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and political rights, made by a vast and increasing
body of men, acute enough to see that their position
is not what it might be under a healthier political
system, but still not sufficienily enlightened to sot
about the redress of their grievances in a fitting
manner. Such is Chartism—a fierce, resolute, fana-
tical, Uncompromising spirit, which the sword and the
3Yallet, aided by all the coercive acts that were ever
Yet projected, can no more put down, than they could
Put down the Scottish Covenanters of old. " Spirit of
Modern Tragedy,'' is a critical notice, of Mr. Herne's
lately published tragedy " Cosmo de Medici." From
.tho extracts with which the Reviewer furnishes us, we
Incline to entertain a high opinion of this drama,
but
by no means to indulge in such enthusiastic pane-
gyrics as be displays throughout his criticism. Ex-
aggeration, whether as respects praise or censure,
always leads us to doubt the writer's sincerity. We
Prefer the s3fe mean which common sense prescribes.
Influence of Eloquence on English Freedom" is an ad,
tuirably written essay, replete with shrewd and sound
thinking. " Thraldom of the British Press " is a ser-
viceable. business-like article. " Sketches of Spanish
Generals" contain an entertaining biographical sketch
of O'Donnell.

METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE.
A. fair average Number. The most acceptable
article is that entitled " The Note Book of an Irish
Barrister," in which a piquant biographical sketch is
given of Anthony Malone, an Irish Statesman, and
contemporary of the celebrated Flood. The " Coral-
lines" is a passable tale. The same may be said for
`` Lord Killikelly." The former is from the pen of
Mr. Howard. " Public Punishments and Police Reports"
is a useful, practical article. The author truly remarks,
" public punishments excite no terror in the minds of
those who behold them. The sensations evolved under
punishments are either dogged insensibility, fortitude, or
distress. The hardened and callous culprit excites no
terror upon the spectators ; a contra, it has from expe-
rience been proved to hare the effect of hardening the
sensibilities of all, whether of those engaged in crime or
othervvise."

LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO-
SOPHICAL MAGAZINE.
This :Magazine is, as usual, replete with scientific
nformation. It seeins to be a sort of centre towards
which the contributions of the learned gravitate from
from all pat is of the world. The contents of the pre-
sent Number are varied and interesting. On the subject
of light there arc several papers, which will be perused
with much satisfaction by readers of all classes,
whether engaged in the pursuits of science or not.
The results of Professor Draper's (of New York) ex-
periments on the absorption of certain of the solar
rays in passing through chemical solutions of different
L
"Ids. are curious and important. Mr. Hunt's re-
searches in nearly the same field, are also valuable, and
likely to lead to improvements in the Photographic art
an art at once new, simple, and full of delight. Mr.
nalliwell, we think. succeeds in proving, in a short
article, entitled " New Researches on the Boetian
Contractions," the proposition which he hinted of in
a former Number, viz., that we arc not indebted to the
Arabs for decimal notation.

DEARDEN'S MISCELLANY.
A pleasant, go.siping, Provincial Magazine, but too
much given to antiquarianism—a study no longer either
very profitable or popular. The progress of society is
too rapid, and the current demands upon our attention
too numerous and important, to allow us to waste our
days in meditations over Druidical ruins, as the Editor
of " Dearden's Miscellany" is very fond of doing. The
Chapters on Poetry" manifest an earnestness—an
enthutiasm, which has the recommendation of novelty.
They have much pleased us. The literary notices are
few, but very impartial.

THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE.
The are two in number, and very ap-
propriate' being a Prize Ox exhibited at the last
Smithfield Cattle Show, and a Prize Cart-horse, ex-
hibited at the meeting in July last, of the Agricultural
Society, at Oxford. Both are decently engraved, the
first from a painting by Davis, animal painter to Queen
Adelaide. The principal articles are devoted to the
Corti laws, and Corn-law agitation—subjects which we
cannot now, but which we shall very soon notice at
some length. The agricultural notices are exceedingly
useful.

