Marby grounds, and ftagnant waters, en- qui y concerning the difeafes proceed. ing from them; a prize queflion, 696. Maffillon, Bp. anecdotes relating to, 570. Maty, Rev. Mr. his pofthumous fermons published, 224. Three of them found to have been tranfcribed from Arch. bishop Secker, 225.
Maucroix, M. his lines on a girl who died of the green fick nefs, 582. McCulloch, Mr. his improved fea-com- paffes, 448.
Mechanics, new inventions in, 25. Meerman, M. de, his prize difcourfe on the best means of encouraging patriotifm in a monarchy, without weakening the power of execution peculiar to that fpe- cies of government, 608.
Milman, Dr. poetical compliment to, 393. Mine at waters, experiments on thole of Aix-la-Chapelle, 231. Mineralogy, a
new lyftem of, recom-
mended, 31. Mirabaud, M. de, a great admirer of Italian literature, 579. Not the author of the Syftem of Nature, ib. Mirabeau, M. charged with having li belled the characters of the prefent Em- peror of Germany, and the King of Pruffia, 692.
Mobammed II. Emperor of the Turks, his high character as a foldier and conqueror, 214. Affecting ftory of his Empress Irene, ib.
Moncrif, M. character of his writings, 583. Specimen of his poetry, tranf Jated, 584.
Monro, Mr. the original projector and
promoter of the Olla Podrida, a periodi- cal work, 136. Specimens of his compofition, 137. Montefquieu, prefident, his talent for poetry, 575. Specimen of, tranflated, ib. His Temple of Gnidus characterized, 526. Morgan, Mr. on the probabilities of fur- vivorships, 141.
Morocco, account of the prefent fituation, productions, and inhabitants of that State of knowlege country, 323. among the people, 326. Account of the Emperor Sidi Mahomet, 327. Mofes, his account of the creation ad- jufted to modern philofophy, 112. His character, as a lawgiver and moralift, taken as the fubject of a new publica- tion, by a French writer, 164.
morals of, a book for beginners in learning Italian, 642 Motte, Counters ce la, her charges against
M. de Calonne, 267. Her addrefs to the public, 268. Her memoirs, in juftification of herself, relative to the Affairs of the Q. of France, the diamond necklace, &c, 269. Her seply to M.
de Calonne's address to the public, 361. Her card, to the Monthly Reviewers,
375. Mountains, obfervations on barometers for meaturing their height, 32. Mufic. See Cavallo.
NADIR Shab, his character, 700. Cruel act of justice done by him, ib. Napier, the logarithmetician, account of his life and writings, 232.
New Teftament, Greek MSS. of, critically collated, in order to complete and afcer- tain the various readings. See Grief- bacb.
Nicholson, Mr. W. his defcription of a new electrical inftrument, 296. Noaille, Mr. his estimates relative to filk- winding, 25.
Noctambulation, remarkable cafe of, 637. Nonconformity to church establishments zealously defended, 368.
Novellift, his office compared to that of the Preacher, 60.
OAKS, remarkable plantations of, 18.
Oaths, judicially taken, their import- ance, 282. Abufe of, from their too great frequency, and irreverent manner
of administering, ib. See allo Perjury. Ode to the cuckow, 72.
Ocfopbagus, cafe of a schirrhous one, 481. Olivet, Abbé de, fome account of, 582. Olla Pedrida, by whom written, 136. Extracts from, 137.
Orang Outang, his pretenfions to huma
nity examined, 685. In what respects fimilar in his form to man, or anatomi- cally different, ib.
Ofa Capitis, cafe of a caries of the, from expofure to cold air, 693.
PAPER, made from the bark of willow,
Parian Chronicle, antiquity of, invefti. gated, 38.
Palins, their influence on the body, 81. Patriotifm. See Meerman, De la Cour. Pauw, M. de, corrected, in regard to a
charge brought by him against Dr. Gillies, 262.
Pearfon, Dr. the inventor of a new medi- cine the phosphorated foda, 376. Percival, Dr. his exper. on the folvent powers of camphor, &c. 476. See alfo Chamberlain.
cautions and remarks relative to pulmonary diforders, 481. Perjury, on account of its enormous and fa- tal confequences, worthy of death, 283. Peter, Czar of Mufcovy, anecdotes rela- tive to, 131-134.
Planicians, ancient, extent and advan- tages of their trade, 35.
Phlogifton, Dr. Prieftley's obfervations re- lative to the decompofition of, 297. Pickering, in Yorkshire, tate of husbandry in that district, 97. Cisterns there, how contrived, 100. Pools, how made re- tentive of the water, Ict. Foffil marle there, 102.- there, 103. Planté, M. his treatment of a caries of
Vegetables cultivated
the effa capitis, 693. Plants cultivated in the gardens near London, defeription of, 640. Pole, Mr. account of a remarkable fpaf- modic affection from the puncture of a pin, cured by the liberal ufe of laudanum, 482. Of feveral phenomena in the body of an infant prematurely born, 483. Peland, the fouthern part of, a wretched fcene of poverty and defolation, 597. Preference given to Volhiaia, ib. Polifo Partition illuftrated, by Gotlieb Panimouzer," a work fo entitled. mif- take concerning the real author, by the K. of Pruthia and M. de Voltaire, 633. Mr. Lind not the writer, ib. Portugal, that country depraved by the bad influence of its religion, 10. Def- potic government of, 11. Petatees, culture of, in Yorkshire, '04. Pregnancy of women, hints relative to the
management of, in certain cafes, 482. Priefley, Dr. his additional exper. and obfervations relative to acidity, &c.
