MISCELLANp.

INTERESTING DISCOVERY.
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IN he history # medCi inc, since the discovs
cry he circulation Of he blood by D. Hergey.
we have not heard of sny of equsl importance
except discovery lately made in England hv
SIR Esersrd Home, which will most probsblv
overlu n The whole of the present practice ia
medicine.


Il has been a prevsiingsides. that drop oe
any fluid introduced or iDiects into sny of thf.
veins produced an immediate coagulstion of he
blood but Sir Eversrd Home hgs ascertsined
by repeated experiments, that medicines Clirects
ly injec,cd or introduced into the veins, produce
their effects more rapidly, with more benefit
and With less injury TO The system than when
they are swallowed and then pass from ,he
stomach into Tie circulation.


Sir Egerard X me has sscertained not only
from experiments made upon himself, but upon
many others. ,hs, gusous infusion of The eorchi.
cum antaDlsaie or meadOSU saf, on injected into
me ens Of The ankle or The leg will cure the
most violent Gout. Sir Eyerard states that he
completely recovered from most violent stack
II the Gout 10 less than twenty hours, by inject.
Ing mo the circulation sixty drops of this meds
iclne.


SIR Everard mentions, that infusions of ipe.
cscu4nhs and Islsp injected into the Iagulap
vein, produced thelC respective eifecis oF Tonits
ing and purging much more rapidly. aud with
more ea>s 20 The patient, than when taken by
he myu3h.


An infusion rf Rhubarb when injec e5, Gags.
eS prouse flow OF urine. In short, according
10 the experiments OF Sir EveraFd Home, sil
medicines Whatever act better, are less iDjuri-
Gus 10 the constitution, when injected into the
veins than when swallowed by the mouth.


Although lie repu alton of SIR Eversrd Home
- the science of medicine is Of the first rank,
vet We would wish have more satisfactory
evidence of the effect of his practice before we
should recommend trial of ii. We hsve 40
douSt that all those sciences immediately con-
nected with The animal and vegetable kingdoms
are yet IN iheir infancy, and thss gfes improve
ments will be made before thefapss of rrany sears


Pet. Tat.
4 whale has been caught near Cardill which
was 94 feet long, and So round.


By late Ukase Of the Emperor Of Russia, an
additional Export duty of 10 per cent. has been
laid on Hemp, Flax, Tallow, Wheat, Rye, Pot
Ashes, Wax, Bristles, Linseed, and Hemp seed.
Accounts from Maryland speak very favorably
of the preseptsppearance of the grain crops,