THE SPORTSMAN.
Two embellishments ornament the present number of

the Sportsman —" Plenipotentiary," winner of the
Derby Stakes in 1834, and " Rabit Shooting" with a
ferret. They are very neatly engraved by Beckwith.
As for the letter-press it will affurdplenty of amusement
to ah lovers of field sports.

THE NEW BELLE ASSEMBLEE.
The principal attraction of this Number is a Por-
trait of Prince Albert, not very striking either as a good
likeness, or as a work of art. Still it will pass muster,
accompanied as it is by an unpretending Memoir of his
Serene Highness, in which we are not nauseated with
the senseless praie of presumptuous ignorance. The
original Tales and Verses are numerous, and of higher
pretensions than usual. Many of them evince consider-
able powers of fancy and expression.

THE REPER2'ORY OF PATENT INVEN-
TIONS.
This is a very useful, as well as a very necessary
Publication to all men of science who devote any por-
tion of their time to improvements in arts, arms, or ma-
nufactures. Each Number is embellished with a series
of engravings representing the discoveries for which the
latest patents have been granted.

TILE ASIATIC JOURNAL.
ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE.
These periodicals being severally devoted to the elu-
cidation of the policy, the literature, the manners and
custom, and the physicaland moral wants of our fellow-
subjects and neighbours in the East, we have placed
them under one head, as more convenient for ourselves
and for our readers. Both are respectably conducted,
and contain—gleaned, for the most part, from books
of travels, and Bombay and Calcutta Newspapers—a
considerable mass cf interesting Oriental Intelligence. An
article in Alexander's East India Magazine,entitled "Ob-
servatons on the Amelioration of the Condition of the
Natives of India," by Dr. A. Duncan, an intelligent
traveller in India, is well deserving of attention. Ile
complains that the ryots, or native cultivators of the
"rid, have such short leases, that they have no en-
couragement to improve it, as to do so would only sub-
ject them to a higher rent—an evil in our opinion cf
Pe first magnitude. The account of the " Mission to
ootnn," in the Asiatic Journal, is interesting, de-
-lel°Ping, as it does, many new features of a region but
little known.

FINE ARTS,
BRITISH INSTITUTION.
We were favoured on Saturday with a private View
of this exhibition, which is opened this day to the Pub-
lic. It contains nearly five hundred painting 9, among
l'hieh are several clever landscapes by Lee, who is an
artist much to our taste. No. 16, " View in the Higher
,Swis3 Alps after a Storm," is from the pencil of Ca-
lof ama. It is on a large scale, and gives us a vivid idea
mountain scenery, but we think there is something
rather too monotonous in the colouring. No. 59,
Mercury and Argus," by Turner, is in this artist's
most wayward and eccentric manner. The picture at
the first glance produces a striking effect, but it is at the
expense of the truthful and the natural, which Turner
seems to make it a point of duty to hold at arm's length.
No. 90, " Farewell," is as rich and lustrous a bit
of colouring as we have seen for many a day. A
knight in armour is bidding adieu to his mistress--who
hangs round his neck—previously to his setting out for
the wars, The attitude of the lady is full of grace and
beauty, and her bright, purple velvet robe, is coloured
with exquisite skill. It looks so soft and downy, that
You fancy it would yield to your touch. This little gem
of art is by Maclise. No. 280, " Characters in Mrs.
Hall's drama of the Groves of Blarney," by Crowley,
conveys a lively idea of a scene in one of our most
another able painting by Maclise. The details are
worked up with tact and spirit, yet it does not strike as
a whole, chefly, we suspect, because the canvass is over-
crowi,d. The eye is distracted with a multiplicity of
objects. The two best figures in the picture are those
the harper and Maid Marian, both of which are ex-
cellent. No. 297, " The Soldier Defeated," represents
the interior of a cafe in Normandy, wherein a French
soldier is seated playing at backgammon with a shrewd
old man, who points out to him, with a chuckle, the
false move he has-just made. The soldier's countenance
betrays much grave and ludicrous perplexity ; but, in-
deed, all the characters are well defined in this painting.
tThere are several other clever pictures, such as " Lady
ane Grey at the Place of Execution," " The Falls. of
e Conway," and " Captain Rolando showing Gil Blas
the Treasures of his Cave," but space and time prevent
us from noticing them in detail.

