The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-03 00:00:00

ON FASHIONS I.V PHYSIC.

In former days the barber used to shave beards, brandish
equally the lancet and the razor, set legs and arms, and
apply the cupping -glasses. Up rose the surgeon, overset
the suds, scheil on the lancet, and cheated him out of the
better part of his trade. The lancet answered his purpose
well, but the cupping glass was less successful. It occupied
too much time, the blood would nut flow, in short, it went
out of dew.
A new division of labour was required, or a new opening
appeared, and up sprung the cupper. A man who can get
no bnsimss, must make it : he must get into fashion, he
mast bring Lis trade into fashion, lie must bring into
fashion the diseases which his trade cures, or is supposed
to cure.

These flourished, Slid then flourishes the copper. If he
dots not find the disease, he makes it; if he finds a disease
he makes it worse ; more cupping is required, the glasses
are applied, they arc applied again, and " many more shall
this one (or two) ensue." The people became nervous,
hysterical, epileptic, paralytic, apoplectic, they have not
been cupped enough. Cup them again, and again—and
then they die—for lack of cupping.
Cupping could not thrive, unless there was a " flOw of
blood to the head." The blood begjns immediately to flow
into the heads of all the kingdom ;-having formerly flowed
towards the tail, we suppose. The pale-faced or green-
visaged Miss, whose blood has been flowing a whole winter
at Alreack's, the opera, balls, assemblies, till six o'clock
every morning, heaven knows in what direction, discovers
that it is all accumulated in her head ; the cupprr restores
the equilibrium, she turns green and greener, must be
cupped again, becomes nervous, cross, gi•lely, hysterical,
and when she displays her scapulae and her nape next
winter, displays with them twelve, eighteen, twenty-four,
or thirty-six white ornaments marshalled in the most
beautiful quincunx order inimaginable. Man becomes
disgusted, her lover flies; what matters it?—cupping is
the fashion.

Son;e poor devil of &Indent, labouring day and night at
drawing pleas, drawing triangles and parabolas, or drawing
out prose into verses, becomes similarly uneasy anti languid
—wonders what is the matter with him—feels his head
confused, not with night watching, abstinence and labour,
but with a flow of blood to the heal. The supper comes—
he comes again—he becomes worse—he has not been cupp:d
enough—be is sent to Italy—his pursuits in life are broken
up: he becomes nervous, or crazy, or gets into Bedlam, or
la a valetudinarian for life.

An Alderman has made himself giddy anti bloated with
elms of turtle and champagne. Instead of abstracting
the turtle and champagne from the stomach, the cupper
extracts the blood from the neck. More turtle goes in,
more blood comes out—the head bcomes giddier every day
—he 15113 down at the next feast with the calipash in his
mouth, the copper is sent for, but the undertaker come,—
Ins cup is run out.
The nerves lose their office from exposure to cold, from
ague, from poisons, perhaps, from heaven knows what—
original constitution; the unhappy wretch's arm becomes
paralytic, she must be cupped—the leg becomes paralytic,
she must be cupped again—she becomes paralytic all
over, more cupping—she becomes sillylicliotical, is cup-
fud every week, month, or three months—and shortly
them is a hatchrnent over the door, with the sinister side
black. If the husband has been cupped, the dexter side is
black instead of the sinisttr ; that is all the difference.—
..Vie London itagaztne, Oct.

Witinsos (SUNDAY), OCTOBER 2.—The King at-
tended divine service this morning in the private chapel in
the Royal Lodge. Dr. Sumner performed the service.
'the Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester have
token fhquent drives about here during the past week.
The Duchess is expected to leave her royal sister, the
Prince's Augusta. tomorrow, on her return to her resi-
dence at Bagsliot Park.
The Duke of York left his residence, Autlley House,
yesterday, for Newmarket.
The Earl of Liverpool left his residence at Whitehall on
Friday, for Weimer Castle.
A live snake, about 18 inches long, was found a few days
ago in a ditch on Monne Devis, by a patty of the 'app.'',
and miners now employed in the general survey. Not
,teeming it any rarity they killed it and threw it away.—
ifelfost Chronick.—We should be glad to know on what
authority our respectable coterisporary makes this statement,
which indeed contains two roost marvellous things; first,
that a lit ing snake should be discovered on the tap of en
Irish mountain--94, that any persons engaged in the sur-
vey of this country should be so singularly and so corn-
Fidel) ignorant of its natural history as to sec nothing ex-
trunlinary in such a discovery—a discovery not before
made since the days of Solinus, who long before the arrival
of St. Patrick in Ireland, mentions its perfect exemption
from snakes and all such reptiles. It will require good
evidence to render these things creditable. What is be-
eemc of the snake's body ?.—Be jest Newt-Later.