CONTENTS OF PART I.

SECTION FIRST.

I. OBSERVATIONS and Experiments on the extraordina-

ry degree of Cold, at Northampton (a midland county in England),

during the Intense Frost of 1776-7. With Remarks on the Climate

of London, Philadelphia, &c. In a letter to a friend. By A. Fother-

gill, M. D., F. R. S., &c., and by him communicated to the Editor

3

II. Facts and Observations, chiefly relative to the Yellow-Fever,

as it has appeared, at different times, in Charleston, South-Carolina.

In a letter from Dr. Tucker Harris (of Charleston) to Dr. William

Currie (of Philadelphia). Communicated to the Editor by Dr. Cur-

rie

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III. Observations on the preceding Paper. In a letter from Dr.

Currie to Dr. Harris. Communicated to the Editor by Dr. Currie

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IV. Notice of the Yellow-fever, as it lately prevailed in Philadel-

phia. In a letter from Dr. Currie to the Editor

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V. Observations on a Case of Petechie and Hemorrhage, without

Fever. Communicated in a Letter to the Editor, from William

Downey, M. D., Physician at Mercersburg, in Pennsylvania

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VI. Some Account of the Great Hurricane of 1804. In a letter

from Dr. Tucker Harris to Dr. W. Currie. Communicated to the

Editor by Dr. Currie. With Supplementary Observations on the

Great Hurricane of 1772

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VII. Observations on the Mammoth, or American Elephant. In

a Letter to the Editor, from the Right Reverend Bishop Madison.

With a Note, by the Editor

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VIII. Notices of the Warm-Springs in the county of Bath, in

Virginia. Communicated to the Editor by Bishop Madison

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IX. Note on the Natural History of the substance called Guano.

By the Editor

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X. Facts and Observations relative to the North-American Wood-

cock. Communicated to the Editor by Dr. John Vaughan and Mr.

Robert Milligan, both of Wilmington, in the state of Delaware 68

XI. An Account of the Introduction of the Vaccine Disease into

the Isles of France and Reunion. In a letter to the Editor from M.

Laborde, M. D. With a Note, by the Editor

71

XII. Facts and Observations tending to disprove the efficacy of

the practice of Vaccination, as a preventive of Small-Pox. By Mr.

John Birch, Surgeon, in London

78

XIII. Facts and Observations relative to Small-Pox and to (Va-

riolous) Inoculation. By Dr. Franklin, and by the late Mr. George

R. Minot, of Boston

82

XIV, On the preparation of a fine Sago from the root of the

Arum triphyllum, or Indian-Turnip; and on the growth of Maranta

arundinacea, or Arrow-root, in the State of Georgia. In a letter to

the Editor from Mr. Edwin L. M'Call, student of medicine in the

University of Pennsylvania

84

XV. Account of a singular Convulsive Affection, which prevails

in the State of Tenessee, and in other parts of the United-States.

Communicated to the Editor by Felix Robertson, M, D., of Nash-

ville, in Tenessee

86

XVI. Case of Hemorrhage, successfully treated by the internal

use of the Acetite (or Sugar) of Lead. Communicated to the Edi-

tor by Dr. George Williamson, Physician in Baltimore. With a

Note, by the Editor

96

XVII. Miscellaneous Chemical and Medical Facts, Observations,

and Conjectures. Communicated in a letter to the Editor, from

John Brickell, M. D., of Savannah, in Georgia

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XVIII. Some Account of the Tayè, a species of Sheep. By the

Editor

XIX. Character of the Elk

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XX. Case of Ptyalism (apparently) produced by the External

Application of the Lunar Caustic, or Nitrate of Silver. Communi-

cated in a letter to the Editor, from Thomas Walmsley, M. D., of

Elizabeth (or Hager's) town, in Maryland
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XXI. Observations on the Growth and Propagation of a Prolife- ́

rous Onion. By the late Mr. Isaac Gray, of Kingsessing, near Phi-

ladelphia. Communicated to the Editor (in 1794) by the late Mr.

David Rittenhouse

119

XXII. Hydrophobia, unsuccessfully treated by Anagallis, Mercu-

rial Ointment, Tincture of Cantharides, Blisters, &c. Communi-

cated to the Editor by Dr. Branniman, of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania.

With a Note, by the Editor

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XXIII. Valedictory Charge, delivered to the Graduates in Medi-

cine, at the Commencement, held June 5th, 1805, in the University

of Pennsylvania. By Benjamin Rush, M. D., Professor of the In-

stitutes and Practice of Medicine, &c.

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SECTION SECOND.

BIOGRAPHY.

I. Memorandums of the Life and Writings of Mr. John Clayton,

the celebrated Botanist of Virginia

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II. Some Account of the late Professor Vahl, of Copenhagen.

Rapport sur le fœtus trouvé dans le ventre d'une jeune homme

de quatorze ans

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