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ACCOUNT OF DISEASES IN

LONDON.

From the 20th of Auguft to the 20th of September.

ACUTE DISEASES.

SMALL-Pox

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of September, affumed its more malignant and dangerous form; being attended with deep ulcerations of the II throat, with a collection of tough phlegm in the fauces, and an acrimonious difcharge from the noftrils, a weak and quick pulfe, with interchanges of torpor, and violent agitation. In this

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form, the difeafe ufually proves fatal to infants on the 7th or 8th day.

But few cafes of the measles occur at prefent; and the fmall-pox feems con-" fiderably declining. The fatality of the latter diforder has been, during the last half-year, uncommonly great. It appears from the London bills mortality, that 1050 perfons died of the small-pox, in 1795; whereas, between the ift of Janu ary, and 25th of Auguft, in the prefent year, the number of deaths has amounted to 2196. During the fummer months, 18 the deaths are ftated in the bills as follows: In May, 331; in June, 340; in I July, 412; in August, 360.

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In September, alfo, fevers ufually appear, which from their commence5 ment, exhibit fymptoms of malignancy; I being attended with a brown, dry 8 tongue, violent pain of the head, 3 delirium, or coma, deep-feated pains of the limbs, petechial fpots, and hæmor2 rhagy. Thefe fevers become highly contagious, especially when they occur in clofe confined fituations, and in houses where little attention is paid to ventilation, or cleanlinefs. The disease is extended by infection during the months of October and November, but its progrefs is generally Hopped by the frofts of De

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MEDICAL

MEDICAL LECTURES.

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And on the 31st of October, at eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. ASTLEY COOPER will commence his courfe of lectures on the principles and practice of furgery.

At Guy's hofpital, the autumnal courfes of lectures will commence in the following order:

The theory and practice of medicine, on Monday, the 3d of October, at ten o'clock, by Dr. SAUNDERS.

Midwifery, on Tuefday morning, October 4th, at a quarter before eight o'clock, by Drs. LowDER and HAIGHTON.

Chemistry, on the fame morning, at ten, by Dr. BABINGTON.

Phyfiology; or the laws of the animal economy, on Wednesday evening, the 5th, at feven o'clock, by Dr. HAIGHTON.

Therapeutics, and Materia Medica, on Tuesday, the 11th, at the fame hour, by Dr. BABINGTON.

Clinical lectures; lectures on experimental philofophy, and on botany, will be continued as ufual.

An evening courfe of midwifery, will be delivered by Dr. HAIGHTON, every Tuefday, Friday, and Saturday, at five o'clock.

A phyfical fociety, for the relation of cafes, and the difcuffion of papers read on the different branches of medical fcience, is held every Saturday evening, in the Medical Theatre of Guy's hofpi

tal.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.

The governors of this inftitution, fenfible of the advantages which would accrue to the ftudents of medicine and to

the public, from connecting a fyftem of inftruction with the practice of the hof

pital, have liberally caufed a theatre, with fuitable apartments, to be erected,

in which the following courfes of lectures are annually delivered.

The lectures are fo arranged, as not to interfere with one another, or with the practice of the hofpital.

At ten o'clock in the morning, lectures on the theory and practice of medicine, or on the materia medica, are given by Dr. ROBERTS.

At eleven, the bufinefs of the hofpital commences; when this is concluded, natural and morbid anatomy and phyfiology are taught, by Mr. ABERNETHY,

till four.

In the evening, Dr. OSBORN and Dr. and the difeafes of women and children. CLARKE give lectures on midwifery,

After which, lectures on chemistry, by Dr. POWELL; and on the theory and practice of furgery, by Mr. ABERNETHY, are given on alternate evenings.

A clinical lecture is given once a week on-the practice of the hofpital, by Dr.

LATHAM.

And Mr. WILKINSON propofes to deliver lectures on natural and experimental philofophy.

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

Lectures on Phyfic and Chemistry,
By Dr. PEARSON.

To begin on Thursday, Oct. 6, at eight in the morning.

Three of each of the courfes are given. every year, in Leicester-square, viz. the first courfes commence the beginning of October, and clofe the latter end of January; the fecond begin immediately after the former have been concluded, and terminate in May ;-they are immediately fucceeded by the third, which are concluded the early part of September.

dica, from a quarter before, to a quarter A lecture is given on the Materia Mepaft eight o'clock; on the Practice of Phyfic, from a quarter past eight to about nine; and on Chemistry, from nine to ten o'clock every morning, excepting Saturdays; on which days a lecture is delivered on the Practice of Phyfic, from eight to nine, and on the Cafes of Patients

from nine to ten.

A complete regifter is kept of the cafes of Dr. Pearfon's patients in St. George's Hofpital, and an account given of their progrefs,

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progrefs, treatment, and termination, Coure of Lectures on the Practice of Phyfic. every Saturday morning.

During the fummer courfes, evening lectures are given on Pharmacy, in which the London Pharmacopoeia of 1791 is ufed as a text book, which may be at tended, gratis, by the perpetual pupils to all the other lectures.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.
On Monday, the 3d of October, Dr.
CRICHTON will re-commence his winter

doctrine of Therapeutics, and as much of the Phyfiology of the Human Body, as is neceffary to understand the action of Medicines, are fully confidered; and a variety of specimens of each article are exhibited.