MIDDLE TEMPLE, FEB. 1.--The follOWing
Fcntlemen, viz., James Little, William Frederick Lewis,
Whitlock Nicholl, William Faulknor Browell, Charles Swaine
Wrigat, Richard Thomas Maddison, George Arthur Lister,
erge John Holmes, Samuel Barrox, Edmund Sawyer,
Prederick Albert Winsor, and C. Z. Macaulay, Esqrs., hav-
ing been called yesterday to the degree of Barristers at Law,
have this (lay been sworn in before the Benehers of the Honor-
able Society of the Middle Temple.
HANovErt, JAN, 23.—The University of Got-
tingen has refused to elect a Deputy. Everything was
(line to induce it to proceed to an election. Great advantages
were held out to the University, and to each individual mem-
ber, but all in vain ; the University has declared that it will
not elect a Deputy till the present Assembly of the Estate:, is
dissolved.
Sr. PETERSBURG, JAN. 19.--Wo hear that
further accounts have been received from General Perowski,
commanding the expedition against Khiva. His corps is said
to have proceeded 300 herats (200 miles) into thc Steppe. The
severe weather had not had any bad elTect on the troops.

DR. TZ:Li,NI34JILL'S SUCCESS IN

THE CURE OF DEAFNESS.

(From the Mechanic and Chemist.)
We paid Dr. Turnbull a second visit a few days
since, and were extremely gratified. One case, in par-
ticular, came under our notice, in which, during a very
short space of time—say ten or twelve minutes—we be-
held a very obvious improveMent. It was that of a
young lady, probably about eihteen years OT age, who
had been both deaf and dumb from her birth. When
she entered the room she could not hear a s) liable
which was tittered, nor did she recognize the least
sound, though two books were struck•violently against
each ether, close by her ear. We never saw a more la-
mentable deficiency in the organ of hearing. The Doc-
tor resorted to his usual 'lleac of restoration, namely,
pouring a small quantity of some liquid into
the ear, and stirring it round the interior with a piece
of soft leather ; having continued this for about five
minutes, he repeated the experiment before aliuded to,
striking the book, however, much more moderately ;
this his patient heard ; the Doctor then spoke to her,
and she readily replied by signs that she heard and un•
derstood him. TIM first letters of the alphabet were
now spoken one by one to her, and she, after a few
efforts, repeated them with very tolerable accuracy,
proving, beyond a doubt, that a great improvement had
taken place.

Another case was that of an interesting little boy,
about six years of age, named Wells, who was like-
wise deaf and dumb from his infancy. Through the
instrumentality of Or. Turnbull, hearing was i►i a
great measure communicated, and the little fellow was
enabled to utter mans words with the greatest promp-
titude and clearness.