His opinion of inflammable and dephlegifticated airs form.ng water, controverted, 398.
Princes, remarks on the education of, 412. Prize medals diftributed by the Royal So-
ciety of Medicine at Paris, 695. Pruffa, the late King of, his military Career, 430. His Confide ations on the State of the European Republic, 433. Other literary productions of this price, 436. His correfpondence with M.Jor- dan, 626. His friendship and quarrel with Voltaire, ib. The Berlin edition of his pofthumous works cenfured, on account of omiffions, and another edi. tion in 13 vols. preferred, as fupplying thofe omiffions, ib. His majesty's feem- ing reconciliation with Voltaire, 631. Their correfpondence a fingular medley of wit, urbanity, and fcurrility, 632.
prefent King of, flanderously re. preiented, in point of character, 691. Defended, ib.
Paltney, Dr. cafe of extraordinary en- largement of the abdomen, from an encyfed tumour, 480. Pundnámek, a compendium of ethics, from the Perfian of Saci, 701.
QUADRUPEDS, geographical hiftory
of, in a comparative view, with re-
obf. on fingular contractions of, 695. Revelations, ch. ix. v. 15. applied to the Turkish empire, 115.
Reviewers, Monthly, Crito's letter 12, concerning M. de Pauw's attack on Dr. Gillies's Hutory of Greece, 262.
For other letters, tee Dicki Dale, Willis, Bidlane, Counes de is Matte, and M'Caufland.
Rhodes, prefent miferable flate of that once flourishing ifland, 380. Riley, Mr. his inventions relative to watch-work, 25.
Richard II. K. of England, MS. account of the death of, and of events preceding that catastrophe, in the K. of France's library, 606.
I!!. K. of England, his character vindicated, 125.
Rickardjan, Profeffor, his effay on the dramatic form of biftorical compofition,
Ruffel, Mr. Jeffe, bis ftatement of the purity of the Bombay alkali, compared with other als, 23.
Thomas, fpecimen of his agree able poetry, 331-
Ruffia, view of the importance of the trade between that country and Great Britain, 541-544-
SABBATH, the religious obfervance of,
how far a Chriftian duty, 244. St. Pierre, Abbé de, his amiable charac ter, 570. His averfion to defpotif, 571. Expelled the French academy, on account of the freedom of his poli tical fentiments and writings, ib. His death, compared, by himself, to a jour ney into the country, ib Salivation, not prevented by a determina- tion of the humours to the fkin, 230. Salm, Rhingrave de, his memoir in jufti- fication of himself, refpe&ting his eva- cuation of Utrecht, 624.
Scarpa, M. his obf. on an aneurism of the arch of the aorta, 694. Schirrbo-contracted rectum, obs, on, 476. Schirrbous induration of the membranes of the ftomach, cafe of, 694. Scripture, facred, fingular hypothefis rel. to the figurative language of, 403. Scurvy, fugar a remedy for, 695. Sea-compafs, improvement of, by Mr. M'Culloch, 448. Experiment made with, by order of the Admiralty, 449. Sbajtfbury, Lord, pleafing story relating te, his timidity as a pubic fpeaker in the house of lords, 315. Shot band, obfervation on, 70. Sherwen, Mr. his account of the fchirro-
cor racted rectum, 473. Of the effects of emetic tartar, ufed externally, 482. Of arsenic, applied in the fame way, ib.
Silefia, prefent abject ftate of, under the Pruffian government, 96.
Sims, Dr. his Greek MS. on the hydro- phobia, 473.
-on the cure of the jaundice by bath- ing, 481.
Slavery, of the negròes, arguments and cautions relating to, 661.
Sleepwalking, &c. remarkable cafe of, 637.
Solar orbit, memoir concerning the ele- ments of, 638.
Soldiers, means of preferving their health in warm climates, 228.
Sonnet to evening, by Mrs. Smith, 465. Soulavie's hift. of France. See Weguelin. Spine, diftortions of, how remedied, 180.
Temperament of musical inftruments. See Cavallo.
Terraffon, Abbé, his fingular charafer, 573. His lofs of memory, 574. When dying, refers the priest to his hoote- keeper for a confeffion of his fins, ib. Tetanus, cured by electricity, 479. Thiery, M. his fuggeftions relating to the firmation and circumftances of the Jews, in order to render them more happy in themselves, and more useful to the community at large, 662.
