The fame remedies were now preferis bed as at firft; ftrong frictions, warm ftimulating medicines, and fpirituous fomentations were used to the part af. fected, especially during the fit, which returned next day, and the fucceeding night. When the laft of thefe fits went off, the paralytic limb was perfectly recovered; before the week was out, the patient walked nine miles, and has now been well eight years. The other cafe was that of an apoplexy followed by a hemiplegia ; but the paralytic parts were recovered by flow degrees, and were not influenced by the return of the apoplexy, which happened at the end of about fix months. He was able to walk in about eight months; but a third fit of the apoplexy, two years afterwards, carried him off. Art. XXVI. Of the ufe of the bark in Scrophulous diforders. By Dr Fothergill. It appears from feveral cafes related in this article, and many others, the particulars of which are not mentioned, that the bark may be given with great advantage in many fcrophulous cafes; that inveterate ophthalmies generally yield to it; incipient glandular tumours are frequently refolved; fwelled lips and cutaneous blotches are healed, and the tendency to a ftrumous habit correct ed. The dofe fhould be as much as the patient can be prevailed upon to take, providing with equal care against co. fiveness and its oppofite. The Doctor ufed a decoction in the following form, as that in which a fufficient quantity may be given with the leaft disguise. Pulv. cort. Per. 3 i. coque in aq. pura ii. ad bi, fub finem addendo rad. glycyrrh. incif. fs. Čolatura adde ag. Nuc. M. 3 ii. M. capiat coch. ii. iii, veliv. cum tinet. Guaiac. Vol. a gut. x. xx. ad Ix. ufque, bis terve quotidie. It is neceffary to obferve, that when the bones are affected, or when the fcrophulous tumour is fo fituated as to be attended with much pain, as in the joints, or under the membranous covers of the mufcles, the bark rather increases than diminishes the fever which always attends these complaints; and if it does not add to the force of the mifchief, it haftens its progress. Art. XXVIII. A letter from Dr Fothergill, concerning an aftringent gum brought from Africa. This gum is the infpiffated juice of a tree that is found near the river Gambia in Africa, called Pau de fangue; the juice is extracted by incifion, and hardens into a gum-like fubftance, that is hard, brittle, of a deep red colour, and opake, inodorous, but of an aftringent tafte; it is more brittle than gum fenega, and more foluble in water than dragon's blood. The Doctor thinks it of great efficacy in obftinate chronical diarrhoeas, and all other diseases that proceed from laxity and acrimony. Art. XXIX. An account of the efficacy of the Mercurius corrofivus fublimatus, in the cure of the lues venerea. «x”dī This article contains a great variety of cafes, in which a folution of one grain of the fublimate in two ounces of rectified fpirits of wine, given twice aday, in the quantity of one fpoonful or two fpoonfuls to a dose, according to the ftrength of the patient, and virulence of the difeafe, produced the most aftonishing effects in the cure of the lues venerea; fome of the patients being reftored to perfect health in ten days, and others in a fortnight, though they had foul ulcers, buboes, warts, fcabs, and other frightful and loathfome symptoms of the difeafe, for which fome of them had been falivated without fuccefs. It operates chiefly by sweating and urine, fometimes it purged gently, and fometimes it produced tranfient fickness of the ftomach, and a fore mouth. The patients were confined to a fpare diet, and drank plentifully of fmall diluting liquors. This medicine is mentioned by Turner in his Syphilis; it was lately brought into regular practice by Van Swieten, and recommended to the furgeons of the army by Dr Pringle, It is now trying in the London hofpitals, and a farther account of it may be foon expected. Art. XXX. The last article contains experiments on mixing oils, refinous and pinguious fubftances, with water, by means of a vegetable mucilage. By thefe experiments it appears, that by means of the mucilage of gum arabic, not only oils and refins, but pinguious fubftances, may be reduced to the form of an emulfion with water. The proportion was one drachm of mucilage, two drachms of oil, and one ounce of water. The mucilage will not keep more than double its quantity of oil. Or one drachm of mucilage, one drachm of balsam, and one ounce of water. flowers; having, befides, an image richly dreffed; by which perhaps they would fignify Ceres. This they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maid fervants, riding through the ftreets in the cart, fhout as loud as they can, till they arrive at the barn. The farmers here do not bind up their corn in fheaves, as they do with us, but directly as they have reaped or mowed it, put it into carts, and convey it into their barns. 21 16 12 59 I 1 17 25 15 I 2 On thefe experiments Dr Fothergill obferves, that being able by this contrivance to mix a strong vitriolic acid intimately with a vegetable refin, the mixture gave the fragrance of amber, Mar. 1 14 33 51 1 1 which he fuppofes to be nothing more than a vegetable refin reduced by time, and a vitriolic acid, into the form in which it was found. From Chapman's cyder-maker's inftructor. Directions to make an artificial yeft (barm), which will answer the purpose altogether as well as the natural, TA Ake two quarts [two Scots chopins of Imall beer, and one of ifinglafs; boil them together five or fix 7 15 10 31 I 3 17 45 10 E 3 3 3 15 24 40 II 9 52 55 5Op. 8. & Jup. 19 to 45 35 E2 10 13 56 16 E 1 8 24 33 EL 12 16 13 18 31 E2 19 10 17 41 EI 26 12 10 56 E I 30 9 35 36 E3 8 32 45 E I 24 14 47 36 I 1 7 13 34 5 E3 11 10 13 54 E 2 26 16 53 5 I 2 12 TO 26 33 E I 18 12 47 41 E2 19 12 21 3 EI 6 25 I 1 28 3 47 36 E31 9.44 50 Er 16 15 2 2 I Aug. 4 10 40 29 E I 9 34 14 E 12 25 11 25 40 I minutes; put it into a can or pail, and May 2 13 20 24 1 1 whifk it till it comes to the confiftence of yeft; let it ftand an hour after, then put it to your wort in the fame manner you were used to do the natural yeft; this will be fufficient to ferment a hogfhead. 9 15 14 47 I 15 11 6 15 I 2 18 ir 37 28 I 1 9 50 21 E 2 20 9 2 47 E I Sept. 7 27 13 E I 24 6 51 20 I 3 28 ca. 8 7 50 26 EI 6 47 44 E 2 14 6 14 39 E I 5 59 48 E 3 5 6 14 I 4 30 22 13 40 18 I 2 Nov. 9 22 4 47 41 E I 13 31 14 I 2 Dec. Jup. too near fun. Thefe computations are addreffed to fuch per fons only as are provided with good telescopes From Paul Hentzner's journey into England, and time keepers well regulated, either to the ap The LONDON general Bill of Chrißenings and Burials, from December 14. 1756, to Decem Males 71952 {Females 65,5} 108212 No. Age. No. Age. No. 1695 60 and 70 1418 Between 30 and 70 and 80 80 and 90 General Bill of Mortality for 1757, in EDINBURGH, and WEST-KIRK parish. 318 Buried in the city. In the Weft-kirk-yard. Total. Fanuary April May 6 Decreafed 49 1267 937 159 1267 Fune November Difeafes. 457 480 171 330 50 & 60 114 70 & 80 2 Tympany 55 27 N. B. When different pages are referred to at any article, if the numbers are disjoined by a comma, the Abstracts of acts: Of that to 4552 Agincourt, account of the battle The Indians 313. No ravages made by the French 564 French Eat-India fhip 52. The 11over Army of the empire. See Execu- Argyle fynod, of difcontinuing 44 mons in 262 the |