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INDE X

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.

ABDULKURREEM, Kojeb, his me-
moirs of Nadir Shah, 699. His cha-
racter of that tyrant, 700.
Acbard, M. his exper. with a view to de-
termine the heat of boiling water, &c.
653. His exper. to afcertain the time
required for the cooling of heated bo-
dies, 654. Exper. to afcertain the ef-
fects produced on atmospheric and other
airs, by facking quick-lime in them,
ib. On the degrees of heat which fo-
lutions of different falts acquire in ebul-
lition, 656. On the proportion of the
increase of a given volume of water, to
the quantity of falts diffolved in it, ib.
Achilles, his character, as drawn by Ho.
mer, 137.

Achmet, Emperor of the Turks, his cha-
racter, 216.

Adair, Dr. fuccessful treatment of an in-
flammatory conftipation of the bowels,
480.

Adam, enquiry whether he or the Orang
Outang was the first man, 685.
Agues, cured by the gummi rubrum aftrin-
gens Gambienfe, 478.

Air. See Cavendish, Austin, Goodwyn,
Harrington, and Achard.
Aix-la-Chapelle, the waters of it analysed,
231.

Alkali, native faffil, found in the neigh.
bourhood of Bombay, 23. Nature and
value of, ib.

volatile. See Afin.
America, the difcovery of, its influence on
the happiness of mankind, 165. In-
quiry how firft peopled, 261. Sum-
mary view of the laws relative to the
United States, 263. Hiftory of the
rife, progrefs, and establishment of their
independence, 442.

Amputation, when necessary in fractured
Limbs, 15. How to be performed, 16.

Ancelin, M. his obf. on fingular contrac
tions of the rectum, 696.
Aneurisms, M. Walter's memoir concern-
ing, 654.

of the arch of the aorta, 694.
Angles, new machine for measuring, 25.
Anieres, M. his remarks on the impre

bability of a fatisfa&tory solution being
ever given to the prize problem of
Count Windischgrätz, 651.
Annuities. See Morgan.
Arabian Mentor, 641.
Arabs, their character, 600. Their hof-
pitality, infanced in the ftory of Haf-
fan and Ibrahim, 601. Their lan
guage peculiarly fitted for poetical ex-
preffion, ib.

Army, diseases of, at Jamaica, 228.
Arfenic, beneficial effects of, by external
abforption, 482.

Afcaris Lumbricoides, remarks on, 477.
Afpbaltites, lake of, contradictory accounts
of, by different writers, 139.
Atropbia laflantium, remarks on the pre-
valence of, 476.

Austin, Dr. his experiments on the forma-
tion of volatile alcali, and on the aff-
nities of the phlogifticated and light
inflammable airs, 299.

BAILLIE, Br. his account of a traní-
pofition of the vifcera, 143.
Banks, the poet, his Albion Queens com-
pared with Mr. St. John's Mary 2 of
Scots, a tragedy, 533-

Barker, Mr. his regifter of the barome-
ter, thermometer, and rain; with fome
acc. of the annual growth of trees, 303.
Barometer, conjectures on fome of the
phenomena of, 401.

Barometers, neceflity of knowing the fpe
cific gravity with which they are filled,
32.

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Bavaria, Charlotte Elizabeth Princess of,
her original letters, 151. Her charac-
ter, 162.

Bayford, Dr. his account of a fingular cafe

of obftructed deglutition, 480.
Beaumes, Dr. obtains the third prize me-
dal given by the Royal Soc. of Medicine
at Paris, for his anfwer to their question
concerning difeafes proceeding from flag-
nant waters, and marshy grounds, 696.
Bengal, narrative of tranfactions in, from
the Soobadary of Azeem ul Shan, to
that of Alyverdi Khan, 701.
Bernoulli, M. Jean, his aftronomical in-
quiries into the longitude of feveral
places in India, 657.
Beiblebem, objections to St. Matthew's
account of Herod's flaughter of the
children there, 615.

