of the close of the eighteenth century are enriched by several important productions; amongst which may be particularized _Conspectus of Sikora_[27], the _First Lines of Loder_[28], the _System of Metzer_[29], and the _Delineations of Muller_[30]. If the reader be desirous of further information respecting the German literature of State Medicine, at this period, we must refer him to the great works of _Schlegel_[31] and _Plouquet_[32]; _Struvius_ likewise in his _Bibliotheca Juris_, (vol. i. p. 172) refers to the work of _Andreas Otto Goellicke_, Frankfort, 1723, for an enumeration of the numerous medico-legal writers of the earlier part of this age. During the present century we have received two volumes from the pen of _Metzger_; and in the year 1806, _Knappe_ and _Hecker_ commenced at Berlin, a periodical publication, under the title of “_Critical Annals of State Medicine_;” some years after which a similar work appeared under the superintendance of _Professor Kopp_ of Hanau. In speaking of the periodical works of Germany, we must not omit to mention that conducted by _Dr. Scherf_, Aulic Counsellor at Detmold, under the title of “_Contributions to the Archives of Medical Police_,” which extended to eight volumes, and was afterwards continued under the appellation of “_Isis_,” or “_Journal of Medical Jurisprudence and Police_.” To the catalogue of writers already enumerated, we might add many more; but having cited the most celebrated works we consider it unnecessary to adduce farther demonstration of the indefatigable and laborious industry of the German literati. The middle of the sixteenth century may be stated as the epoch at which the subjects of Medical Jurisprudence first excited much attention in the schools of Italy. The earlier writers, however, would appear to have studied the science rather with casuistical, than physiological views. _Fortunatus Fidelis_, who has been regarded as the father of the Medico-legal literature of Italy, first published his work “_De Relationibus Medicorum_,” at Palermo, about the period above stated; it was afterwards republished at Venice, and lastly at Leipsic, under the care of _Paul Amman_, Professor of Botany and Physiology in that University. It consists of four books, of which the following may be received as an outline of the contents, _viz._ I. On Public Food; the Salubrity of the Air; Pestilence. II. Wounds; Pretended Diseases; Torture; Injuries of the Muscles; Medical Errors. III. Virginity; Impotence; Hereditary Diseases; Pregnancy; Moles; the Vitality of the Fœtus; On Birth; Monsters. IV. Life and Death; Mortality of Wounds; Suffocation; Death by Lightning and Poisoning.