his rank; and he has many years belonged to a bleaching ground, the bufinefs of which he tranfacts with as much intelligence "and" dexterity as any other workman.

Our toral ignorance of the formation of E thofe parts of the brain which are effential to the exercife of the fanctions of the foul, makes it impoffible to determine whether the concuffion of the fall, by changing the difpofition of any parts of the brain, or the discharge from the wound and trepan, produced the happy effect that has been related: It may, however, be concluded, from this and the preceding cafe, which are not without precedent, that the moft diligent attention to this branch of anatomy is highly neceffary: The time, perhaps, may come, when judicious ob fervations upon a number of these cafes may throw fuch light upon the subject, from the variety of their circumstances, as to encourage fo hold an operation as opening the cranium for the relief of fome deplorable defects and disorders which are now deem'd incurable.

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1 Mr URBAN, Portsmourb, Dec. 31, 1762. is expected that about the full moon i February, the tyde will rife higher tha Hordinary in thofe places where the win may happen to favour the flux of the water therefore if it fhould blow at that time from the Eaft, the Londoners, whofe cellars are in danger from the rifing of the Thames, will do well to take care of their goods for about three days after the full.

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New Method of preferving BIRDS when
dead, with their elegant Plumage unhurt..

New Melbod of preferving Birds Order of Council.

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Few years ago I had frequent opportunities of viewing the curious Museum of Monf. Reaumeur in Farise His collections of natural and A artificial productions were carefully preferved in feveral departments: but what molt attracted my notice was three rooms filled with a great variety of foreign birds, preferved in their lively and beautiful colours, whofe brilliant appearance, freedom in their plumage, and animated attitudes, B feem'd as natural in this lifeless state, as if they still breathed. I was very defirous to know the method of bringing them to this perfection; but after many fruitless enquiries, was obliged to reft contented with barely admiring them, as all their preparation was kept a profound fecret among a few naturalits. I determined, how. ever, to make a trial with a few birds; and though frequently foiled in my attempts, I refolved not to give it up; and at length have accomplished what I was fo anxious to attain.

now

be hung up for about two daysby the legs, in order that, by this pofition, the falts may more effectually penetrate the muscles and ligaments which connect the vertebræ of the neck. The bird must then be placed in a frame to dry, in the fame attitude we ufually fee it when alive on the plain, or on a tree: In this frame it must be held up by two threads, the one paffing from the anus to the lower part of the back, and the other through the eyes; the ends of these threads are to brace up the fowl to its natural attitude, and to faften it to the beam of the frame above: Taitly, the feet are to be fixed down with pins, or fmall nails. In this fituation it must remain for a month or more, until the bird is perfectly dry (which will readily be known by its stiffness) when it may be taken out of the frame, and placed an a chip pill box: It will now require no other fupport than a pin through each foot, fastened into the box. The eyes must be fupplied with proportionable glass beads, fixed in with trong gum-water.

DOrder of Council relative to the Republic of Genoa.

My method is this: When I receive a bird fresh killed, I open the ventie, from the lower part of the breaft-bone down to the anus, with a pair of fine-pointed fciffars, and extract all the contents, fuch as the inteltines, liver, ftomach, &c. This cavity I immediately fill with the mixture of falts and spice which I have here fet down *; and then bring the lips of the wound together by future, fo as to prevent the Ituffing from fall ing out. The gullet or paffage mut then be filled, from the beak down to where the ftomach lay, with the fame mixture (finely ground) which must be forced down, a little at a time, hy, of The

the help sigsfor wire.

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W minister of the Moft Serene

Republic of Genoa, hath by memorial to his majesty at this board reprefented, that the advantages the faid republic have lately gained over the rebellious faction in the kingdom of Corfica, are now become manifeft, as well by the happy fucceffes of their arms, as by the great number of inhabitants who daily return to their duty towards their lawful fovereign, and give the republic the greatest hopes of being able to re-establish peace and tranquility throughout that Finland, and which would have been already accomplished, if the chiefs of the rebels had not eluded it, by exciting the fpirit of revolting amongst the inabitants, in hopes of drawing fucconrs from foreign veffels and therefore the faid minifter humbly requented, that his majelty would be pleafed to give the moff exprefs crders to all his fubjects not to have or hold any correfpondence with the faid rebels, nor to furnish them with any kind of fuccours whatfoever, agreeable to what was enjoined upon a like occafion by order of his late majefty in council, dased the 10th of May, 3753 His Majesty, having taken the

head I open
the root of the
tongue with the fciflars, and after ha-
ving turned them round three or four
times, to difcharge the brain, I fill
this cavity likewife with the mixture
This is all the preparation life:
As for the wings and thighs I never
touch them, but leave them in their
natural state; for the falts, &c. fel-
dom fail, in a few days, to penetrate
into thefe parts, and preferve them
equally with the body and neck of
the fowl. The bird being thus filled a
with this antifceptic mixture, must

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Common falt, one pound; alum pow. H dered, four ounces; pepper ground, two unces; mixed together.

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faid memorial into his royal confideration, and being defirous of giving all further juft and reafonable fatil faction to his majefty's faid good friends and allies the republic of Genoa, and to maintain inviolably the peace and friendship fubfifting between his majefty and them, is hereby pleafed, with the advice of his privy council, ftrictly to charge and command all his majefty's fubjects, of what condition foever they be, that they forbear to give or furnish aid,

affiftance, countenance, or fuccour, by any ways or means whatfoever, to any of the inhabitants of the island of Gorfica, in rebellion against the faid molt ferene republic, upon pain, not only of his majesty's high difpleafure, but of fuffering fuch punishment as by law may be inflicted on fuch as wilfully violate his majefty's treaties. and infringe the peace and friendship fubfifting between his majefty and any foreign princes or ftates. g576730 isht ai mobson inrills

The LONDON GENERAL BILL of

CHRISTENINGS and BURIALS from December 15, 1761, to December 14, 1762,

NORWICH. Chriftened, males 525. females 570. increafed 4.-Buried, males 586. females $70increafed 9

LIVERPOOL, Chrift. males 438. females 403. increafed 51-Buried, males 564. females 562. increafed 375.-Marriages 375. decreafed 17

DUBLIN. Chriftened. males 1043. females 1447 increafed 281-Buried, males 1273. females 1217, increafed 198.

HARLEM in Holland. Born 751. Died 1674. Increased 319

AMSTERDAM, Chiffened in the reformed and Lutheran churches 4320. married 2316. buried 8412.

NEWCASTLE, Chriftened 522, increafed 101-Buried 532. increated 131,

MANCHESTER Chriftened, males 373. females 316. decreated 86-Buried, males 274 females 39, increased 46. married 357. increafed i

INDEX to the Effays, Differtations, Tranf
actions, and hiftorical Paffages, 1762.

See alfo the CONTENTS of each Month.

See the Index to the Occurrences at the