By the fame.

This courfe will begin with the Hif- tory of Health; afterwards, all the Diseafes incident to the Human Body will be treated of: defcribing their fymptoms and caufes, the manner of diftinguithing them from one another; their progrefs and termination; the prognofis and methods of cure, in as far as they are hitherto known, with the formula.

Courfe of Lectures on the Materia Medica,
By the fame.

This courfe will begin with the Phyfi

courfe of Lectures on the theory and practice of Phyfic, Materia Medica, and Chemistry. In treating of the Materia Medica, theology of the Animal Syftem, together with the Doctrine of Digeftion, in as far cines; the properties of the different as they regard the exhibition of Medifubftances ufed for food, will be treated of; the mode of action of Medicines (in as far as it is known) and the particular Cafes in Difeafes in which they are or may be given, will be fhown, with the dofes; fpecimens of the Drugs, and the manner of compounding them and their marks of their goodnefs will be exhibited.

The Lectures on the theory and practice of Phyfic, are formed on a new methodical arrangement of difeafes; and in addition to what is ufually delivered on this fubject, the Phyfiology and Pathology of the Human Mind is treated of as a neceffary introduction to the history of mental difeafes,

The Chemistry is almoft entirely founded on the fyftem of Lavoifier, the Leveral data and parts of which are il luftrated by a number of interesting experiments

The Lectures will be delivered at his houfe in Spring-gardens, Charing-crofs; the Materia Medica at eight, the Prac-. tice of Phyfic at nine, in the morning daily; and the Chemistry three times a week, at feven in the evening.

THEATRE IN BARTLET-Court,
HOLBORN-HILL.

Dr. MARSHAL will begin his Anatomy and Phyfiology on Saturday, the ift of October next, at two o'clock.

The Practical Anatomy will commence about the fame time; and a courfe of lectures on Surgery.

DR. FORDYCE.
Chemical Lectures, by G. FORDYCE, M.D.

In each courfe the general elements of Chemistry will be explained and illuftrated by actual experiment, and the Chemical Hiftory of Bodies will be given, and their properties likewife demonftrated by experiments, among which all the common proceffes (particularly the Pharmaceutical ones) will be gone through and Commented upon.

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morning, the Chemistry at nine, and the The Practice of Physic at eight in the Materia Medica will be continued at leven.

Fordyce's, Effex-ftreet, Strand, on Mon[The autumn courses will begin at Dr. day, the 3d of October.

The fpring courses will begin the first Monday in February.]

MIDWIFERY.

On the 3d day of the enfuing month, Mr.T. POLE, No 102, Leadenhall-ftreet, Man-Midwife extraordinary to the Obftetric Charity, will commence his courfe of Lectures on the theory and practice of Midwifery, including the Diseases of Thomas's ftreet, between Thomas's and Women and Children, at his Theatre, Guy's Hofpitals.

The Anatomy and diseases of the parts and illuftrated by models, paintings, and will be demonftrated by preparations, drawings, of which Mr. Pole has made a very extenfive collection for the benefit of his pupils.

Lectures given throughout the year:

THEATRE OF ANATOMY, GREAT
WINDMILL STREET.

The Plan of Dr. BAILLIE'S and Mr.
CRUIKSHANK's Lectures on Anatomy,
Phyfiology, Pathology, and Surgery.

Two courfes of Lectures are read during the winter and fpring seasons ; one courfe beginning on the it day of Octo

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ber, and terminating on the 18th day of January; the other courfe beginning on the 19th day of January, and terminating towards the end of May.

In the October courfe is explained the ftructure of every part of the Human Body, fo as to exhibit a complete view of its Anatomy, as far as it has been hitherto investigated; to which are added, its Phyfiology and Pathology.

In the fpring courfe, the ftructure of the Human Body is again explained, the mufcles only being omitted; after which follow Lectures on Surgery; and the courfe concludes with the Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus, and inftructions in the Art of Delivery.

A room likewife is open for Diffections, from nine in the morning till two in the afternoon, from the 10th day of October till the 20th of April; where regular and full demonftrations of the parts diffected are given; where the different cafes in Surgery are explained, the methods of operating shown on the dead body; and where alfo the various Arts of injecting and making Preparations are taught.

[Thefe notices will be continued in future years, and we request hereafter to be favoured with them a month earlier. As general applications have been made, it is hoped that none of the Lectures remain unnoticed for want of due communications.]

STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, In September, 1796.

GREAT BRITAIN.

