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London, England, 1825-04-04 00:00:00

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PARIS, MARCH 27.—M. Corms, a physician, hat
Presented to the Acaderily of 'Sciences, a perm of mai.
ficial anatomy, representing th body of a man accord.
ing to its natural dimensions. !'he'solidity of the 'Da.
terial employed permit, the taking to pieces and putting
together again, all the various pieces'of mec. anisns It
their very fullest details, and With such scientific accu-
racy, that a student may, with a book of anatomy is
his hand, find out say trace into its m-.st minute parti.
culars, and on every portion of the human frame. !ma
mediately under the skin are 'exhibited the veinous ST I 4
tern, and the superficial coat of muscles. Rich Muscle
may be separately detached, and with it the vessels Ind
nerves that run along its surface or go through Its The
succeeding coats of muscles, &c. may, in like Manner;
be detached and studied separately, or in-selection with
the other organs of the system, until the stud nt at
length arrives at the bare skeleton. A portion of the
last coat of muscles, and of the vascular and nervous
system, the separation of which offered no advantage,
remain attached to the bones. In the cavities are found
all the organs proper to them. The cranium may be
opened, and the brain taken out. In this, by means of
a cut through its entire mass, may be seen the nainutit
of its organisation. The eye, detached from its orbit,
may be studied apart. The muscles, the yes els, the
nerves, and the membranes of this delicate organ are
represented with scrupulous accuracy ; the transparent
parts are imitated in glass. The organization of the
' throat may be examined by means of this piece of Me-
chanism with great-r precision V•an on a natural sub-
ject. In the thoracic cavity is seen the heart, and ves-
sels that branch off from it, and which may be followed
to their remotest ramifications. One portion of the
lungs is divided into two, in order ti, ex:iibit the pulmo-
nary circulation. In the abdoinin 11 cavity, separated
from the preceding by the diaphtagm, are found an
exact representation of the viscera. On removing the
intestinal mass, the veins, the spleen, the liver, &c. are.
disclosed to view. The preparation of the cirgans con-
tained in the cavity of the pelvis is p irticularly worthy
of attention. The removal of all these parts leaves open
to inspection the azigos, the thoracic canal, and the
grand lymphatic nerve attached to the tenets' al column.
This piece of mechanic al anatomy h is, over 2'l other
representations of the human system, great advantages.
From the solidity of its materials, it can be take's to
pieces, and handled and examined in its .uinu est de-
tails, without suffering any injury ;I. is n 'table to
be influenced by the: variations in th • te...p ,:ature of
the atmospfere; besides its offering the studeit the
greatest possible facility for the examtnatio of even the
remotest part of the tardy, not only in relation • it.. the
whole, but separately, it is the least execusive succe-
daneum for the human subject that ha, y. t beet. disco-
vered. The price set upon this very ingeni us and
eminently useful piece of mechanism is 3,000 francs.
Now it is wtll known that tie war figu e of a in •n, in
the natural proportions, exhibiting me. ely t'le outward
coat of muscles (the skin bcinz taken • IF), cannot be
had for a less sum than between thirty and t rty thou--
sand francs. The Academy of Sciences .as named a
commission to draw up a Report upon CI-is i..vention of
M. Ouroux. The Royal Academy of M-dicine, and
the Society of Emulatinn, have already roc* such
favourable reports upon M. Oat oux's first essays in this
way, as to secure to him the counen :ace and encuu-
tagement of Government. ti

A new bridge :lochs the Ltgan, at Belfast, to con-
Act the counties of Doi% n and AlMil% has been de.
terminal upon, the old bridge rseing so a dangerous
and shattered staSe. The estimated expense i f the new
bridge is 40,0001.
It has been apprehended that our cotton produce to
the northward must have suffered severely from the
drought; but notwithstanding the scarcity of rain, we
learn that the crops this year are very rich, and :'y the
last accounts, only required a few showers of rain to
bring them to perfection, in which case they are ex-
pected to yield 25 per cent. above last year's produce.
But should no rain fall, our informant confidently
assumes that sufficient cotton will be produced to
:apply the wants of the market on this side or Wits,
though at a rate of 25 per cent. less than that of last
year. Prom the seine source we learn that Bownaghur,
Dhollera, Broach, Jumbosseer, Porebunder, Handevee,
and Kattywar, have not less than 70,000 bales in the
markets of the last year's crop, 50,000 of which have
been purchased by the merchants of Bombay, and on
account of the Honourable Company—and which may
be expected to arrive at the Presidency next month.
LANOVAGEL—From the work of the learned Ade-
lung, we find that there exists not less than 3,064 diffe-
rent languages,einployed in various parts of the earth
There are of these :

European
*dude
African
American

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