The variety of cases which come under the Doc-
tor's notice are singularly numerous and pleasing. One
at the present time is that of a respectable family from
Scotland, five of whom are deaf ; another, that
of a young gentleman of fortune, whose relatives
have recently returned with him from Paris, where he
has been under some of the most eminent phy-
sicians ; the sight was peculiarly touching when
when the youth returned to the room where we were
sitting, to meet those of his friends who had not at-
tended him whilst under the Doctor's hands ; perceiving-
how readily he replied to their first inquiries, they burst
into tears of gratitude and joy, from a consciousness of
the improvement which had been effected ;' another
case—to mention no more—struck us as very peculiar ;
it was that of a man and his wife, who were both deaf
and dumb, and whose only intercourse with each other
was kept up by a rapid succession of signs made by
their fingers. If we recollect right, they had three
children, all deaf and dumb.
Highly pleased with what we have seen, we say to
Dr. Turnbull, by way of concluding our remarks, " Go
on, Doctor, and prosper 1"
(From the Woolwich Advertiser.)
Dr. Turnbull, of Russell-square, London,' has re-
cently added considerably to his celebrity by the (Es-
' covert' that the remedy he applies to the ears in cases
• of deafness, has also a very beneficial effect and shortens
the time required to ensure a permanent cure by
applying it through the nose at the same time. The
application of the remedy by that organ is equally
simple and unattended with the slightest danger, as it
is by the cars, all that is required being merely to, pour
a few drops of liquid of the consistence of oil on
the palm of the hand and apply it to the nostrils, in
the same mariner as• one would take a pinch of snuff;
and with even less sensation, on the contrary
.the
application is more agreeable. We were delighted
to witness the perfection of hearing which a boy,
a native of Wales, and for some time an inmate
of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in London,
had acquired by a few applications, by this method.
We are certain we are, within the mark when we state
that he heard a watch ticking at a distance of fully 16
feet. To the curious observers of human nature it is a
most gratifying sight to witness one lost to society and
all ideas of speech, attempt, for the first time, to convey
his ideas by sounds instead of by signs, and we are sure
Dr. Turnbull will feel pleasure in showing these under
his care, and the progress they have made, to a discern•
in; public. Any further encomiums by us on one who
has proved himself such a benefactor to the human
race would be out of place, we therefore allow some of
ourbrethren of the Press to express theiropinions, formed
from cases which have come under their observation.
The following is from the Londonderry Sentinel:—
A highly respectable and much esteemed clerical.
friend of ours (Warder) speaks in very laudatory terms
of Dr. Turnbull's success in the cure of deafiiess, not
only as it respects those afflicted with casual or acci-
dental deafness, but even in the extraordinary cases
of deaf mutes—a matter hitherto considered by the
faculty impossible. Our respected friend informs us
that after labouring for a length of time under a chronic
disease which had entirely deprived him of hearing,
the use of one ear has been perfectly restored, and he
has every hope of recovering the use of the other under •
the skilful treatment of Dr. Turnbull.

From Cha»zbers' Edinburgh Journal of Sep. 28. 1839.)
SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF CURING

DEAFNESS.

A short time since, in conjunction with our content
poraries, the Times, the Standard, the Courier, the
Record, and other journals, we referred to a very extra-
dinary discovery which Dr. Turnbull, of Russell-square,
has recently made in the mode of curing deafness, the
efficacy of which mode was tested, in the case of from
thirty to forty patients, in the presence of noblemen,
members of the House of Commons, physicians and
surgeons, and a number of literary and scientific
gentlemen. Dr. Turnbull has now so far matured
his discovery as to be able not only to cure ordi-
nary cases of deafness, but to cure persons who
have been deaf and dumb from their infancy,
except where there is an organic malformation of the
car. We were yesterday present at another exhibition
of the kind alluded to, when we were again furnished
with ocular demonstration of the singular efficacy of-Dr.
Turnbull's new mode of treatment of deaf persons. A
number of persons, of all ages, and from various parts
of the country, who had been deaf and dumb from their
infancy, and otherswhdhad been deaf for six, eight, ten,
twelve, and even twenty years, and who have had their
hearing entirely restored, or are in a fair way of its being
so, were brought forward and rigidly examined. The
cases of cure were, in several instances, of so extraor-
dinary a character, that the spectators could hardly
believe the evidence of their own eyes. What adds to
the wonderful nature of these cures, is the fact, that
neither what is called blowing, nor any•operation of any
kind, is resorted to by Dr. Turnbull--the simple appli-
cation to the ear of a liquid preparation, which does not
cause the slightest pain, being all that is necessary, In
many instances the cures are almost instantaneous, and
it js only in a few cases that more than five or six appli-
cations of the liniment, at intervals of a few days be-
tween each, arc needed. It is to the simplicity and in-
stantaneous nature of the cures, and the circumstance
of any thing in the shape of operation being dispensed
with, that we are to ascribe the fact of Dr. Turnbull
being able to attend (which he has of late repeatedly had
to do) to the eases of from 150 to 200 patients in one
day. In several instances, which we ourselves wit-
nessed, the cure of deaf and dumb persons, and of others
who were deaf only, was so in,rfect, that the parties
could actually hear the ticking of a watch at a greater
distance than those parsons who had never had any im-
pediment in their hearing. An exceedingly interesting
part of the exhibition was that of witnessing individuals
who had been born deaf and dumb, attempting to speak.
Several of them had made such progress in the course
of a few weeks, us to be able to articulate some of the
more common words viith a wonderful distinctness.—
Lo 11 dO Paper.. _

