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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 117
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
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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.
122
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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