fluence which we behold in the foundation of such noble and ample institutions for the relief of suffering humanity.

Among others of our profession at Vienna who are ably endeavouring to advance the reputation of sound medical science on the only secure basis upon which it can march, that of practical experience at the bedside, and in autopsic examinations, we must, before concluding our visit to this capital, not omit to mention Professor Rokitansky and Dr. Akoda. The former [Rokitansky], professor of pathological anatomy, availing himself of the wide field of inquiry which his position gives him, has, after years of the closest and most diligent application, recently published a work, than which none was more wanted by the profession; and which, being a faithful description of what he himself saw in more than twelve thousand dead bodies, and a well-digested theory of the greater number of morbid processes, which he has minutely traced throughout their stages, will form a most invaluable accession to pathology and therapeutics. Akoda, now Primarius in the General Hospital of Vienna, has, after a number of years of the most laborious application to the subject of percussion and auscultation, brought out a great work on those modes of applying the principles of acoustics to the illustration of pathological phenomena, which probably will give it the precedence over all others. It is founded wholly on his own observations on the living subject, confirmed by numerous post-mortem examinations. Akoda believes that he has succeeded in reconciling nearly all the phenomena of respiration,' circulation, &c., with the laws of physics as observed in inanimate matter. I am gratified in being able to announce that my friend Dr. Arthur Fisher, an American physician,

now abroad, is engaged in translating both the above works into the English language.

The streets and houses of Vienna are more uniformly fine than those of any large city we have yet seen. There are no splendid palaces, as at Paris, and the imperial residence called the Palace of Schoenbrunn is far eclipsed by the Tuileries; but this city is far cleaner, far more cheerful in its general aspect, and infinitely better paved than the capital of "La Belle France." The shops remind us, however, of those on the Boulevards, but generally have a large painting in front characteristic of the trade or occupation. Nothing strikes the traveller so forcibly as the immense extent and number of the public gardens, which, as wholesome respiratory organs and ventilators, contribute largely, with the unusual cleanliness, to the superior health of this capital. The Prater is the most considerable. The whole city, in fact, is surrounded by a belt or zone several hundred yards wide, which is truly a "cordon sanitaire," and thickly planted with trees, completely separating the town from the suburbs. This is merely called, however, with great modesty, a Parade, as the Viennese, with so many other superb parks to adorn their city, will not dignify this with the name of garden.

The Vaux Gardens I think the most beautiful, though less extensive than some others. The evening we were there it was crowded with the élite and fashion of Vienna. The display of variegated and illuminated lamps eclipsed all I could have conceived of beauty in that way. They were wreathed around columns and statuary, suspended from tree to tree, and worked in the form of necklaces representing the colour and brilliancy of all the precious stones. Nothing but music was wanting to make it a complete fairy scene, and that was there

in masterly perfection. If the Viennese excel the rest of Europe in anything, it is in the perfection of their instrumental music. There were four bands stationed among the trees, sometimes playing in concert in imitation of an echo of each and every instrument alternately; or, again, each taking up successively the parts of an opera, as of Der Freischutz, &c., making most delicious concords of sweet sounds. The gay dancers seemed to be in their Paradise, especially the parties who partook of the favourite waltz of this people. The velocity with which they whirled round, to the most rapid and difficult music, was truly marvellous, and seemed to present a fair scope for surgical casualties.

The galleries of paintings, sculpture, &c., are superb, and most richly endowed.

MUNICH.

FROM Vienna we passed to MUNICH, the capital of Bavaria, which, for its inconsiderable size, has evinced a steady zeal in the promotion and establishment of literary and scientific institutions nowhere else surpassed. The Bavarians are much indebted for this to the liberality and public spirit of their worthy monarch, who, descending from his throne to mingle familiarly with his people, has taken a personal and individual interest in giving an elevated intellectual rank to his capital.

Here resides that most distinguished surgeon, WALTHER, who for many years was co-editor with the illustrious Baron Graeffe, of Berlin, in the publication of a Medical Journal, the most extensively known of any throughout Germany. Walther enjoys a distinguished reputation at home, and an extended fame upon the Continent.

FRANKFORT ON THE MEIN.

THE last place we shall here notice in Germany is Frankfort on the Mein, a flourishing and interesting capital.

This was the residence of the great SMMering. Eager to pay my respects to so celebrated an anatomist and surgeon, I hastened, on my arrival, to search out his residence, and found the family in gloom and mourning. He had died a short time before. I saw his son, who is a respectable representative of his illustrious father. He treated me with marked attention; and when I inquired, as I naturally did, for his father's celebrated museum, he referred me to his sister, who seemed to take a much deeper interest in her honoured parent's fame than the son himself. She accompanied me to the museum, and presented me a handsomely bound volume containing a catalogue of his invaluable preparations, which are remarkable for their exquisite beauty and perfection in the most minute details.

She handed down for me, and exhibited successively, the most interesting specimens in the collection, and I was delighted to see she took great pride in stating to me that they were made by her own beloved father's hands. I confess that in my absence abroad no incident has occurred, in all my rambles, that made a more delicate and touching impression upon my feelings than this. In no instance have I seen filial affection more strikingly and pleasingly shown, or more appropriately bestowed, than it was as exhibited in this interview. For a daughter to be the anatomical biographer of so L