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 :: Suppression of Urine, Medical Observations and Enquiries,’ vol. v., 1776. Andree's writings on venereal diseases show much originality. In one capital point he anticipated John Hunter (whose work appeared in 1786), and described other pathological facts which have since been brought forward as novelties (see, Virchow's Jahresbericht der Medizin, 1879, i. 395). A more conspicuous position, and possibly more self-confidence, were the only things wanting to make him famous.
 * 1) ‘Essay on Gonorrhœa,’ London, 1777.
 * 2) ‘Observations on the Venereal Disease,’ London, 1779.
 * 3) ‘Considerations on Bilious Diseases,’ Hertford, 1788; second edition, London, 1790.
 * 4) ‘Cases and Observations [in Surgery],’ London, 1799.



ANDREW, JAMES, LL.D. (1774?–1833), principal of the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe, Surrey, was a native of Scotland, and received his education at Aberdeen. He established a private academy at Addiscombe, which acquired so high a reputation that the East India Company made choice of it for the education of their engineer and artillery pupils, when they decided to educate them separately from the king's cadets. In 1809 they purchased the mansion house of Addiscombe, Andrew being appointed head master and professor of mathematics. After conducting the college with great success he retired about 1823. He died at Edinburgh 13 June 1833. Andrew was the author of ‘Astronomical and Nautical Tables,’ 1805; ‘Institutes of Grammar and Chronological Tables,’ 1817; ‘Key to Scriptural Chronology,’ 1822; and ‘Hebrew Grammar and Dictionary without Points,’ 1823. The copy of this book in the British Museum belonged to the Duke of Sussex, and contains an autograph letter of Andrew.



ANDREWE, LAURENCE (fl. 1510–1537), translator and printer, a native of Calais, translated in 1510 ‘The noble lyfe and natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes, yt be made known [col.] Translated be me Laurens Andrewe of the towne of Calis, in the famous cite of Andwarpe. Emprented be me John of Doesborowe [n.d.]’ folio ( Coll. and Notes, 1876, p. 474). He probably learned the art of printing from John Doesborowe or Peter Treveris ( Typ. Ant. ed. Herbert, i. 412), and practised for some time in London in Fleet Street, at the Golden Cross by Fleet Bridge. Here, in 1527, he printed his own translation of ‘The vertuose boke of Distyllacion of the waters of all maner of Herbes … by Jherom Bruynswyke, and now newly translate out of Duyche,’ sm. folio. He appears to have translated other minor works which have not come down to us, as in the Prologue he observes: ‘After dyvers and sondry small volumes and tryfeles of myrth and pastaunce som newly composed, some translated and of late finished, [I am] now mynded to exercise my pene in mater to the reder som what more pfytable.’ The book contains a great number of woodcut illustrations of distilling apparatus with interesting figures and descriptions of plants. It is this work which has given Andrewe the credit of producing an edition of ‘The grete Herball’ in 1527. He also printed, without a date, ‘The myrrour & dyscrypcion of the World,’ folio, a reproduction of the 1481 text of Caxton, with some of the original wood blocks. Herbert (Typ. Ant. iii. 1786) says: ‘I have a fragment of Æsop's Fables, bound with his Myrrour, which seems to have been also printed by him.’ Another undated production of his press was ‘The Directory of Conscience,’ 4to. A work entitled ‘The Valuacion of Golde and Siluer. Made in the famous citie of Antwarpe and newely translated into Englishe by me Laurens Andrewe … Emprentyd in the famous citie of Andwarpe,’ without date or printer, is placed by Ames (Herbert's edition, i. 412), who does not, however, appear to have seen it, at 1537, with the remark: ‘Mr. Oldis supposed as he was a printer it might be printed by him, but then he must have been at Antwerp at that time.’ Another edition of a similar work is given by Herbert (p. 1529) as of 1499, and described precisely. Although not an original author, Andrewe deserves consideration as one of the earliest of those who translated into English works on scientific subjects.

 ANDREWE, THOMAS (fl. 1604), was the author of a curious and somewhat tedious poem in rhymed heroics, entitled ‘The Unmasking of a Feminine Machiavell,’ 4to, 1604. Following the title is a dedication ‘to his worthy and reverend Vncle, M. D. Langworth, Archdeacon of Welles;’ and then come some complimentary verses addressed