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The Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal

1805; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

Autores

D. Caldwell, Benjamin Smith Barton, T. Turpin, John Baltzell, Felix Robertson, Harry Toulmin, Mr. E. Kinnersly, Robert M'Causland, Wm. Mason Walmsley, C. F. Dencke, Benjamin Waterhouse, Benjamin Smith Barton,

Resumo

Frontmatter: Advertisement, District of Pennsylvania to Wit, To David Pennant, Esq., of Downing, Flintshire, Great-Britain, The Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal. Editorial: This Species of Certhia Appears to Be Nearly Allied to the Certhia Familiaris of Linnæus; Le Grimpereau of Buffon; the European Creeper of Pennant, Additional Observations and Conjectures, The Author of the Memoir, Presented to the Philosophical Society, Is Anxious to Render That Memoir as Perfect as He Can, That the Land upon Which the Town of Bristol Is Situated Was Ever a Peninsula of the State of Jersey, Is, so Far as I Know, an Opinion First Suggested by Mr. Bartram, Notice of the Sulphur-Springs, in the County of Ontario, and State of New-York. In a Letter to the President of the United-States, from the Editor, On a Species of North-American Wandering Mouse, Some Account of the Different Species and Varieties of Native American, or Indian Dogs. By the Editor, Observations and Conjectures Relative to the Supposed Welch-Indians, in the Western Parts of North-America. Republished from the "Kentucky Palladium." with Additional Remarks and Conjectures, by the Editor, Remarks. Essay: Biography, Notices of the Sulphur, Sweet, and Other Mineral Springs, in the Western Parts of Virginia. From the Ms. Journal of the Reverend Dr. Ashbel Green, of Philadelphia. 1800 I. The Sulphur Springs, Note, The Wunaumeeh-Indians Call the Dog Allum, Alloom, Mo-E-Kan-Neh, and Mé-Kan-Ne, In My New Views, I Have Pointed out Some Very Striking Affinities between the American Names for Dog, and the Names for This Animal in the Languages of Certain Tribes and Nations of Asia and Europe, Continuation of the Experiments on the Gymnotus Electricus. See Article XV*, Modern Geography. A Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles; in All Parts of the World: Including the Most Recent Discoveries, and Political Alterations. Digested on a New Plan. By John Pinkerton. The Astronomical Introduction by the Rev. S. Vince, A. M., F. R. S., and Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy, in the University of Cambridge. The Article America Corrected, and Considerably Enlarged, by Dr. Barton, of Philadelphia. With Numerous Maps, Drawn under the Direction, and with the Latest Improvements, of Arrowsmith, and Engraved by the First American Artists. To the Whole Are Added, a Catalogue of the Best Maps, and Books of Travels and Voyages, in All Languages; and an Ample Index. In Two Volumes. Conrad and Co.: 1804, Facts Relative to the Torpid State of the North-American Alligator. By the Editor, Meteorological Table of the First Week in September, Taken on Thames-River, North Side of Lake-Erie, by C. F. Dencke, and Kindly Communicated to Me, Wolf-Dogs. Letter to the editor: Experiments on the Gymnotus Electricus, or Electrical Eel, Made at Philadelphia, about the Year 1770, by the Late Mr. Rittenhouse, Mr. E. Kinnersly, and Some Other Gentlemen. Communicated to the Editor of This Journal, by Mr. Rittenhouse, On the Poisonous Quality of a Species of West-Indian Fish. Communicated to the Editor, by Dr. Frederick Detlef Meyer, Description of an American Species of Certhia, of Creeper. Illustrated by a Plate. Communicated to the Editor, by Mr. William Bartram, Notice of the Epidemic Fever, Which Prevailed in York-Town, and the Adjacent Country, in the Autumn of 1804. In a Letter from Dr. John Spangler, to Dr. Currie. Communicated to the Editor, by Dr. Currie, On the Powers of Steam, in Communicating Beat to Bodies, with Which It Comes in Contact. By Robert M'Causland, M. D., and by Him Communicated to the Editor, in 1787, On the Use of Indigo, in the Strangles of Horses. In a Letter to the Editor, from Mr. Thomas Turpin, A. M., Student of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, On the Use of the Prinos Verticillatus, or Black Alder, in Intermittent-Fevers, and Other Diseases. In a Letter to the Editor, from Dr. Amos Gregg, Jun., of Bristol, in Pennsylvania, Conjectures Relative to the Scite of Bristol, in Pennsylvania. Communicated to the Editor, by Mr. William Bartram, Indian Account of a Remarkably Strong and Ferocious Beast, Which (They Say) Existed in the Northern Parts of the State of New-York, about Two Hundred Years Ago. Collected, and Communicated to the Editor, by Mr. John Heckewelder, Meteorological Observations, Made at Gnadenbutten, on the River Muskingum, at the Distance of about One Hundred Miles to the West of Pittsburg (in Pennsylvania): Begum May 20th, 1800. Communicated to the Editor, by Mr. John Heckewelder, Formerly of Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania*, On the Salivating and Other Effects of the Digitalis Purpurea, in a Case of Dropsy. Communicated in a Letter to the Editor, from Dr. Enoch Wilson, of Hights-Town, in New-Jersey, Facts and Observations Relative to the External Employment of the Interior Bark of the Tilia Americana, or American Lime-Tree, in Cases of Burns and Scalds. In a Letter to the Editor, from Thomas Walmsley, M. D., Physician at Chambersburg, in Pennsylvania, Extract of a Letter from Dr. Currie to the Editor, Giving Some Account of the Deleterious Effects of the Spigelia Marilandica, or Carolina Pink-Root, in Two Cases, Hints Relative to the Medical Properties of the Hypericum Perforatum, or Common St. John's-Wort. Communicated in a Letter to the Editor, from His Brother, William Barton, Esq., of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, Medical Facts and Observations, on Several Subjects. Extracted from a Letter from Dr. Lemuel Kollock, of Georgia, to Dr. William Currie, of Philadelphia. Communicated to the Editor, by Dr. Currie, Description of the Obstetrical Forceps of Johan Daniel Herholdt, M. D., Professor of Surgery in the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark. Drawn up, and Communicated to the Editor, by Frederick Detlef Meyer, M. D., Observations Relative to the Wheat-Moth of Pennsylvania, and Other Parts of the United-States. In a Letter to the Editor, from Mr. William Mason Walmsley, of Byberry, in Pennsylvania, On the Use of Issues, in the Cure and Prevention of Diseases. In a Letter to the Editor, from Mr. James W. Stevens, Additional Observations on the Falls of Niagara, and Particularly on Their (Supposed) Original Position. In a Letter to the Editor, from Mr. Felix Robertson (of the State of Tenessee), Student of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, History of the Epidemic Fever, as It Prevailed in Frederick-Town and County (in Maryland), in the Summer and Autumn of 1804. Communicated to the Editor, by Dr. John Baltzell, of Frederick-Town. Review: Review Cautions to Young Persons Concerning Health, in a Public Lecture, Delivered at the Close of the Medical ….

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