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* DIMSDALE. 2i Hospital, and practiced medicine at Hertford. His work upon inoculation, entitled. The Present Method of Iiioivlalion for the HtnuUiivx, was first published in ITliT. and was subsequently frequent- ly reprinted. His fame as an inoculator for the smallpox spread rapidly, and, at the invitation of the Empress Catharine, he in 1768 visited Saint Petersburg to inoculate the Empress and several of her family. For this service he re- ceived a sum equivalent to $50,000, and an annu- ity, besides other valuable gifts. In 1784 he made another voyage to the Continent, and visit- ed the courts of Saint Peter-sburg, Vienna, and Berlin. His medical works include: Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculation (1776) ; Ob- scnalions on the Plan of a Dispensary and Gen- eral Inoculation (1780); Tracts on Inoculation (17(S and 1781). DIM'YA'KIA. See Lameixibkanchiata. DITfAH. The daughter of Jacob and Leah. According to Genesis xxxiv. she was violated by Shechem, the son of Hamor, a Hivite ruler. An alliance with the sons of >Tacob was proposed and accepted, on condition that Shechem's people be circumcised. Before their wounds were healed, however, they were freaclierously murdered by Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah. For this deed .Jacob rebuked his sons. Originally the two brothers were apparently slain themselves, as the curse upon them in Genesis xlix. shows. It is generally assumed by modern Bible scholars that Dinah is the eponn-m of an Israelitish clan whose absorption by marriage in the city popula- tion of Shechem was avenged by the kindred tribes of Simeon and Levi with a ruthlessness to which their ow-n dissolution was afterwards traced. The author seems to have regarded the Hivites as uncircumcised. Tliis, however, may be due to ignorance of the customs of an earlier population that had completely disappeared. See CracnicisioN. DINAH, ArXT. The wealthy aunt of Walter, in Steme's Tristram Shandi/. DINAN, de'nax' (Gall., fortress on the water, from its situation on the Ranee). A town in the Department of Cotes-du-Xord, France, pictur- esquely situated on the Ranee, 30 miles north- west of Rennes. and 14 miles south of Saint ilalo (Map: France. E 3). It stands on the summit of a steep hill of granite, with the Ranee flowing through a valley 250 feet below and crossed by a fine stone viaduct 130 feet high and 810 feet long. Tlie town is suriounded by old walls, pierced by four gates, and was formerly defended by a strong mediieval castle, still in an excellent state of preser'ation. and part of which has been converted into a prison. In the older district the streets are crooked, narrow, and steep, many of the buildings being crazy constructions of wood: but in some parts its overhanging houses, and arcades resting on car'ed granite pillars, present many architectural features attractive to antiquarian and artist. The Cathedral of Saint Sauvcur is a peculiar but beautiful building, the north side being in the Gothic, the south in the Romanesque style. In the north transept an in- scription points out where the heart of Bertrand Diiguesclin is buried. Dinan has an interesting mu<eum. Its industries include the manufacture of fine linen, of sailcloth, cotton and woolen goods, beet-root sugar, etc. It has also some barge- building yards, and its position near the head of navigation on the Ranee favors a good coasting 15 DINAHIC BACE. and inland trade, by which its products are widely distributed. Population, in 1891, 10,444; in 1901, 10,534. Dinan dates from the Roman period : the chief event in its long history was the siege by the English, under the Duke of Lan- caster, in 1359. DIN ANT, dC-'niiN' (Gall., fortress on the water, from its situation on the !Meuse). A to^vn of Belgium, in the Province of Xamur, situated on the Meuse, 17 miles by rail from Xamur (Jlap: Belgium, C 4). The most noteworthy buildings of Dinant are the Church of Xotre Dame, an ancient and richly decorated Gothic structure, and the town house, once the palace of the princes of Li6ge. Dinant has several mills for sawing marble, paper-mills, breweries, tan- neries, factories for the production of metal ware, and glass-works. In the iliddle Ages Dinant was famous for its copper ware. It is now noted for its gingerbread. Dinant, which dates from the sixth century, has sufl'ered greatly from frequent sieges. In 1466 Philip, Duke of Burgundy, at- tacked it with a strong force, and drowned a large numher of its inhabitants after the town was taken. In 1554 and 1675 it was taken and phmdered by the French. Population, in 1900, about 8000. " DINAPUB, de'na-p5or'. An important mili- tary station in the Patna district. Province of Behar, British India, on the right bank of the Ganges, 10 miles above Patna (Map: India, D 3). It contains spacious barracks. In 1857 it was the scene of the mutiny of three Sepov regiments. Population, in 1891," 44,419; in I90l", 33,099. DI'NAE. One of the so-called Kufic eoms, of gold, with a value of about .$2.60. The name itself is a corruption of the Latin denarius (q.v.) . DINAR'CHUS (Gk. Admpxos, Deinarchos) (c.361-291 B.C.). A Greek orator, born in Corinth. Going early to Athens, he studied with Deme- trius Phalereus and Theophrastus, and became a writer of speeches. Of these there were many, but only three are extant. I'ntil the removal of the greater orators he was inconspicuous, and al- ways mediocre, enjoying some favor chiefly be- cause of lack of rivals. His most successful period was that of the governorship of Demetrius Phalereus. after which he retired as an exile to Chalcis, returning to Athens in B.C. 292. For his speeches, consult: ilatzner (Berlin, 1842) ; Thalheim (Berlin. 1887): and Blass, Attische Beredsamkeit (Leipzig, 1887-93). DINARD, dt'nar', or DINAJRD-SAINT ENOGAT, s:'ix'ta'n6'ga'. The capital of a can- ton in the Department of lUe-et-Vilaine, France, on the estuary of the Ranee, opposite Saint !Malo and Saint Ser'an. It is the most fashionable sea-bathing resort in Brittany, and is a picturesque modern town, situated on a rocky promontory commanding beautiful views. It has elegant villas and summer cottages, a fine sandy beach, well-appointed bathing establish- ments, a casino, an .Vmerican and English colony, and is greatly frequented by foreign tourists. Saint Enogat. part of the cantonal town, is an ancient village, three-quarters of a mile to the northwest, with a fine bathing-beach on tlie bay of Saint :Malo. Population, in 1001, 47S7. DINARIC RACE, din;lrT[k (fnmi theDinarie Alps). . name a|)plied by Deniker to the dark, short-headed, tall people (reputed tallest in the