The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-31 00:00:00

Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth,
THE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, in all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru-
ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting came of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when neeessari,, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent. •

By F. 13. COUETENAY,
" The operatien of introducing a catheter through an Impermeable
stricture is; without doubt, the most difficult in the whole range of
surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practictos Operative Surgery.
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THE ST. PANCRAS DIETARY.
Mr. Henry Bird, the surgeon deputed by the
workhouse directors of the parish, has made a report
to those gentlemen on the subject of the dietary of
the children, the important paragraphs of which are
as follows :

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very superior, more especially the potatoes, which are
better than I can procure for my own table; in fact,
were they not excellent, and knowing that many of
last year's growth were diseased, I should (under
your present circumstances) have recommended that
this article of food be omitted for the present, and
bread substituted. I may as well remark here, that
I think this latter requires improvement, it so soon
becomes dry with a tendency to acidity. lam in-
duced to suggest that the mode of cooking the pota-
toes should be altered, for this reason : all children
are more or less prone to bolt their food, as it is com-
inonly termed, and I know from experience that
whenever sickness takes place, even some hours after
dinner, pieces as large as nutmegs have been rejected
perfectly undigested, which, of itself alone, would
cause considerable intestinal irritation. The plan I
propose is to mash them well with any roast meat
dripping or superfluous milk or beef tea that may be
in the house, and reduce the same as under :—Five to
seven years, 8 ounces whole to 6 ounces mashed ;
seven to fifteen years, 12 ounces whole to 8 ounces
mashed. Let me now draw your attention to the
milk porridge. It is very good; but lam sure no
parents in a respectable situation of life would allow
any child under seven years of age to put three-
quarters of a pint of fluid into its stomach, no matter
of what description ; and I am satisfied that to the
quantity of fluid is mainly to be attributed the pen-
dulous stomachs which many children have. I would,
therefore, make use of the same ingredients, but more
concentrated, so that the same amount of nutriment
should be contained in a-less quantity of fluid, say
thus :—Five to seven years, 12 ounces reduced to 8 ;
seven to fifteen years, 16 ounces reduced to 12. This,
with their allowance of bread, is quite as much in
bulk as any stomach can comfortably digest, especially.
on the three days when it is followed up with pea-
soup, one pint for dinner; and on Saturday I would
either give them their usual dinner bread, or a little
boiled rice."