(From the Bristol Times.)
SUCCESSFUL METHOD OF TREATING

DEAFNESS. _ •
-
In an age of empiricism like the present we arc in-
clined rather to commend than censure the caution of
the public in receiving with diffidence the reported suc-
cess of any man in the treatment of maladies over which
surgical skill has hitherto had but slight effect. It is
now some time since we first heard of the extraor-
dinary cures performed by Dr. Turnbull, of Russell-
square, bat though we heard and read well of his
character as a physician, we deferred judgment until
satisfied by the evidence of our senses. We have within
the past week witnessed this proof in the person of
one born deaf and dumb, and to whom he has re-
stored the faculty of hearing and of articulation also.
This, we are assured, is achieved by no surgical opera-
tion, nor is there any affectation of mystery about the
treatment, which consists in the simple application of a
certain fluid, no occult process—the only talisman is the
Ephphatha, the " be ye opened" of skill and science, to
whose triumphs Dr. Turnbull has eminently contributed.
We think it right, more for the sake of society than of
this gentleman, who, however, may be deemed one of
its best benefactors, to publish a fact, the announcement
of which must give infinite pleasure to the friends of all
those who may labour under the most distressing of all
defecti.

(From the Woolwich Advertiser.)
We have on former occasions noticed the wonderful
cures performed by Dr. Turnbull, of Russell-square.,
London, in cases of deafness of long standing, and in
others where the parties had been born deaf and conse-
quently dumb, and we have great pleastre in stating that
not only does he still experience the same almost incre-
dible success, but he has also by his unceasing labours
in behalf of sutrerin,7, humanity added to his great di::-
coveries. In some instances on former occasions, when
the hearing had been perfectly restored, it became less
acute when the nerves relaxed. In order to obviate this he
has found that by opplying his !medicines as a compound in
the form of war, he secures its retention on the nerves
for such a period as to insure permanent success. Were
we to enter into a detail of the various cures we
have witnessed, or were we to attempt to enu-
merate the number of patients who have found benefit
by placing themselves under his care, our columns
could not contain them.We therefore recommend
those who may be sceptical to pay a visit to the Doc-
tor's residence, as it is always open, and numbers
waiting for an opportunity of obtaining his highly
valuable assistance. From these persons strange:B

may obtain a perfectly satisfactory knowledge bf the
great blessing of restoration of hearing conferred
upon them by Doctor Turnbull ; or he wi:l, in the
most affable manner, show them how simple, how
certain, and instantaneously efficacious and unin-
Jurtous his operations are on the organs of the ear. At
present he has patients from all parts of , England,
Scotland, and Ireland. His fame has also found its.
way to Russia and Persia, a medical gentleman of high
standing in the former country, and a traveller from the
latter, having placed themselves under his care. It is
a singular circumstance, and worthy of notice, that Dr.
Turnbull, in the course of his discoveries, should also
have found a remedy for detects of vision and even
total blindness, and that the restoration of sight is
effected by equally simple applications as the restore-
, tion of hearing, without the least pain or inconvenience.
These are acquisitions of a high order, and we consi-
der it our duty, having witnessed, them, to make them
known for the benefit of mankind.
(From the Thncs of May 16, 1839.)
A number of scientific gentlemen (amongst whom
we noticed . Mr. R. Crosbic Dawson, Secretary of the
Deaf and Dumb Institution at Liverpool) assembled
yesterday at the house of Dr. Turnbull, in Russell-
square, to witness the results-produced by a pre Cass
recently discovered by the Doctor, and applied for the
cure of deafness and blindness. Between twenty and
thirty patients attended, many of whom it was stated by
their parents had been born deaf and dumb. They
were submitted to various tests, by which it was proved
that their deafness had been cured by the application of
Dr. Turnbull's remedies ; and what appears most sin-
gular is, that whether the disease depended on paralysis
of the auditory nerve, rupture of the tympanum, or ob.
struction of the internal passages, relief had been im-
mediately obtained, or the complete cure effected, with-
out delay, pain, or inconvenience. Several patients,
who represented that they had been completely blind, I
said that they could now see perfectly well.

