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sentences. He may be offended if he will;but we tell him candidly, that our opi-nion is altogether against such a waste ofgood language; and if he will not restrainhimself within the limits of a simple enu-meration of facts, he will fail to render

any service to the cause he wishes to aidin advocating. We are sorry to say this

to so zealous and able a gentleman; butyears of experience have, we are satisfied,rendered us competent to pronounce a

sound verdict on his MSS., whatever maybe his own opinion thereof.Note.-The book whence the quotation

at the bottom of col. 1, page 727, of a tate Num-

ber, was made, was accidentally omitted to be

stated as the work of Dr. M’Cormac on Fever.The Bury and Norwich Post has reachedus.—Mr. Mart. The paper was mislaid, but has

been recovered.-The rumour stated by A ·annotbe true.—Many calls have been made by Ccrrc-spondent: on the cta.:-s of medical assistants, invaiu, and we see no greater chance of a responseto the appeal of our last Correspondent on the sub-ject of their grievances. A good plan should beorgauized and then made known. It is useless to

proceed in any other way.—A. K.’s letter his cometo hand.

ERRATUM - In the superscription to theanalysis of Dr. Rosas’s- ophthalmalogicali report in THE LANCET of August 22, page673, the word" " Wiener " should be read fvien (or Vienna).

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.

W. JACKSON.

(Extract from a Meteorological Journal kept at High Wycombe.

Lat. 51° 37’ 44’’ North, Long. 31° 45" West.)

Sept. 7, 1837.

Winds-4 East; 3 West; 2 North; 4 South; 6 North-east; 2 South-east; 0 South.west ; 10 North-west.

The llth of the month was the hottest day that has occurred in any August during.the last 13 years, the maximum of temperature being higher than that of any ofthe corresponding months. Yet the mean temperature has been exceeded three timesduring that period, in the same month of that number of years ; and in the last year itwas upwards of two degrees higher. The whole quantity of rain was less than in anyAugust in the space of time above referred to. Rain fell but once between the llthof July and the 22nd of August; and many days were entirely cloudless. The baro-rneter was higher than at any time since 1827. The wind chiefly came from theNorth and North-west. _