The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-24 00:00:00

gratitude died that day, and the people had gone to faculty for journalism. In 180 he was appointed
her Funeral, yet they had benefited by the pees by the late Mr. Wakley submditer of the Lamed,
exertions of the Choral Society, and had had the and performed the duties of that post for
libend loan of the concert-room from the Institute the four succeeding years. He had already
Committee. Well. well, who would have thought it? appeared se an author, having produced in 1838 the
Perhaps it is all for the beat! Conscience will hence- Dissector's Manual of Prodigal and Her kid Anatoiny,
forth teach them to pay for the roost when they want and in 1810 the A magmata's Fade Meted, a work
It; and common sense will lead the Committee of the which has gone through • large number of editions.
InetituW not to be en free in goioo to expense to sild It was during his sub-editorship of the Lama that he
others until they have first served dear old No. L determined to become a " specialist." He was thirty
But did an hod expect otherwise! "Live and years of age, hal studied in the beet schools, was
Learn I" is the Mall who expecteth nothing, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the medical
for eerily he shall not be disappointed." "Slog and school of the Middlesex Hospital. and ash-editor of
Sorrow I" the Lanett; but, NI his friend Mr. Wakley pointed out
:or— to him, all them qualifications, if they sufficed to
Considering all things the society put a rood face on rescue him from obscurity, would not insure •
the matter. The pianoforte duet by Miss K Burt brilliant and solid professional career. anima he
and Miss K. Arbon was exceedingly pleasing. Glee, selected some particular branch of me Heine for future
" Hark I the Lark l" again received much applause. practice. The Coroner—a practical man—strongly
The duet, "Be M'atni Ancor," by Dr. Routh and Melee' that Wilson should at once follow his recoup
Mies R. Routh, was well song; special thanks are doe mendation, and turned a deaf ear to the many
to this musical family for their ready and able objections made at that time to the career of a
help. Mrs. Ansten's solo "Sweethearts," was loudly specialist. Wilson urged that a specialist was only
encored, her good voles gains used with much AU another name for a quack and that he feared„ to
The duet, " 'Hark 'li. the Breeze,' by Mies Webber imperil his future by adopting so dangerous • line;
and Mr. R. Brown, was delicately rendered. This but Wakley would not be denied. Driven to make
was followed by the trio "We are Spirits blithe and his choice, Wilson selected the diseases of the skin,
free," by the Misses White, Hillier, and Roe—well In this decision he was influenced by many tempta-
rendered, but we fear the group of &tastes would have •/00.. At that time the subject was not well under.
been photographed badly, a little attention to poaition stood, and there was about it the charm—to a lover ef
would not be monies. Solo, •• Lost Chord," by Miss A• natural history—of its dames, orders, genera. and
Routh, was very sweetly sung. Then followed a well species' and, moreover, Breechet and Vauzime had
appreciated
_rpartette be the Misses Burt and Roo just published their treatise on the Strada"( of the
and Messrs. Brown and itm—" Parting sod Meeting." shin, magnificent in its wonderful complexity. These
A good song was then sung by Mies White in her attractions proved irresistible to Wilson, who chose
uoually happy style—" When the Tide Rolls Inn." dermatology em the most interesting field left un-
The pert-song," All Among the Barley," by the ploughed.
