Consumption, and Diseases of Women.--By DAVID
WARK. M.D.--Pneumonia.--The true first stage of Consumption. The
development of tubercular matter in the blood.--The value of
cod-liver oil in the prevention of consumption.--The influence
of normal breathing on the female generative organs--Showing how
the breathing powers may be developed.--The effects of adequate
respiration in special cases.
Vital Discoveries in Obstructed Air and Ventilation.
IV. ELECTRICITY.--The Portrush Electric Railway, Ireland.--By Dr.
EDWARD HOPKINSON.
The Thomson-Houston Electric Lighting System.--4 figures.
A Modification of the Vibrating Bell.--2 figures.
V. CHEMISTRY.--Acetate of Lime.
Reconversion of Nitroglycerine into Glycerine. By C.L. BLOXAM.
Carbonic Acid and Bisulphide of Carbon. By JOHN TYNDALL.
VI. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.--Propagation of Maple Trees.
Dioscorea Retusa.--Illustration.
Ravages of a Rare Scolytid Beetle in the Sugar Maples of
Northeastern New York.--Several figures.
The Red Spider. 4 figures.
Japanese Peppermint.
VII. NATURAL HISTORY.--The Recent Eruption of Etna.
The Heloderma Horridum.--Illustration.
The Kangaroo.
VIII. ARCHITECTURE.--Design for a Villa.--Illustration.
IX. BIOGRAPHY.--William Spottiswoode.--Portrait.
X. MISCELLANEOUS.--Physics without Apparatus.
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