The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-17
Va. to be regretted, that a sport, suhieb sya,


Il is to be regretted, thar a soork, svbieb svaJ
undertaken on 10 literal and enHgbfered a plan,
as &c TIE Neqv-1iork Medical RtpqE:ofy," Jb0u!d
baz'e Hitherto met qtitb 70 Hftle /seosj. rs cir
es!ation in ire di9rre1f States bas been extremely
limited if may be pe,7siftea to jnaee frem my
oson experience. TIE only booA. Rore, for ly9nee,
IN IBIS city, qvbieb receizsJ these hunters Trey
periodically appear, has 40 more than f15jcri-
Der, TO fpp!y. The remaining nnnidsrJ 70 the
auowst ejtsvsnty or thirty, are jonsetimeJ jo,fu-
mere enoagb TO meet evifb an oeogfonal Pweb,1fsr,
BIZ. ~ieR frequently they rspofs 9poa tie beoh.e!iers
,-slE, maeaited for and unemployed
Independently Of tie svsHt Of an adequate Curl
CITY among general readers medical PraGiitio
ers, Jsvsrrl regions for this indifference may be
foasd in tee 6ookitjelf The original contribute
ans TO TIE svork are By no means frequent or pro
.faaad. The iqR nma6er. for The months Of hiey,
Ix1e and fns!y, contains than /even me-
',oirs on Me0ieai /hbjet9S. The ReVieav Of lime
rcan publications, zvbieb eonRitntes one Of tie 6i-
ViEonS Of the plan, is not IN general aety infersf-
ing, either from Tie tenor Of the eS4s to aVbieb
thty relate, or fran the manner IN Svbieb their
coateafJ are reqiqved and criticized.
To eoper th< neeeGaxy nuncter Of pages, and
Jonrefines TO /i1epJ the reader evifb more inte-
rsFirg themes, nuday nijcellaneonS topics are in
PRODUCED, in tbe moR lejiAto,.y manner. Hence TIE
IeRsad ofbeing a repeffory Of medical and other
auxiliary Information, TIE reader qyH /omefime5
find nit a magazine oftopieJ, qvbieb baUe (earee-
" tie ngR ,esncte relation to tie theory and pr0c-
rice Of medicine. In the /eietfion Of tlis matter
too, THE taRe and feeling Of one ofiS Editors ere
permitted TO haze too great influence. For
TIE Attachments and talents of DR.. MitebrN, fer
kiJ ardent and /neeetfil zeal tn the eaae Of the
prejent 0dinin.Rraiion, Svbie6 eoneeiVs to be
zrf Y
fuceye rsi3ed and it fills me eViib regret, that
Eleb character as DR.. Mitchell y&0a!d be mark
ed BY AIRY Of tboje little foibies, subeb maG mevi-
tally dinai7W TIE rslpea Of bis friends, and in
eree TIE breiudiee5of bis enemies. Ia looking
RE b'&ttat number TIE z0j6 Of Dr.. Mitchell 10 be
more jl1niijayIy kaoqvu bis readers, is ai1soR
ioo sUident TO e/faae tie mgR emyfory attention.
Freedom and Fiedoaian, eVordS Of bis osun manu-
yct7nrs, are TOO qfis1 /4tfifHfsdJ or Amerea ard
TIE U'ite@ Sta!e' d '0e'y complimentary
.rai4 ofa letter to Dr.. Mitchell from Baron
hrmb0idt, betore he letf this country, is brougbt
in far tee. Jf4gpIe purple Of announcing tie pyOba-
billy ofb:J returning to ribs country. In noticing
.Svo CT r6ree Of tie meaicei k6eJes avbie6 baqe
6een pl.5Liy6ed IN tie u. S. Dr.. Mitchell does not
s0,it tbe opportunity Of bringing back bis ji7,fon
and lis EJtie theory upon bis readers, BY bintiug
ib,:t ills author bad become ATTACHED TO bis nezv
,,incit!es. .44nd 70 tbroz0 ina lat feature to this
o0rITa5t. ne mas iHEr0dACeG q FrtoFf, certainty n
z.ry luminous and eombrebe4fce one, made Ly
RE Committee Of Commerce and sianutat7mes, on
tie generalization Of the jsamen'5 jgd, and poll
t;1,ely 4jcri5ed liz tMS sOo,iF, 10 The pen Of Or.
Mitchell. Il zViH be eaiy matter to rednce
tsil political document under any of.be Aeads OIL
kiJ title page. Tire DR.. qVW net EOriy conEaey- II
as a part of bis Medical RepeEtory; nor a Re
qie1v of 4SperieGn publications., Me4;eiue SaS-
gerry, OF tie a2xiLiary brunetss 81 StieA4s.
Freed from t5sje impeIfe6fioNs, and ajFy4ed BIZ
more frequent and profound dit7jiions on meAi-
cal bjct1, no doubt he entertained tksf this
NeqV-fork RepgEt0,y 4von!d be general its cir
eaIatiOn, and alice in its influence. NeG med.
eaI 5raGfitiorers, svould defre 10 bo5 it, 4vben
i5.y expected to 1fud IN it .)ome able memoirs on
tier taporife arr, qvtbont any nNcy Of beieroee-
s9aJ mater /: and tie Jane eW'i2fty aUonld no
aos.5, extend 70 fare offbe general readers.
From TIE Ian nnas6er Of this Rsbgffo'y f6r. jo!-
lowing ,sviesV is esfyaSfcd. II j, iNtrodUrsd not
10 nuio far tie pnfots Of explaining tie I6rif Of
tbe 81 Ork, as efE4zgefing /0pte ideas n 1je5f
cvbibbasalreadyeRgag elt5eatte0tionefC ongrsG,
81 n4F ere ioxg mtrree Aimof e1eyy girgiMinn Of,
an Gl7ive nina and rspdy capital. Il is on the ef-
ta5liihing of manufactures IN America. 2be
ideas qvbieb ere deUeiefed in The .foiioqving re-
it1y are not Always original, not extremely inee-
nioaJ, and Gof altogether coire6f. 7Jer mar erpe
bozpeper 10 cxfite the enr;eftv Of their readers.
S;.-b at tqf sVa. tbejnGgment IF TIE e4itOr and
/tb zYas ne Hlp,eJfon, zuUe5 tb:y ba4e partial
u ie/t Hpsn bis mimi.