(From Bell's Life in London.)
We readily give insertion to the above paragraph,
because we have personally visited Dr. Turnbull's
souse, a: d had ocular as well as oral demonstration of
timilar cures having been performed ; and similar eppor,
hunities of observation are open to all who may be
sceptical on the subject. We have no interest in dis-
guising the fact that some few of the patients whom
we saw stated that they had received no benefit, and
that they remained still subject to the same painful pri-
Vation of hearing as when they first visited the Doctor.
Dr. Turnbull, however, does not profess the power of
producing miracles, or restoring that which the organs
of nature have withheld, and he candidly admits that
some cases which have been presented tb him are incu-
rable ; still he has found the cases of relief far predomi-
nant over those of an opposite character. A profes-
sional friend of ours is now under Dr. Turnbull's treat-
ment, and we shall readily afford to our ;.eaders.the re-
sult of his applications, on the. effects of which the
Doctor expresses great confidence.
Dr. Turnbull—We have had several inquiries re-
specting the success of Dr. Turnbull. in the cure of
deafness, and we are bound in justice to say, that we
have had occulsr demonstrations of the most extraor-
dinary instances, not only of restoration of hearing in
patients who had for years been deprived of the use of
their organs, but still more extraordinary instances of
persons born deaf and dumb—old and young—in a few mi-
nutes acquiring the perfect power of distinguishing sounds
from one end of a chamber to another. -With regard
to our own friend, although be certainly hears better,
his natural powers have not been as yet perfectly re-
stored ; still more has been done for him by Dr. Turn-
bull, than by any other aurist in London or Paris, and
his case may be one pres,!nting singular features of dif-
ficulty. But those who hove doubts on this subject we
would recommend to visit Dr. Turnbull's establishment
in ltusselkquare, which is opon to all classes, every
day presenting new cases.

Turnbull has treated defects of the vision, and
even total blindness, as well as deafness, with singular
success ; upon which matters he will himself give full
information, as well as cite instances of the most un-
questionable deFcription. We would advise " Anti-
Quackery" to visit Russell-square ; it will cost him no-
thing, and he must be a blockheart who would be con-
vincod against his own common sense. Prejudice is a
poor excuse for scepticism.

(From the Argus.)
A Treatise on Painful and Nervous Diseases, and on a
New Mode of. Treatment for Diseases of the Eye
• and Ear. By A. Turnbull, M.D. Third .Edition.
London : J. Churchill..

Although the third edition of this valuable and in-
teresting.work has for some time been lying upon our
table, we have hitherto been unable, owing to priority
of other publications which had reached us at a much
earlier period, to draw public attention to its merits.
The fame which its clever author has already justly
acquired, can well afford to bear our seeming neglect ;
but we have sonic apology to make to our readers for
withholdinc, from theM What we are certain they will
prize highly.
Dr. Turnbull's present popular work gives an inte-
resting and concise account of the 'almost miraculous
success which has attended the application of his, pre-
paration, called Aconitine, in various nervous disorders.
The attested cures of deafness, and not only defective
vision, but total deprivation of sight, by the application
of Aconitine, appear almost incredible ; but a visit to
Dr. Turnbull's residence in Russell- square will con-
vince the most sceptical of its happy effects. Dr. Turn.
bull was forced, by some of the ficislty, into a prema-
ture publication of his discovery before it had been al-
lowed sufficient time or range to display its beneficial
results, still it is pleasing to know that such ornaments
of the profession as Liston, Guthrie, and Kent (the
latter, by the way, has been cured of partial blindness
by Dr. Turnbull's treatment) have borne testimony to
its efficacy. The following is the only extract we can
find room for :

