reappearance of the small pox in the city, but in vaccination, the subscriber takes the liberty of suggesting to the trustees the propriety of republishing by hand-bills in the out wards of the city, as well as in the public papers, the invitation to the poor to profit by the opportunities they posses of vaccinating their children, as the only preventive against the danger of the small pox. Published by order of the trustees,

GERARDUS A. COOPER. New-York Dispensary, Jan. 14, 1810.

Proposed Union of the Medical Schools in New-York.

The Regents of the University of the state, at their meeting held in Albany on the 1st of April, 1811, having taken into consideration the present state of the medical schools of this city and the unfortunate misunderstandings which have occured in the college of physicians and surgeons, with the laudable view of uniting the respective talents of the two schools, and thereby to establish on a permanent basis a liberal and well organized medical institution in the city of New-York, have thought it expedient to make certain alterations and amendments in the Charter of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and to create a new list of officers and professors, by introducing several of the professors of the medical school in Columbia College, as well as other eminent and distinguished individuals whose services were considered important to the success of the new establishment. They have accordingly made the following appointments, which we copy from the official report made by the regents.

SAMUEL BARD, M. D. President.

BENJAMIN DE WITT, M. D. Vice-President.

WRIGHT POST and JOHN AUGUSTINE SMITH, Joint Pro fessors of Anatomy, Surgery, and Physiology.

DAVID HOSACK, M. D. Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic and Clinical Medicine.

WILLIAM JAMES MAC NEVEN, M. D. Professor of Chemistry.

JOHN R. B. RODGERS, M. D. Professor of Obstetrics, and the Diseases of Women and Children.

EDWARD MILLER, M. D. Professor of Therapeutics, and Clinical Medicine.

WILLIAM HAMERSLEY, M. D. Professor of the Institutes of Medicine.

SAMUEL L. MITCHILL, M.D. Professor of Natural History. JAMES S. STRINGHAM, M.D. Professor of Medical Jurisprudence.

ARCHIBALD BRUCE, M. D. Professor of Mineralogy and Phar

macy.

JOHN D. JAQUES, Treasurer.

JOHN W. FRANCIS, Register.

The Elgin botanic garden, in the vicinity of this city, having been purchased by the state of New-York, for the purpose of promoting medical science, and being placed at the disposal of the Regents of the University, that board has accordingly directed the trustees of the College of Physicians and Surgeons to take charge of the institution, to preserve and improve the same; and that it be by them devoted to the purposes contemplated by the legislature. By this arrangement the botanic garden now constitutes an important appendix to the medical school of this city, and will be a valuable source of instruction to the pupils who may resort to New-York for the purposes of medical education.

Abernethy's Surgical Writings.

It is with pleasure we announce the republication of the first and second parts of the new and augmented edition of "Surgical Observations," by John Abernethy, Esq. F. R. S. of London. We have long wished to see the productions of this distinguished ana tomist and surgeon, in the possession of every medical reader, as we consider them deserving of the greatest commen. dation, both on account of the many original and interesting facts which they contain, and the important practical conclusions which the author has deduced from them. We trust, that when the other parts of the work (which the author is now publishing in London,) shall have reached this country, they will be speedily added to the present American copy.

Officers of the Medical Society of the State of New-York.

WILLIAM WILSON, of Columbia, President.

WESTEL WILLOUGHBY, of Herkimer, Vice President.
BENJAMIN R. BEVIER, of Ulster, Secretary.

ASA B. SIZER, of Madison, Treasurer.

JOHN R B. RODGERS, of New-York,
WILLIAM MCLELLAND, of Albany,
ELI BURRITT, of Rensselaer,
JESSE SHEPHARD, of Schoharie,
WILLIAM PATRICK, jun. of Saratoga,
Committee of Correspondence.

Censors.

HENRY SHERWOOD,
JESSE SHEPHARD.

At the late anniversary meeting of the Medical Society of the state of New-York, a prize medal of the value of fifty dollars was adjudged to the dissertation of Doctor JOHN STEARNS, of Albany, on the geology, mineralogy, and medical history of the county of Saratoga.

Observations on the Weather of the City of New-York, for the months of January, February, and March, 1811.

JANUARY.

The weather for the first two days of January, was remarkably clear and agreeable, and the thermometer stood at 3 P. M. at 26 degrees. On the evening of the third it commenced snowing, which continued through the fourth, when a small quantity of rain fell. From the 5th to the 16th, the weather was for the most part foggy in the morning, and either overcast or cloudy during the remainder of the day. On the 16th, a small quantity of snow fell, which was succeeded by rain; thermometer stood at 7 A. M. at 26, at 3 P. M. at 38, and at 7 P. M. at 35. On the night of the 18th, the mercury stood at 14 degrees. The remaining days of the month were generally clear and cold; wind chiefly from the N. w.

FEBRUARY.

On the 1st of February, there fell about 4 inches of snow; and on the 4th, about 6 inches more, which was followed by rain and a strong wind from N. w. On the 7th and 8th, we again had more snow, and also on the 12th, during which day, the mercury stood at or about the freezing point. On the 17th and 18th days, we had another fall of snow; this was succeeded by much colder weather, which gradually increased, and became considerably more severe than any we had experienced during the winter. On the 20th, the thermometer stood at 7 A. M. at 8, at 3 P. M. at 23, and at 7 P. M. at 21. On the 23d, at sunrise, it stood at 6 degrees. The weather for the remaining days of the month, became more temperate and agreeable. On the 26th, however, we again had some rain, accompanied with a wind from the s. w.

MARCH.

The weather for the first five days of the month was clear, pleasant, and of a moderate temperature; wind chiefly from the westward. On the 6th, we had

some snow, after which it became still milder; and on the 12th day, the thermometer stood at 7 A. M. at 39, at 3 P. M. at 55, and at 7 P. M. at 50, wind generally from the s. w. During the eight following days, there was very little variation in the temperature of the weather, it being for the most part clear and very mild, with the wind southerly. On the 21st and 22d, the thermometer stood as high as 67 at 3 o'clock in the shade. On the 24th fell a small quantity of rain; it again became pleasant, and continued so until the 30th, on which day, and on the 31st, we had more rain. The weather during the whole of this month, was extremely pleasant, and of an unusually uniform and mild temperature.

Observations on the Diseases of the City of New-York, during the months of January, February and March,

1811.

Although we do not usually meet with intermittent and bilious remittent fevers during the winter season, some cases of those diseases have fallen under our notice during the last three months. Those who advocate the domestic origin of yellow fever, and consider it to be the same disease with the bilious remittent of this country, and that the latter is but a milder grade of the former, must find themselves at a loss to reconcile the continuance of the bilious remittent throughout the winter months, with the sudden extinction of yellow fever upon the first appearance of frost; a fact uniformly remarked whenever this last disease has prevailed in our cities.