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Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions. in order
that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
pointments. Excesses are always injarious ; the gift, which when
used in moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused, the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury
to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on
the nature and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame,
than any other to which it is subject.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of more importance than the preservation of the health
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so
frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
tor assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
Jiseate, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by his possession cf the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
LAO:SIERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
certify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
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" At your request I have carefully entered into the
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subject of the dietary allowed to the children, and,
previous to doing so, examined the various articles
used for that purpose; and it is only an act of justice
to the tradesmen (who are perfect strangers to me) to
say that they are not only of go9d_quality, but some
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. I am in-
duced to suggest that the mode of cooking the pota-
toes should be altered, for this reason : all children
are more or leas prone to bolt their food, as it is com-
monly termed, and I know from eiperience 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 yeari 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."

THE INQUEST AT HACKNEY.
EXTRAORDINARY TERMINATION OF

THE PROCEEDINGS.

Yesterday morning Mr. Baker resumed, for the
fourth time, the adjourned inquest, at the Old Mer-
maid, Hackney, touching the deaths of the four
pauper children, belonging to the parish of Islington,
who died at the temporary asylum, Hackney, in Y few
hours suiisequent to their removal from ,Mr. Drouct's,
at Tooting, on the Bth January. (1
The jury having answered to their names,
The CORONER said would read the following
communication which had just been plaged in his
hands :-
29. 1040".
" Sir,—l am much obliged for your letter of the
25th instant, informing me of another adjournMent
of the inquest now pending at the Old Mermaid,
Hackney. I assure you it was my intention to have
been present at the inquest to-morrow (Tuesday),
but being unsuccessful in arranging my bail, I am
advised by my solicitors to remain away.
" I am very anxious to afford you every explana-
tion and information relative to the late melancholy
occurrences, and therefore trust my present painful
position will be deemed sufficient excuse for my
adopting their advice.-4 am, sir, your most obedient
servant,
___ "B. P. DROUET.

" To' W. Baker, Esq., Coroner, Old Mermaid,
Hackney."
The CORONER—Gentlemen, under the peculiar cir-
cuustances of this case, you perhaps are unprepared
for the decision I have come to, namely, to discharge
you from further attendance, and thereby dispense
with any further inquiry into the matter.—(Sensa-
tion.) In coining to this conclusion, I have done so
advisedly; for it has been pointed out to me that at
the present moment it would be more proper, both
with regard to the individual who is in a short time
about to undergo a trial upon a verdict of man-
slaugter, and the judges who are to preside over that
trial, that the course of justice should be rendered
quite pure, and left unsu lied by any other proceedings
arising from a different source. Now, any decision we
might come to in this case would, in all probability, tend
to prejudice the case already made out against the un-
fortunate man. There has been many reports in the
daily papers, and a variety of comments thereon, cal-
culated under the peculiar circumstances in which
various inquiries have placed this matter, to do a
great deal of mischief, but to those reports of course I
can do no more than allude. I felt at first a great
i
deal of difficulty n entering upon these proceedings,
seeing that no inquiry has been instituted in the
county of Surrey, where alone the investigation ought
to have commenced, and it does seem to me an extra-
ordinary fact that we, who have not the power to view
Mr. Drouet's establishment in that county, should be
called upon to exercise a duty of this description
when so much may depend upon the result of our
labours as affecting the proprietor of the Tooting
asylum. It is now quite clear that the verdict of
manslaughter, be it good or not, or whether or not it
be supported by another verdict, will bring before
another and a higher tribunal the whole proceedings
in reference to the deaths of all these chil-
dren, and of course including the deaths of
these at Hackney. I will not enter upon the cir-
cumstances attending the removal of these children
from the parish of Islington, as it has been shown to
us by Mr. Oldersnaw, that there was no proper place
to be found for them, after their removal from Toot-
ing, except at Hackney. The disease broke out at
Tooting upon the 39th of De:ember, and these chil-
dren were removed upon the Sth of January, and it
is a very remarkable circumstaace in the case before
us, that the nurse who came from Islington with these
children, and who never was at Tooting, died from
cholera after attending upon them. Who therefore
can undertake to say that the deaths which have
arisen occurred from residence at Tooting, or from
any subsequent affection ? There are various and
conflicting opinions as to this visitation being cholera
at all, but it is quite clear, at any rate, that, after
their removal, all that could be done for the children
was done for them. I discharge myself of this duty
there could not
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have been a more careful jury, or one actuated by
purer motives. It is my wish that this man, who is
already charged with an offence involving the whole
150 deaths which have taken place, should have due
justice done to him. The who!e ease is now before
the public, and it is due to the administration of
justice that we should not interfere in its course by
our verdict. Impartial justice requires no cumulative
charges, for its ends are answered if a fair and im-
partial trial is given. Dee daily occurring observa-
tions in the public papers with referenee to this case,
and, as I said before, which may or may not be cor-
rect, but which certainly have a tendency to taint
the source of justice, and it is painful that it should
be so ; for I will ask you whether, upon a case of a
trial, you would like an inquiry of this nature should
be going forward when all your energies would he
required in another direction e Ido not shrink from
this inquiry, for it is of no importance to me whether
we sat here for six months if it were rendered neces-
sary, but circumstances with which you are all ac-
quainted make it unnecessary to prosecute
it any further. With regard
my own
fees, they will never be charged to the
county, but I shall feel myself bound to discharge all
other fees as far as they go—whether I shall receive
them again rests with her Majesty's justices of the
peace. I need not detain you any further by my ob-
servations, and it only remains for me to discharge
you in the usual fora).

Mr. Merry (a juror)—Pray, is it common to con-