The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-28 00:00:00

REVIEW OF THE WORK.

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LaWert in the Infirmities of Youth and liaturity.—" There are
scenes the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
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into which such scenes must plunge him I In the book be:bre us
such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the
erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al-
ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style
of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of
philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally,
upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and
propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing In these
pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitiors of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.
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when viewed through a microscope. As the existence
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of such a creature in the interior of the eye not only
prevents vision, but ultimately destroys the whole tex-
ture of the organ, it was resolved to remove it by opera-
tion. This was successfully effected on Saturday last.
The patient behaved with perfect steadiness, and found
her vision immediately restored. The hydatid continued
to live for more than half an hour after being extracted.
As only four similar cases aro on record, the worm ex-
cited much curiosity, and was examined by numerous
visitors, both lay and medical.—Glasgow Chronicle.
[AD VERTISEMENT.] —The Cholera—How to Pre-
vent—by Holloway's Pills.—Thousands of lives may be
spared by adopting the following precautionary means .
To eschew the use of fruit, vegetables, pastry, eggs, the
fat of meat, sauces, wine, beer, and spirits, and to avoid
committing any kind of excess. To cleanse well the
stomach, liver, and bowels, and purify the blood of all
impurities, which will be effected by taking five or six
pills night and morning for fifteen days, and afterwards
to take two or three doses a week. Thus the highest
state of health will be obtained, and Cholera iu every
case prevented. The same precautions should be taken
in cases of diarrhea and ordinary bowel complaints.—
Soldbya 4
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, and at Professor Holloway's esta-
blishment,Two MEN KILLED ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAlL-
WAY.—Yesterday forenoon a melancholy accident oc-
curred at the station of the North British Railway Com-
pany here. It appears that two men, named David
Graham and John Brown, were in the act of crossing
the line from the coal depot near the site of the Old
Trinity College Church, when an engine with some
trucks were in course of being removed from a siding
near the spot; and the engine not being perceived by
them, came down upon them so suddenly that they were
both overtaken by it, and crsuhed beneath its ponder-
ous weight. Graham was so severely mangled that he
survived the accident only a few minutes. One of
Brown's legs was completely dissevered from his body,
and he was otherwise so much injured that he died last
night in the infirmary, to which he had been carried.
The deceased individuals were employed to look after
and repair the trucks about the station; and they were
conversing, with their tools in their hands, in crossing
from the north to the south side of the line, when the
accident occurred.—Scotsman.

THE FIRST CHERRY IN THE MAURITIUS. - The
first cherry ever grown on the island appears to have
given rise to some extraordinary proceedings. A tree
had been introduced and tended with great care by a
planter, who watched over it with trembling anxiety
during the flowering season ; all the fruit, however,
failed except one cherry, IN hich gradually ripened and
came to perfection. A festival was given in celebration
of the event by the delighted planter, and the Governor,
Sir R. Farquhar, invited to gather the unique and in-
teresting specimen. He arrived punctual at the hour,
and at the head of the assembled company approached
the tree. The cherry was gone; a young negro, unable
to resist the temptation of the red and juicy fruit, had
swallowed it. The Governor appeased the planter's
vexation with the good-humoured remark that the will
would suffice for the deed, and the company consoled
themselves for the disappointment by adjourning to the
breakfast table.— Chambers's Edinlmr9h Journal.