Bicker, Dr. obtains the first prize medal
given by the Royal Soc. of Medicine at
Paris, for his anfwer to their question
concerning the difeafes proceeding from
ftagnant waters, 696.

Bidlake, Mr. his correfpondence with the
Monthly Reviewers, 374.
Blagden, Dr. his experiments on the ef-
fects of various fubftances in lowering
the point of congelation in water, 300.
Bailly, M. de, his literary and perfonal
character, with anecdotes of his life,
578.

Boote, Mr. his fuccefsful practice of the

drill husbandry, 21.

Boa Ahádee, a Negroe King, memoirs
of, 320. His horrid tyranny and cru-
elty, ib.

Befworth-field, battle of, its great confe-
quences, 124.

Botany, that fubje&t poetically embellished,

on the Linnean fexual fyllem, 337.
Specimens of the poetry, from Dr.
Darwin's beautiful poem, entitled the
Botanic Garden, 338-342.
Boubier, Prefident, his literary eminence,
571. Remarkable faying of his, on
his death-bed, 572.

Breft, account of Admiral Ruffel's famous
expedition against that place, 309.
Bureau, Mr, cafe of an ileus, with ob-
fervations on an hydraulic machine,
480.

Burletta, remark on that fpecies of opera,
428.

CABBAGE, the turnip-rooted, recom-

mended as valuable fpring food for
cattle, 21. Method of culture, ib.
Calonne, M. de, his controverfy with the
Countels de la Motte, 267. Farther
account, 268.

Campbor, experiments on the folvers
powers of, 476.

Cancers, treatment of, 483.

Cures to be
expected from bleeding, ib.
Candia, defcription of the ladies of that
inland, 382.

Cantharides, ufe of, in dropfical com-
plaints, 479.

Cavallo, Mr. his defcription of a new
electrical inftrument, 296. On the
temperament of mufical inftruments
146.

Cavendish, Mr. Henry, his experiments
on the converfion of a mixture of de-
phlogisticated and phlogisticated air into
nitrous acid, by the electric fpark, 298.
Chamberlain, Mr. his remarks on the
folvent powers of camphor, 481.
Chauffée, Nivelle de la, account of him,
and of his witty dramatic writings,
574.

China, the famines to which that country
is peculiarly liable, accounted for, 118.
Particulars relative to the genius and
Their
manners of the people, 121.
Doubtful accounts of

phyficians, 122.

China, given by the Miffionaries, 123.
Chinese hemp, culture of, in England, 22.
Church, Mr. his remarks on the Afcaris
Jumbricoides, 477.

on the cafe of a patient who dif-
charged the pupa of Mulca Cibaria, ib,
Cicuta, efficacy of, in the cure of an inter-,
mitting fever, 481.

Colberg, remarks on the fiege of, 30.
Cold. See Walker.

Cole, Mr. his edition of Dr. Lardner's
works, 52.

Common Prayer Book, revifed, and im-
proved by the Americans, for the ufe of
the Epifcopalian churches in the United
States, 387. Particular alterations no-
ticed, 388. Additions, adapted to Ame-
rica, 389.

Commutation A&t, remarks on, 277.
Conftitution, political, of Great Britain,
plan for its reformation, 352.
Copper mines at Fahlun described, 617.
Wonderful fcenery, and curious opera-
tions in thofe fubterraneous regions, 618.
Cornus, in botany, that genus defcribed,

639. The fpecies enumerated, 640.
Cour, M. de la, his prize difcourfe on the
principles of patriotifm, and the best
means of encouraging that virtue in
monarchies, 612.

Craven, Lady, her journey through the
Crimea, 200. Her defcription of the
fountain of Vaucluse, 302. Of Hyeres,
203. Of Pifa baths, 204. Of Flo-
rence, 205. Of Vienna, and the Empe-
Tor, 206. Of the King of Poland, 207.
Journey through part of Ruffia, 208.
Of Conftantinople, 209. Her invec-
tive against the Turks, 211.

