and then he stretched himself out as if dead, and let himself be pulled and dragged along as the progress of the piece required. When, from the dialogue and action, he saw that the moment was come, he began to move himself by degrees, as if he awoke out of a profound sleep, raised his head, and looked about him; he then approached the person required by his part, and evinced his joy by his caresses, to the great astonishment of all the spectators, and even of the old Emperor Vespasian, who was at the time in the Theatre Marcellus.

ANTIQUE RING.

The Roman Gazette relates, on the authority of letters from Greece, that a coun tryman, in the neighbourhood of Corinth, lately struck with his ploughshare against a metal vessel, which contained several ancient coins, and a ring, with an agate of the size of half a saldo. On this agate the naked eye could discover nothing but some very small strokes. A learned traveller purchased the ring, and by the aid of a microscope discovered a most admirable work of art. On the upper side of the stone he found a group of gods, distinguishable by their attributes; and on the lower side, Achilles dragging the dead body of Hector behind his chariot. This discovery affords a fresh proof of the great superiority of the ancients to the moderns in works of this kind.

ANECDOTE OF CHRISTIAN IV. KING OF Den

MARK.

Christopher Rosenkranz, in Copenhagen, demanded from the widow of Christian Tuul a debt of 5000 dollars. She was certain that she owed him nothing. But he produced a bond signed by herself and her de ceased husband; she declared the bond to be forged. The affair was brought before a court of justice. The widow was condemned to pay the demand. In her distress she

applied to king Christian IV. and said that neither she nor her husband had signed the pretended bond. His majesty promised to take her affair into consideration. He sent for Rosenkranz, questioned him closely, begged, exhorted, but all to no purpose. The creditor appealed to his written bond. The king asked for the bond, sent Rosenkranz, away, and promised that he would very soon return it to him. The king remained alone, to examine this important paper, and discovered, after much trouble, that the paper-manufacturer, whose mark was on the bond, had began his manufactory many years after its date. The inquiries made confirmed this fact. The proof against Rosenkranz was irrefragable. The king said nothing about it: sent for Rosenkranz some days after, and exhorted him in the most affecting manner, to have pity on the poor widow, because otherwise the justice of Heaven would certainly punish him for such wickedness. He unblushingly insisted on his demand, and even presumed to affect to be offended. The king's mildness went so far, that he still gave him several days for consideration. But all to no purpose. He was arrested, and punished with all the rigour of the laws.

ANECDOTE. PRESENCE OF MIND.

As the well known Dr. Barth preached for the first time in his native city of Leipzig, he disdained the usual precaution of having his sermon placed in the Bible before him, to refer to in case of need. A violent thuader-storm arising just as he was in the middle of his discourse, and a tremendous clap caused him to lose the thread of his argument, with great composure and dignity he shut the Bible, saying with emphasis,“ When God speaks, man must hold his peace:" he then came down from the pulpit, and the whole congregation looked on him with admiration and wonder, as a mighty pillar of the church.

Report of Diseases treated at the Public Dispensary, New-York, during the month of *June, 1818.

ACUTE DISEASES.

FEBRIS Intermittens, (Intermittent Fever,) 5; Febris Remittens, (Remittent Fever,) 7; Febris Continua, (Continued Fever,) 29; Febris Infantum Remittens, (Infantile Remittent Fever,) 7; Phlegmone, 2; Ophthalmia, (Inflammation of the Eyes,) 4; Cynanche Tonsillaris, 2; Pneumonia (Inflammation of the Chest,) 15; Pneumonia Typhodes, (Typhoid Pneumony,) 4; Pertussis, (Hooping Cough,) 8; Hepatitis, (Inflammation of the Liver,) 2; Rheumatismus Acutus, 1; Icteruş, (Jaundice,) 1; Cholera Morbus, 2; Dys

enteria, (Dysentery,) 3; Rubeola, (Measles,) 1; Erysipelas, (St. Anthony's Fire,) 2; Vaccinia, (Kine Pock,) 31; Convulsio, (Convulsions,) 1.

CHRONIC AND LOCAL DISEASES.

*Asthenia, (Debility,) 8; Vertigo, 3; Cephalalgia, (Head-Ach,) 5; Dyspepsia, (Indigestion,) 6; Obstipatio, 13; Colica, 2; Paralysis, 1; Hysteria, 1; Menorrhagia, 1; Hæmorrhois, 2; Diarrhea, 6; Leucorrhoea, 2; Amenorrhea, 4; Ischuria, (Suppression of Urine,) 2; Ophthalmia Chronica, 3; Bronchitis Chronica, 3; Phthisis Pulmonalis, (Pulmonary Consumption,) 7; Rheumatismus Chronicus, 5; Pleurodynia, 2; Lumbago, 2; Nephralgia, 1; Plethora, 3; Anasarca,

(Dropsy,) 1; Hydrothorax, (Dropsy of the Chest,) 1; Scrophula, (King's Evil,) 1; Tumor, 1; Hernia, 1: Exostosis, 1; Vermes, (Worms,) 4; Syphilis, 4; Urethritis Virulenta, 3; Paraphymosis, 1; Contusio, (Bruise,)6; Stremma, (Sprain,) 2; Fractura, 1; Vulnus, 6; Abscessus, 2; Ulcus, 8; Strophulus, 2; Psoriasis, 1; Erythema, 2; Herpes, 2; Scabies et Prurigo, 14; Porrigo, 3; Eruptiones Variæ, 4.

