These works are complete. The Union canal, a line of 74
miles, to connect the Schuylkill with the Susqueannah, is in progress,
and will be completed within the present year. These, however, are but a
few of the gigantic strides which America is making in the march of
nations.
_Caledonian Canal._
Between August 1, 1826, and August 1, 1827, 212 vessels have passed
through the Caledonian canal from sea to sea. 295 vessels have made
partial passages through one end of the canal, to and from various
ports; 74 boats, not above 15 tons burden each, have been employed in
the carriage of articles to the fishery stations; and 91 steam-boats
have passed through the canal, all within the period abovementioned.
_Medicine._
A respectable contemporary journal gives the following calculations on
the relative state of the medical profession in London and Paris. The
French have long objected to the multitude of our professors, and the
drugs they employ; and it would seem by this comparative statement that
their objection is not ill-founded:--
In _London_ there are 174 physicians, or 1 physician to 700
inhabitants; 1,000 surgeons, or 1 surgeon to 1,200 inhabitants; 2,000
apothecaries, or 1 apothecary to 600 inhabitants.
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