The New York herald., 1870-04-23
SCIENTIFIC IN TEL l.iCgyCg.

The Prince OF Wales Mummy Unr0!lcd.
TAe London Court Journal, OF April o. reports as
follows:-"A coffin ana mummy discovered al Old
Gourneh, near Thebes In the course OF some exca
vations undertaken last year by his Royal Highness
the Prince OF Wales have just been deposited IN the
museum OF the Royal Artillery Institution at Wool.
wien. The mummy is In excellent preservation
although 1t appears 10 have been partly opened IN
search Of Scardb9t and other ornaments. The relics
have been thus described by Dr. 5. Birch keeper of
Oriental antiquities at the British Museum-l. In
ner coffin, Ia shape OF mummy, OF syra
moro wood. lace cololed red, and bearded, striped
headdress and collar ON the neck, with the
following representations:-rhc goddess M Knee
ing on a doorway; Judgment scene IN the Hall OF
Truth. Hades; vlgnette OF the l25th chapter OF the
RJuai visit OF the soul to the mummy on ITS bier
vignete OF the eignty-ninth chapter Of the Utual
Genit OF the dead, Anuois iorns, ana symbolic eyes,
All, and dedIcaions 70 delties. At the foot Apis
bearing nummy on It's back THIS coffin Is Gov
cred wth lines OF hierogiyphcs IN black upon yet
low ground, tue dedicatols to and speeches Of the
deceased and detes. IL IL OF the period OF the
twenty-tth dynasty about b. G. .o0 IN good conji
ion and preservation. 2. hiummy OF Prahar,esl. son
OF Shepcnln and TaKemnebe1har In It's bandagcs
prepared with btumen; 1t mas been partly opened.
The existence OF the tomb IN which the remains
were found was mace klowl 70 the Prince By an
Arab whose grandfather had dlscoverei it,
EeIuaic Physicians Ia Rassia--yyitcaary la
the Case.
II Is stated III The malls Europe that the Rus
hereafter be admitted TO medca! schools ana TO
medical practice. The origin OF This concession IL
remarkable. Formerly It was found that the Cos.
sacks objected to being attended by male phys scians.
ON investigation 1t was discovered that they held
superstition concerning Ill diseases, ana That their
only ideas OF remedial agents ieae1 TO the
tations. charms and noy herbs administered ny
witches. For ayes the Witch mad been jueir ply
sician, and the radtlon was SO stICng, That few
years ago. some ladies applied to the govern
nent for admission to the CHIEF medical school of
a
dition nat they would pursue taeir practice among
the CossacNS. II was eyldelty intended to super
sede the "Wltchcs." THIS seems TO have been fol-
lowed by a larger concession.
Scientific NOtes.
4 new polar expedition Is being got ready III Bre
men.
| DIR. RokitansHy has been elected President of the
| Imperial Academy OF Sciences at Vienna.
Dr. Bruins, aided by Other German doctors, Is
| bringing out llfe OF Alexander Won humboldt.
Prof. Fee aud DR.. Grazlou Director OF the Imperial
Gardens at Rio Janeiro. have published treatise on
I the Cry pt0gamS vi Brazil.
The report OF the Cagiar Chamber OF Commerce
shows ihat the INNING industry OF SARDINIA is ann,i.
ally increasing.
The Imperial Academy OF Science Agriculture and
Art OF Lille, France offers prizes or thousand
ol experimental physics the other for the best work
| Oil The use OF the thermometer IN medicine.
me Academia dele ScienZe ut Turn have brought
out sevcl new parLS OF their Att." luli OF papers
on dynamic electricity, on the electric spark, On
mathematical and arithmetlca questions, on the
anomaly presented by vucanizcd india rubber wiih
regard TO neat. on systematic integraS and min
eraloSlcai chemistry