Cruelty

Cruelty to living animals, as practifed by
anatomifts. &c. juftly cenfured, 480.
Crystals, artificial, how made, 71.
Cuckow. See Jenner.

Cullen, Dr. poetical compliment to, 392.
Cumberland, Mr. his verfes to Solitude, 334.
And from Sotades, an Athenian, 410.
A ftricture of his on the Rambler com-
bated, 411. His reflections on the edu-
cation of princes, 412.
Cuthbertfon, Mr. his great improvement
of electrical rubbers, 604.

DALE, Mr. his Correfpondence with
the Monthly Reviewers, 373.
Darien, reflections on the miscarriage of
the intended Scottish fettlement there,
312. Anecdote relative to that colony,
316.

Dead Sea, different accounts of, by diffe-

rent travellers, 139.

Deaf and dumb, difpute concerning the
method of inftructing them. See De
r Epée.

Deborah, Song of, critical remarks relative
to the tranflation of, 221.

De Borb, M. his prize differtation on the
beautiful and fublime paffages in the
Greek and Roman poets, 636.
Debt, imprisonment for, highly difap-
proved, 167. Injurious to the state,
the creditor, and the debtor, 168.
Debis, national, advantages and difadvan-
tages of, 5. Productive of the moft
evil confequences, 415.
Deglutition, obftructed, fingular and fatal
cafe of, 480.

Del Epée, Abbé, his difpute with M.
Nicolai, relative to the method ufed by
the Abbé, for enabling deaf and dumb
perfons to converse, 651.

De Morvre, his doctrine of life annuities
defended, 142.

Denmark, fome account of that country,
620. Compared with Sweden, ib. Po-
litical ftate of, difgrace of Q. Matilda,

and ruin of the Counts Brandt and
Struenfee, 623. Character, and un-
fortunate political measures of Count
Struenfee, ib.

Des Carrieres, M. his fuppofed difcovery of

an unique reprefentation of the Roman
plough, controverted, 494.

Deftouches, a famous French comic poet,
anecdote relative to his arrogance and
vanity, 575.

Devaud, his remarkable cafe of noctam-
bulation, 637.

Dickfon, Mr. his letter to the Monthly
Reviewers, relative to a gradual aboli-
tion of Negroe flavery, 472.
Digitalis purpurea, failure of, in hydropic

cafes, 479

Divifors. See Waring.

Dixon, Capt. fets out on a trading voyage
round the world, 503. Arrives at the
Sandwich Islands, 504. At Q Char
lotte's Inlands, 506. At China, with a
valuable cargo of furs ib. Produce of
the fale of his furs, in the Chinese mar
ket, 509. Some account of Capt. D.
and of his rife in the maritime list,
510.

Drill husbandry, fuccessful practice of, 11.
Droply. See Farr, Lettfom, Wirip, Ja-
quinelle.

Drowning, Dr. Goodwyn's obfervations
on the nature of, and on the recovery

of perfons apparently dead by fubmer
fion, 304 Mr. Kite's prize effay ca
the fame fubject, 305.

Du Bos, Abbé, his literary merit can-
valled, 569.

Dudley, Rev. Henry Bate, recovers a con
fiderable quantity of land, from the les,
by embankment, 21.
Dutch, their character, manners, govern
ment, &c. vindicated, 128.

EAST INDIES, felect views of remark.

able places there, drawn by Mr.
Hodges, 271. Inquiry into the fitua
tion of the Eaft India Company, 549-
Inquiries concerning the longituse of
feveral places in India, 657. Tranla
tions of feveral Perfian hiftories, &
relative to Hindoftan, 697, et feq.
Electricity, application of, to phyfice and
medicine, 658. See also Cavalla, Ni-
cholson, Hut binfon, Van Marun,
Trooffwyk, Krayenboff, and Cuibberton,
Embargoes, doctrine of, confidered, 491.
Emperor (the prefent) of Germany, his

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Fontenelle, M. his admirable reflection on
the infinite variety of religious worship
into which the world is divided, 572.
M. Duclos encomium on him, 576.
Various anecdotes relative to this great
man, 577. His kind regard for Mari.
vaux, 580.