" Whilst prosecuting my investigations, I was called,
in consultation with Mr. Guthrie, to a gentleman Whose
sight was affected, and who had had the opinions of
several of the most eminent oculists of London ; all of
whom concurred in' giving an unfavourable prognosis.
I told- Mr. G. that this patient would be much bene-
fitted, if not quite cured, by a new plan of treatment for
the eyes with which I had been occupied for some
months past, but that it was still in its infancy, and not
sufficiently matured to be given to the world, and that,
therefore, he could not at present expect to be made
acquainted with it-, especially after what had occurred
respecting my discovery of Aconitine, when I was com-
pelled hastily to publish a work on that subject, in con-
sequence of a statement having appeared in a medical
periodical, in which an attempt was made to give to
another individual the credit of the diScovery, but
which the gentleman when written to disclaimed in
the most handsome manner. I further stated, that I
should not disclose the nature of the remedies until I
had fully ascertained what they were capable of doing.
To this Mr. Guthrie replied, that he approved of my
plan, and, in the most handsome manner, and without
solicitation on my part, proposed• to give me a trial in
the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, which I
accepted. The trial was to be
.upon persons affected
with incurable Amaurosis, and commenced on the 14th
of November, 1836. A few days afterwards I learned,
to my great astonishment, that Mr. Guthrie had deli-
vered a lecture at the Westminster Hospital, in which
be had stated that this trial WaS going on, and that he
had sent the lecture for publeation to three weekly
medical periodicals. Immediately on hearing this, and
prior to its being published, I protested to him against
this mode of procedure."
(From " Physic and Physicians.")
We lately noticed this book as a clever and highly en-
tertaining work, by one intimately aequaiotcd with the
defects and merits of the characters whom he very gra-
phically brings under our notice, and praised it for pre-
senting a❑ account of the progress and eventual sac•
cess of some of the most remarkable men of the day.
We envy not the individual who could turn over the
pages of this publication, and not be interested in the
career, both private and professional—for we can hardly
separate them—of such " lights of science" as Liston,
Cooper, Brodie, Carlisle, Haiford, Clark, Chambers,
and Turnbull. We regret that our space prevents our
being able to make more than one additional extract,
and take at random the following passage, descriptive
of Dr. Turnbull, as a medical practitioner one of the
most extrordinary and successful men of the age. His
discovery of aconitinc, and his successful application of
it in cases of deafness, blindness, and neuralgia, entitle
him to the gratitude of suffeting humanity. The author
thus introduces him :

" Dr. Alexander Turnbull is a physician who has
contributed much to the alleviation of human suffering.
He commenced practice in the year 1815, in the city
of Carlisle, where he obtained considerable fame and
patronage. He remained there for five years, when,
after visiting Edinburgh, and obtaining his degree of
M.D., he in the year 1832, came to the metropolis,
took the house in Russell-square, which had been pre-
viously occupied by Dr. Armstrong, and commeneed
the career of a London physician.

" Possessing an inquiring and reflecting mind, he
directed his attention to the relief of those painful
nervous affections, which so often baffle the skill of the
most eminent in the profession, and which diseases may
be said to constitute to a certain extent the opprobria
of our art.

" In 1834, Dr. Turnbull discovered the extraordi-
nary efficacy of vcratriz in certain forms of neuralgia.
Prior to this period it was the generally received opinion
that this powerful agent had active aperient qualities.
M. Magendie, the celebrated French physiologist, states
in all the editions of his Formulary' that veratria is
principally serviceable in cases where it is desirable to
effect a prompt effort ftorn the bowels, Ilow Magendie
could have been so deceived, it is not in our power b
say ; but it is evident he knew nothing of the real effi-
cacy of this powerful agent. To Dr. Turnbull belongs
the honour of having introduced to the notice of the
public this valuable preparation and the profession now.
generally admit its curative properties, when internally
and externally used in tic douloureux., rheumatism, gout,
and all forms of neuralgic diseases..'—(Vide Dr. Turn-
bull on " Painful and Nervous Diseases," p. 7, third
edition.)