WHETHER the fentence which was paffed by a great ftatefman on the late parliament, that it had added more to our burthens, and taken more from our liberties than any Parliament that ever exifted," is founded in juftice or not, must be left to the decifion of poterity. We think we can forefee, however, that whatever may be the difficulties which the new parliament has to encounter, it will not be called upon to involve itself in the fame inconfiftencies which marked the conduct of the old. It will not have to declare, that the exiftence of a republican form of government in France, was incompatible with the fafety and order of all the regular governments in Europe; and afterwards to pronounce that fuch an order of things had taken place (the republican form ftill exifting) that there was no bar to negociation. In this view the minifter, perhaps, acted wifely, in difmiffing the old parliament, and calling a new one.Under the fanction of this parliament, a treaty of peace must be concluded, and probably with a French republic, unless we are to have, what a late nobleman predicted, a conteft of fourteen years; and pacific arrangements will certainly be adopted by a reprefentation which is new, at leaft in its collective capacity, with lefs apparent departure from Principle, than by a body whofe early proceedings had been fo decifively hoftile to the French revolution.

The anxiety of the public refpecting

Mr. Hammond's miffion to the continent, was commenfurate to the difficulties and diftreffes of our fituation; but the reg et, on its failure, was diminithed, by their uncertainty with respect to the precife object which administration had in view. Whatever might be the requests of the British minifter to the king of Prufia, that monarch feems to have had too much fagacity to plunge himfelf into the gulf in which the English nation are involved. If the object of adminiftration was really peace (that "confummation fo devoutly to be wifhed") the forrow of every friend to his country will be proportioned to the evils that may probably refult from the continuation of the war. If, on the contrary, their object was a junction with Auftria, in one last effort to fubdue the enemy, the people will measure their grief by the little chance of fuccefs in fo defperate an enterp:ife. This miffion was, however, confidered by the cabinet as fo important, that they were induced to poftpone the meeting of parliament, till its refult thould be known. Upon the arrival of Mr. Hammond's difpatches, a cabinet council was held; and it was then finally determined that parliament fhould be fummoned to meet on Tuesday, the 27th of September.

On the 6th, the privy council published two orders, allowing the exportation of goods, the growth or manufacture of this country, to Holland, the Netherlands, and Italy, in neutral bottoms and revoking certain parts of the Traiterous Correspondence Bill, and of the

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other acts to that purpofe; and allowing an unrestrained communication, in the fame manner as before the paffling of the above bills.

These measures, so contradictory to former arrangements, have been adopted, it is faid, in confequence of an application from the East India Company, to Mr. Dundas. Their warehoufes were over-tocked with goods, and the demand for them fo trifling, that they found it neceffary to apply for liberty to export them to Holland, the only place in Europe where a profitable market

could be found. It was at the fame time neceffary to authorife remittances of money due to that country, fince it could not be expected that the Dutch would fend money to Great Britain, while there

existed a claufe in the Traiterous Correfpondence Bill, forbidding any to be paid

in return.

The most diftreffing accounts have been lately received, of the terrible peftilence that continues the fcourge of the Europeans in the West Indies. Itfwept away, at St. Nicola Mole, three-fourths of the officers and feamen belonging to the different fhips of war; and the mortality among the land forces has been in a far greater proportion. The regiments have been reduced, from twenty to fifty men each; and the miferable remains of the army and navy at that place were carried off at the rate of twenty-five daily, on an average. As the whole ground which could be occupied there as a burying place, was filled with the dead, the bodies were obliged to be funk with ballaft in the fea. The Swifture and Raifonable men of war, of 74 guns each, lowered upwards of 800 men over the fide; amongst thefe, in the latter fhip alone, were thirty-two gentlemen from the quarter deck. Very few inftances have occurred where any perfon feized with this moft dreadful malady recovered. The British officers and men employed upon the late ill-fated expedition to St. Domingo, have generally fallen a facrifice to its attacks, and moft of the principal pofts on the ifland, which were taken by the British, have fince been relinquished, on account of the peftilential air of the climate. The remaining British forces are now confined to Cape St. Nicolas, and Port-au-Prince.

The English navy have lately captured, in various parts, feveral fhips of force of the enemy, the details of which, for want of room, we are obliged to defer till our next.

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Since our laft, the executive directory of the French republic have paid the most ferious attention to the deranged state of their finances, and have avowed, with a commendable opennefs, the embarraffments under which they labour in that department.

On the 26th of Auguft, Fermond dred, on the state of the finances, the made a report to the council of five hunrefources, and expenditure of the republic. He eftimated the daily expences at three millions of livres, fo that by the 22d of December, the government will about 400 millions in money. It was want for the expences of the campaign, ftated, that the temination of the war in La Vendée, and other circumftances, had permitted the diminution of the expenditure a milliard yearly.

The refources to the 22d December,
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It was farther ftated, that if these re, fources thould be reduced even to 80 millions, there would then be double th fum wanted. The revenues for the fift' year, he added, would be 502 millions, which would be farther augmented by imposts upon the roads, tobacco, and other articles of confumption and luxury. But in order to put the government in a condition to pay the expences of the war, the commiffion propofed two refolutions, which were agreed to by the council. The first refolution, was to authorise the directory to fell a hundred millions of national domains in Belgium. The fecond, to grant a fresh delay of a month for the payment of the direct contributions; after which, perfons shall not be permitted to pay except in money, or in mandats at the current price.

On the 23d of August, the executive directory fent a fecret meffage to the council of five hundred, upon which the council formed itself into a clofe com mittee, and ordered all strangers to with draw. This meffage (afterwards pub lifhed) expofed in the most plaintive terms, the diftreffed fate of the army

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