Forbergill, Dr. Anthony, on the efficacy of
the Gummi Rubrum aflringens Gambienfe,
in the cure of agues, 478.
Fouque Baron de la Motte, his great cha-
raer, 259. His death, 260.
Fractures of bones, how to be treated, 14.
France, memoir in favour of the Com-
mons of, or Tiers état, 664. The rights
of the feveral orders of the ftate investi
gated, ib.

Fur trade, produce of, in the Chinese mar-

ket, as ftated in Capt. Dixon's account

of his voyage, 507-509.
Fynney, Mr. account of hydatids dif-
charged with urine, 483.

GEORGIAN planet. See Herfchel.

Gillies, Dr. defended against M. de
Pauw, 262.

Girard, Abbé, his Synonymes François
praifed, 373.

God, his juftice defined, 54. His autho-
rity over his creatures, 55. His glory
refults from their perfection, 56.
Goguelin, M. his effay on the fcurvy, 695.
Sugar a remedy for, ib.
Goodruyn, Dr. his inveftigation of the me.
chanical and chemical effects of air on
the lungs, in refpiration, 303. On the
Nature of the difeafe produced by fub-
merfion, 3c4. On the recovery of per-
fons apparently drowned, 305.
Gouda, Chief of the Zaporoguian Coffacs,

his treacherous and cruel conduct, 599.
Grange, M. de la, his analytical me
chanics, 163. His memoir concerning

an

univerfal manner of integrating
equations, &c. 657.
Greaves, Mr. his account of paper made
from the bark of willow twigs, 24.
Green fickness, verses on a girl who died of
that complaint, 582.
Griefbach, Dr. his collations of ancient

Greek MSS. &c. in order to complete
and appreciate the various readings,
634.

HALLE, M. his account of a schirrhous

induration of the membranes of the
ftomach, 694. Of a fingular degenerate
ftate of the kidneys, ib.
Hamilton, Dr. his remarks on the influ-
enza of 1782, 483.

Hargrave, Mr. commended for the publi

cation of his collection of tra&s, 484.
His admiration of Sir Matthew Hale,

491. His fentiments on the famous
parliamentary debate, relative to the
doctrine of embargoes, in 1776, ib.
His compofition on the fentences of
ecclefiaftical courts in marriage cafes,
493. Other pieces compofed by him,
and published in the above collection,
ib.

Harrington, Dr. his notions relative to the
compofition of water, 398. Maintains
that fixed air is a component part of
empyreal air, 399. His experiments,

4Co.

Haruke, Lady, her novel entitled Julia de
Gramont, commended, 498.

Hayes, Mr. cafes of unusual affections of
the tongue, 479.

Hear of animals, experiments on, 26.

experiments to afcertain the times
required for the cooling of heated bodies,
654.

Heart, difeafes of, M. Walter's memoir
concerning, 655-

Hebrew poetry. See Herder.
Hjerà. See Marjden.

He lins, Mr. his correfpondence with the
Reviewers, 286.

Herder, M. his critical difplay of the fpi-
rit of Hebrew poetry, 643. The Book
of Job investigated, 644. The Mofaic
defcription of the Paradifaical fate, and
fall of man, a poetic fiction, 645. The
ftrong figurative language of the Pro-
phets, &c. explained and reduced to
probable facts, 647. The Palms and
their writers confidered, 648.
Herod, the account of his cruel laughter
of the children of Bethlehem, contro-
verted, 015.

Herfebel, Dr. on the Georgian planet, and

its fatellites, 144.

Hill, Mr. his new machine for measuring
angles, 25.

Profeffor, his effays on the principles
of historical compofition, 523. His
criticism on the writings of Tacitus,
524.

Hindoftan, a Perfian hiftory of, tranflated
into English, 697.

