SV THE Vaughan MONTHLY MAGAZINE. No. 261.] NOVEMBER 1, 1814. When the Monthly Magazine was first planned, two leading ideas occupied the minds of those who undertook to con duct it. The first was, that of laying before the Public various objects of information and discussion, both amusing and instructive; the second was that of lending aid to the propagation of those liberal principles respecting some of the most important concerns of mankind, which have been either deserted or virulently op posed by other Periodical Miscellanies; and upon the manly and rational support of which the Fame and Fate of the age must ultimately depend.Preface to Monthly Mag. Vol. I. As long as those who write are ambitious of making Converts, and of giving their Opinions a Maximum of Influence and Celebrity, the most extensively circulated Miscellany will repay with the greatest Effect the Curiosity of those who read, whether it be for Amusement or for Instruction-JOHNSON. CONTINUATION of the ACCOUNT of the recent ERECTION of PUBLIC BUILDINGS in various PARTS of the BRITISH EMPIRE. MR. FLAXMAN's STATUE OF SIR JOHN MOORE. fell a to to by same aut project of the British Cabinet of esta blishing Liberty in Spain in the person of Ferdinand the Seventh, was a native of Glasgow; and the public-spirited inhabitants of that city having determined to record his virtues in a public monument, Mr. FLAXMAN has been employed to. execute their intentions. The model, which may be seen at Mr. MONTHLY MAG. No. 261. tist's statue of Lord Mansfield, or any that we have seen among modern productions. The height of the figure is eight feet, and of the pedestal ten feetthe whole eighteen and a half feet: the former will be bronze, and the latter Scotch granite. The costome is that of a British Lieutenant-General, in his nili tary cloak. 20 T 300 Dr. Burton's Proposed Infirmary for Asthma, &c. [Nov. 1, To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. SIR, A N institution has recently been proposed to the consideration of the public for the purpose of combating some of the evils, which, in this country, most materially injure the health and destroy the lives of its inhabitants. The institution to which I refer is the Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption, and other Diseases of the Lungs. The prin ciple on which the establishment proceeds is, that a regular high temperature should be preserved within its wards during the winter, on the supposition that these complaints are chiefly produced and continued by variable and severe weather, and that a most important remedy to oppose their progress is warmth of temperature. I have long been accustomed to consider these opinions as well founded; I have heard my medical friends express the same sentiments; I have read them in different professional books, and found them repeated in common life by those who were unconnected with the profession, but who judged from that general observation which, in diseases of such frequent occurrence, every individual is capable of exercising. With such impressions on my mind, I conceived that the usual origin of these disorders, and the mode in which they were to be combated in the greater number of instances could not admit of a doubt. The principle, therefore, on which the infirmary was to be established, appeared to me so decided, that I had conceived there was scarcely a possibility of its being disputed, whatever might be the fate of the inode in which that principle was to be applied in practice. The positions to be established are the following: 1. That asthma and consumption are very rare in hot climates. 2. That asthma is rare, but consumption not unfrequent in mild climates. 3. That they are very prevalent in this country, the climate of which is cold and variable. 4. That in this country they are much more frequent in winter than in summer. 5. That they have often been cured or relieved by the assistance of a high temperature preserved in chambers during winter. It will be observed, that these positions are not theoretical reasonings, but positive facts, which, when established, lead directly to the conclusion, that au infirmary founded on the principle before referred to, must be highly useful. 1. Asthina and consumption are very rare in hot climates LIONARY By the term hot climates, I mean all countries within the tropics, excepting those which, from the height of their situation, or from some other causes, are rendered cooler than is usual in those latitudes. To prove this position, I shall cite a few authorities. Dr. Chisholm published "An Essay on the Malignant Pestilential Fever, &c." In this work, he observes, that he resided twelve years in Grenada, one of the windward islands, situated about 12° north latitude; and, during his residence, kept a journal of the weather. The island is composed of two mountains, and is very hilly; and hence is produced a change of temperature at the end of every hundred yards."-Introduction, P. 2. "Under their shelter, the heat is often insupportable, and the body is bathed in the most profuse sweat; beyond this, turning au angle, and being suddenly exposed to the prevailing winds, which here blow with violence proportioned to the narrow vallies which confine them, the body is in an instant dried up, an aguish sensa. tion takes place, and not unfrequently topical pains and inflammations of a most dangerous nature are instantaneously produced."-P. 3. "The atmosphere of Grenada differs widely from that of the low islands, Barbadoes, Antigua, &c.;" that of the low islands being remarkably dry, that of Grenada very moist even in the dry season, so that an electrical machine can scarcely be work ed with advantage. Mists are almost constantly covering the ground, whilst "the low islands are never thus enveloped in mist." The thermometer by which Dr. C.'s observations were made, was placed in the shade, in a cool situa tion, and exposed to a current of air. The variations of this instrument, during the year 1793, are given more circum stantially than during any other year; the greatest height was 92°, the lowest 76°, a difference of 16 degrees. But these are extremes which seldom occur red; the variation very rarely exceeded 11o in one month; the most frequent range was from 889 to 77°. If the thermometer was exposed to the sun, it would frequently rise 30° higher than the point at which it stood in the shade. In summer and autumn, including the rainy and warm seasons, remittent fevers, dysenteries, slights colics, cholera morbus, phrenitic complaints," and ulcers of the legs, are the most prevalent diseases; and, in the marshy districts, obstinate intermittents and hepatic dysenteries. In winter and spring, when the air is most chilly and dry, Pleu risies |