Timber trees, large plantations of, in va-
rious parts of England and Scotland, 19. Remarks on the annual growth of trees, 303. Tongue, unufual affections of. See Hayes. Trade, and commerce, principles of, with regard to political regulations, com pared, 417. View of the importance of the commerce of this country with Rullia, c41.
Tranfiguration of Christ, opinions relative
to that miraculous tranfaction, 459. Troy not taken by the Greeks, 520. Trublet, Abbé, anecdotes relative to, 583. Tumour, in the abdomen, cale of ont, of 56 pounds weight, 480.
Turks, not fo inorant and illiterate as we
generally fuppole, 665. Account of their literature, 666. Poffefled of many learned manufcripts, ib. Sciences and arts cultivated by them, 668. Their books, 670 Their colleges and acade- mies, 673. Public libraries, 674. Their exercife of the art of printing, 676.
Stair, Earl of, anecdote rel. to his laud-VAN MARUM, Dr. his late improve- able conduct in private life, 315. Stars, fixed, plan of a new arrangement or claffification of, 358. Stomach, account of a ichirrous indura- tion of the membranes of, 694. Storm, the great one, in 1703, dreadful effects of, 189.
Strada, his beautiful verfes relative to the nightingale, tranflated, 294. Surgery, a fyftem on the art, recommend- ed, 13 Survivorships. See Morgan,
Sweden, curious account of the mines of iron, copper, and filver, in that king- dom, 617-619. Their produce esti- mated, ib. Comparifon of that king- dom with Denmark, 620. The prefent political ftate of Sweden, 622. Symé, account of that ifland, 380. Curi- ous inftances of the fuperftition of the Greek failors, 381.
TACITUS, his writings critically appre ciated, 424.
Tartar emetic, effects of, by external abforption, 482.
ments in electrical machinery, 602. Van Traftwyk, M. his application of electricity to medical purpoles, 658. Vaughan, Dr. cafe of vomiting in pieg nancy, fuccesfully treated, 478. Virgil, his defcription of the Roman plough, controverfy relative to. See Des Carrieres. Viftera. See Bailie.
Ukraine, State of the country, and poor condition of the inhabitants, 598. Character of the Coffacs, ib. Zaporo- guians, fome account of, ib. Story of the execrable Gouda, 599.
Ulyffes, his character, as drawn by Homer, 137.
Vomiting, in pregnancy, by what means
fuccefsfully treated, 478.
Voltaire, his life of Peter the Great, de- fects of, 135. Attacked for his in- fidelity, 280. His correfpondence with the late K. of Pruffia, 627. His quar- rel with that monarch, 630. Seeming reconciliation between them, 631. Their correspondence a strange medley' of wit, folly, and licentioufnels, 632.
Uterus, cafe of, lacerated by the force of Whiskey, exceffively drank in Ireland, 62,
WALKER, Mr. his experiments on the production of artificial cold, 301. Walker, Dr. his obfervations on the atro- phia lactantium, 476.
Walter, M. his memoir on aneurifms,
654. On the difeafes of the heart, 655.
Ware, Mr. cafe of a fuppreffion of urine, 481.
Waring, Dr. on divifors, 143. Water, Dr. Priestley's experiments re- Jative to the decompofition of, 297. See alfo Fbogilon.
Dr. Blagden's experiments on the effect of various fubftances in lowering the point of congelation in
operation of water in drowning, 303. The opinion of Dr. Priestley, &c. relative to the compofition of water, oppafed, 398. Efficacy of cold water, applied to the extremities, in a cafe of obftinate conftipation of the bowels, 478. Exper. to determine the invaria- bility of the heat of boiling water, 653. See, farther, under Acbard. Watering of meadews, method of prac- tifing it in Glocefterfhire, 335. Ad- vantages of, ib. Directions for per- forming it, 336. Weguelin, Profeffor, his account of a history of France, undertaken by the Abbé Soulavie, the periods of which are to be traced backward, after the example of David Hume, 651.
Pernicious confequences of, ib. Re medy proposed by encouraging the pr ter brewery in that country, ib. White, Mr. his extenfive plantations d timber-trees, 18.
Dr. his account of a patient whe discharged the pupæ of mufca citara, 477.
William III. K. of England, his lan fpeech to parliament, 311. Refect tions on his death, 313. Summary f great and good actions performed i him, to the lafting advantage of this kingdom, ib.
Wills, Mr. his correfpondence with the Reviewers, relative to an error in ther account of the preparation of acid si tartar cryftallized, 287. Alfo relative to an easy method of procuring falt of tartar from the cauftic vegetable aika, ib. Referred to, as the preparer of Dr. Pearson's pho pborated fade, 376, Windifchgrä z, Count, his prize probler,
remarks on, to thew the improbably of a fatisfactory folution of it, 651. Winbip, Dr. cafe of an encysted dropfy,481 Wool, laws, cuftoms, and duties, relating to the exportation of, in the time of Edw. I. &c. 484.
YATES, Mr. his new furvey of Lia-
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