Hinton, Dr. his culture of Chinefe hemp,
22. His method of culture for wheat,

23.
Hooper, Mr. cafe of the uterus lacerated
by labour pains, 478.

history of a cafe of cicuta, 481.
of an hæmorrhage from an ul-
cer, 483.
Hufbandry, and agriculture of the ancient
Romans, 194. Management of their
flaves, 195. Their expence of labour,
196. Comparison of, with the expence
of labour in our times, and in this
country, 197. Of the different crops
raifed

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ralfed by the Romans, 193. Of their
maxims, general directions to farmers,
&c. ib. Their plough, as defcribed by
Virgil, difpute relative to, 494.
Hutchinson, Dr. cafe of a tetanus cured by
electricity, 479.

Hydatides. See Lettfem. See Fynney.
Hydrocele, peculiar method of curing,
180.

Hydrophobia, caufes and cure of, difcuffed,

474.

Hydrops uteri et ovarii, memoir concern.
ing, 651.

ACQUINELLE, M. his memoir on
the bydrops uteri et ovarii, 650.
Jamaica, difeafes to which the troops
there are fubject, 228.
Janifaries, original inftitution of that
formidable clafs of Turkish foldiers, 213.
Jaundice cured by bathing, 481.
Jenner, Mr. his natural hiftory of the
cuckow, 145.

Jews, propofais for rendering their fitua
tion and circumftances, in France, more
happy, 662.

Inflammation, attendant on fractures, how
to be treated, 14.
Influenza. See Hamilton.

Infurance, from loffes by fea, or by fire,
&c. hiftorical account of, 345. Par-
ticular account of the Amalfitan code
of fea-laws, ib. Cafes of litigated in-
furances, 421.

Joanna, one of the Comora islands, de-
fcribed, 273.

Johnstone, Dr. on the Cynanche pharyngea,

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Law, English, hiftory of, 424. Fest
fyftem difcuffed, 425.
Laws, and cuftoms of countries, gran
remarks on, 2. Thofe of Great Brit
animadverted on, 586. Confitent
of, high encomiums on, 591.
Lawyers, cenfured on account of abefe
their practice, &c. 251. Queries a
tive to, 253

Lettfom, Dr. his hiftory of two cales :
hydatides renales, 476.

on the digitales purpurea, apple
in hydropic cafes, 479.

cale of a difeafed rectum, 41
Levi, Mr. his Lingua Sacra, crucil!

290.

Libraries in Turkey. See Tafh
Library, that of the King of France, rich

ftocked with MSS. in the learned ho
guages, 605. Account of fome of th
most confiderable, ib.
Linguet, M. his fceptical examination is
the method by which the Abbé te 1
l'Epée teaches the deaf and dumb u
converse, 652.

Lloyd, rev. Mr. his large plantation di
caks, 18.

Logarithms. See Napier.
Longitude of feveral places in India, affro-
nomical and critical inquiries concern-
ing, 657.

Of

Louis XIV. anecdotes concerning, 152.
his family, &c. 154. The Dauphin,
155. Duke of Burgundy, ib. Duked
Anjou, 156. Monfieur, 157. Th
Regent Duke of Orleans, 159.

XV. his amiable weaknesses," 15",
Lucas, Mr. his hints on the management
of women in certain cafes of pregnancy,
482.
Luxations, directions for the reduction of,
15.

M'CAUSLAND, Dr. his letter to the

Reviewers, concerning the originality
of his hypothefis refpecting the p
nomena of the barometer, 702.
Macbonocbie, Mr. his hypothefis relating
to the origin of European legiflatures,
516. His obfervations on the Angie
Saxon and Scottish diets, 517.
formation from Doomsday Book, 518.
Maclaurin, Mr. his arguments to prove
that Troy was not taken by the Greeks,
520.

Man, geographical hiftory of, 678. Local
refidence of, confidered, 683. Different
characteristics thence derived, 685.
Compared with the make and qualities
of various quadrupeds, 686.
Marivaux, M. anecdotes of him, and
encomiums on his novels and dramas,
580.
Marsden, Mr. on the Hejerà, 147:"
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