The weather of this month has been generally fair, and the temperature more elevated than usual:-winds chiefly between southeast and southwest. The quantity of rain has been small, not exceeding 2 1-2 inches on a level; what did fall was principally in refreshing showers, sometimes attended with lightning, seldom with thunder. On the 28th the mercury in Fahrenheit's thermometer stood at 90° in the shade, on the 29th at 920, and on the 30th it attained to the height of 93 1-2 degrees. On ten other days it was between 81 and 869. The thermometrical range of this interval has been from 55 to 92 1-2 degrees. Average temperature for the whole month 739. Greatest variation in twenty-four hours 210. Lowest temperature at 7 o'clock in any one morning 55, highest 760; lowest temperature in any afternoon 65°, highest 93 1-20; lowest temperature at sunset of any day 629, highest 890.-Barometrical range from 29.58 to 30.08 inches.-The season, which at the commencement of this month was deemed backward, is now sufficiently advanced, and vegetation in general presents a highly luxuriant aspect.

During this interval, the city has been on the whole healthy. The effects of disease on the human constitution have offered little that is remarkable. Since the commencement of summer, inflammatory affections of the organs concerned in respiration have much declined; but pertussis still continues to prevail among children, and fevers, particularly of the remittent and typhoid kind, have been more common than in the preceding month. The cases of typhus, which occurred during the vernal period, were mostly of the mild sort, denominated typhus mitior; but in this month the complaint has shown symptoms of degeneracy, in some cases wearing from its commenceinent the physiognomy of danger.

Attention to the stomach and bowels constitutes an important step in the management of typhous fever. On the invasion of the complaint, an emetic, followed by a warm sudorific, and in a few hours by a proper aperient, commonly has the effect of disarming the fever of its severity; and, in some instances, totally extinguishes the disWithout this preliminary step, cor

ease.

dials, tonics, or drugs thrown into the already oppressed or polluted stomach, will either be ejected, or will have the effect of increasing the general irritation, and aggravating the very symptoms they were intended to relieve.

During the few hot days at the conclusion of this month, several persons among the labouring poor, and particularly strangers lately arrived from the northern parts of Europe, and who as yet were unaccustomed to the occasional intense heats of our climate, suffered from the imprudent use of cold water. Some perished; but the greater part were recovered by the internal use of laudanum and brandy, by spiritous fomentations to the region of the stomach and bowels; and in cases where there was any excitement or determination to the head, by the use of the lancet.

Some cases of bilious vomiting, of cholera, and of diarrhoea have been observed. These, to a limited extent, are doubtless salutary, being an effort of nature to free the stomach and bowels from a quantity of colluvies or offensive materials.

The New-York Bills of Mortality for June report 219 deaths; from

Abscess, 2; Apoplexy, 2; Asthma, 1; Cancer, 1; Caries, 1; Casualty, 1; Childbed, 1; Cholera Morbus, 2; Consumption, 42; Contusion, 1; Convulsions, 8; Cramp in the Stomach, 1; Diarrhea, 2; Drinking Cold Water, 5; Dropsy, 3; Dropsy in the Chest, 4; Dropsy in the Head, 10; Drowned, 9; Dysentery, 1; Dyspepsia, 1; Erysipelas, 1; Fever, 1; Fever, Intermittent, 2; Fever, Remittent, 2; Fever, Typhous, 41; Fistula in perineo, 1; Fracture, 1; Gravel, 1; Hæmorrhage, 1; Hives, 1; Hooping Cough, 9; Hysteria, 1; Infanticide, 2; Inflammation of the Chest, 8; Inflammation of the Bowels, 5; Inflammation of the Liver, 2; Insanity, 3; Intemperance, 1; Locked Jaw, 1; Mortification, 2; Nervous Disease, 1; Old Age, 2; Palsy, 1; Pneumonia Typhodes, 1; Scalded, 1; Scrophula, or King's Evil, 1; Small Pox, 1; Still-born, 13; Sudden Death, 1; Suicide, 2; Tabes Mesenterica, 3; Teething, 2; Ulcer, 2; Unknown, 3; Worms, 3.-Total 219.

Of this number there died 47 of and under the age of 1 year; 10 between 1 and 2 years; 11 between 2 and 5; 3 between 5 and 10; 14 between 10 and 20; 26 between 20 and 30; 38 between 30 and 40; 40 between 40 and 50; 19 between 50 and 60; 6 between 60 and 70; and 6 between 70 and 80.

JACOB DYCKMAN, M. D New-York, June 30th, 1818.