The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

PRESENT TO THE MONKS OF ST.

BERNARD.

P is wit known that the Monks of St. Bernard de-
vote themse:ves to the rescue of travellers from the
snow, of which the mountains around the Hospice are
continually covered. The Hospice itself is the highest
inhabited spot in Europe, and the inclemency of the air
is consequently very great. Time worthy men go out
at night as well as by day, and the effect of the climate
proves so trying, that in the course of two or three years,
the foundation of incurable pulmonary disease invariably
exhibits itself. This, however, does not deter them from
their Christian course, nor others in filling up their ranks
as they falloff. These facts having become the subject
of concern to persons who have recently visited the Alps,
it suggested itself to their minds, that the " Respirator,"
which has done so much for pulmonary invalids in this
and other countries, might add the monks to the number
of those who acknowledged its efficacy. This idea has
been at once adopted, and a suitable present is now on

its way to these truly benevolent individuals.
A correspondent informs us that upon Mr. Jeffries,
the scientific investor of the " Respirator," being con-
sulted, he expressed a confident opinion, that on the
plain surface of the earth or at any moderate elevation.
this instrument, aided of course by suitable clothing,
would prove very effectual, but that at so great an
elevation something might be attributable to the rarity
of the air, and its diminished pressure upon the lungs,
which probably has a share in inducing the disease.
Yet as he has himself, in his travels in the Himalaya
Mountains, found at the same elevation a few villages
of very healthy inhabitants, he entertains a sanguine
hope that cold is the main cause. The result of this
experiment cannot fail of being highly interesting, not
only in a medical but also in a philanthropic view.

There is a man in New Orleans so exceedingly
bright that he uses the palm of his hand for a locking-
glass.
CAUSES OF DEAFNESS.--The current Num-
ber of the " Lancet" contains the following remarks on
the causes of deafness, in a review of ➢Tr. Harrison
Curtis's recent work, " The Present State of Aural
Surgery :"—" The connection which the author shows
to exist between the general nervous system and the
auditory nerve, explains how causes, apparently widely
separated from any immediate influence upon the organs
of hearing, may, still act as morbific stimuli to that organ
of sense. Thus we read, that the exciting causes of dis-
eases of the ear may be, wet feet, thin shoes, cold cur-
rents and draughts of air, keeping on wet clothes, sleep-
ing in damp rooms and unaired beds, want of outdoor
exercise, living in a vitiated atmosphere, neglect of clean-
liness, the use of adulterated food, or that of a stimu-
lating kind, intemperance, excesses of any sort, mental
anxiety, &c."

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
" PERSONAL COMFORT."—The present sea-
son being that in which the utilities and grateful effects
of " Rowland's Kalydor" become equally apparent with
that of summer, we strenuously recommend it to those
persons who suffer from the baneful effects of inclement
weather on a :tender and delicate skin. Its extraordi-
nary efficacy in allaying all irritability and tendency to.
inflammation of the skin, is no less esteemed than are its
peculiar virtues in enhancing the beauty of the com-
plexion ; and, as a toilet appendage, is of unquestionable
safety, efficacy, and of unrivalled elegance.
DEAFNESS.—Sound Magnifiers, and Invisible
Operative Voice Conductors, to enable persons at an advanced
age, and of old standing extreme deafness, to join in general
conversation, and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker
at a publie assembly; they are the size of a very small gold
seven shilling piece, and when in the cavity of the ears, they
are not in the least perceptible nor more uncomfortable than
having a small piece of fine wool in its place ; they are composed
of a metal to collect sound, peculiar to the Messrs. S. and B.
Solomons themselves ; and although they are so extremely small
yet they enable those afflicted with extreme deafness, and
those who arc only slightly dull of hearing t• hear in every
respect equal to those of moat acute hearing. Messrs. S. and
B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle.street, Piccadilly, opposite the
York Hotel, and 76, King William-street, City. Newly-Invented
Spectacles, immediately they are 'Aced before imperfect vision,
either by day or candlelight, that mist and dullness whjch
appears before the eyes is at once removed, every object beccming
clear and distinct, so that the most aged defective sye.sight be.
comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its yonthful, natural
and original state. These va►uable inventions have gained the
patronage of the Royal Family, and the unqualified approbation of
above 400 of the principal members of the medical profession, and
numerous individuals of high distinction, who have been greatly
benefited by their use. 39, Mbernarle.street, Piccadilly, opposite
the York Hotel, and 711, King William-street, City.—No connexion
with persons of the same name,