Athothis : a satire on modern medicine / by Thomas C. Minor.

of Jamaica; Edward Tyson, his Phocaenia; James Smith on Lepidopterous Insects; John Berkenhout, Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland; Francis Salerme, his Animal Kingdom; John Brouguieres, on Molluscae and Zoophylae; Louis Daubenton, in connection with BufFon, the great work on Natural History; Anthony Vallsmeri, on The Origin of Insects; Lazaras Spallanzi, and many others, on Comparative Anatomy. " In the early part of the present century, Francis Peron published his Observations on Anthropology; Guillaume Ollivier, on Entomology; John Gilibert, on Natural His- tory ; George Shaw, Zoology of New Holland; Edward Jenner, of vaccination fame, his Natural History of the Cuckoo; James "Wilkens, a Memoir on the Utility of Insects; Samuel Mitchell, his Fishes of New York; Benjamin Burton, on Rattlesnakes; and John Godman, his well known work on American Natural History. " Within the last twenty-five years, physicians have almost monopolized the field of botany and natural his- tory ; and of late, in America alone, three superb works have been published; namely, Theodore Jasper's Birds of North America; E. Coues, North American Birds; and D. S. Jordans, Vertebrates of the Northern United States. " In mineralogy and geology, medicine is able to boast of a Baumer, Dana, and DeWitt. In astronomy, of a Bainbridge, Toaldo, and Holyoke. In chemistry, hours could be passed in naming such men as Malouin, Berg- man, Block, Darcet, Garnet, Stahl, Pemberton, Wollas- ton, Henry, Brugnatelli, Chaptal, Berthollet, Tennant, and Davy. "As medical travelers and explorers, what names are