Society, gained • very hearty encore. I have never regretted my choice," continues the
—: 0 :-- white-haired pale-complexioned man, clod in a suit of
In pert second a solo on the piano, "Dan, les smooth black cloth, who site at a comfortable desk in
Bois." was played from memory by Miss Parton, and his snug consultiog-room ; "there is only one more
was finely executed. The pert song, "Summer beautiful thing in the world than a fine heal by skin,
Time." by the society, was sung in an easy style, and and that is a rare skin-Weems. I gather that you are
the time was simply perfect. The choristers never interested in medicine If you like skin-dia•seed, I
sang letter than this evening, and we trust the en- have a treat in store for you. Mr. Wilson reminds
sptcuous absences will in no way prevent their going us somewhat of another eminent surgeon, who, on
ahead Rough weather tries many craft, and has ' inviting us on the spur of the moment to see him
wrecked most at Sdanage—but " Let', stand the operate, apologised for having "nothing better to
storm, it won't be long.' Dr. Ruth's voice was offer us than the excision of an eye." While he is
splendidly managed in the solo, "The Skipper and searching for the treat he proposes for us, we wonder
hi. Boy, and an encore was its reward. Mime Burt why, in his waiting-room and here in his snuggery, he
and Miss Roe were also encored for the effective duet, ham covered the wall with pictures of pretty women,
"Tell Me where do Fairies Dwell." Miss Webber innocent of the slightest freckle. Is this done to
did justice to the graceful Nolo, "Beautiful Summer irritate still more the unfortunate creatures on whom
Time.' The Misses Freeborn and Army received a brimstone-and-treacle and other homely remedied have
happy reception and encore for their duet. Surely been tried in vain ;or these visions of fair damsels
now it may be believed that there are other pairs and intended to suggest that patients, if they faithfully
trios in the choir who could do good service at the followthe advice of the doctor,may become even as they
(mot. Solo, "It was • Dream," br.,.. B. Routh, are? The magnum opus mires, the folio, Portraitt of
as w one of the successes of the even • the fine song Diaenees of the Skim, in which elegantly modelled and
brought out the powers of an exquisitely managed gracefully human forms serve merely as vehicles
voice. The quintette was omitted. What a pity it for cones to the mind a
.precise idea of the chief
Fd
was not on !sat week's prooamme. then the audience ills that e skin is heir to. Like the wonderful WWI
would not have been di.appointed. A solo by Miss preparations in the Museum of the Royal College of
Austen WM Mpg in • merry stile, ".bringing down Surgeons, this volume extorts admiration from the no.
the house" itt a hearty sncore. The • - March of profissesional r a its subject After calling
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the Men of Hairier ," waa rather burred but well
received. The audience joined in aiing the National
Anthem. par. J. Pope returned theinio to the
songsters, and we thanks for response, to the encores
sod no readings.

spectator,do ilt" tr.
attention to the fidelity with whiclithe most Want"
features of skin-disease are depicted in his awesome
tome, our host continue' : "I view thew diseases, for
the most part. as expressions of internal disorder, as
the outward and visible sign of constitutional defects;
such, for instance, as defective nutrition, on* of the
most fertile causes of disease known, especially in the
case of chit Iron. I think good food, properly
arimilated of course, ono ,d the most potent safe-
guards against disee..• of all kinds, and particularly of
the skin. Children suffer tafribly in this way for the
want of being properly fed. Against common
diseases' I distinctly recommend high feeding." We
remark that other authorities on the skin vary widely
from Mr. Wilson and from each other. He rejoins at
once, " Heberer tif Vienna is my greatest rival, and
treats skin-disease from a point of view entirely
opposed to mine. I regard thin-Masai* as constitu-
tional; he treats it as local. Tilbury Fox has also a
theory—a parasitical fungoid theory—and both of
there gentlemen are undoubtly successful in • large
number of case". Probably we ate all right in our
turn, for cases are not all &Rite, and the purely local
treatment may at times prove sufficient. I am, how.
ever, convinced that ringworm and other diseases of
children are distinctly traceable to defective nutrition.
Food, air, and exercise will do a great deaL" We
add that there is also a boree--oopere specific for the
skin. " Quite true," assents Mr. Wilson; " • most
valuable epecific. It was not, however, confined to
horse-copers until recently, as you imply. On the
coutrary, it was used years ag, for fever and ague,
while quinine was too (wetly a remedy for the poor to
afford. It is good for fever when quinine cannot be
got, and affects the skin and general health of children
even more wonderfully than those of horses."
But it is the subject of the Alexandrian obelisk
which gives its chief intereid to Mr. Wilson's conversa-
tion. When and how did the idea of transportitg the
monolith from Egypt to England first snagged SAW?
"The idea," he frankly tell. us, "of bringing it to
this country was not at first my own. My friend
General Sir James Alexander came down to pay me •
visit, at my summer-house at Westgate-on-Sea, while
be was full of a project for conveying Cleopatra's
Needle over. His project was to raise the money by
Nubscription ; a fast which appeared tome so impossible
that I preferred to unilert ike the whole buidnow, said
consider myself fortunate in getting Mr. Dixon to help
me. I had hoped that some member of the Royal
Family would have done us the honour to unveil the
monolith ; but the difficulty and risk attending the
final operation of poising it both proved greater than
had at one time been an icipated. I hope everybody
else is pleased, fair I most certainly am. A new subject
—Egyptologo—has been opened up to me and I am
never so pleased as when I hit upon a new line of
study."