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

EITIEW OF TIM WOES.

La'Mert en the Infirmities of Touth and Maturity.—" There are
scenes is the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal whe meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf
into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before us
such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the
erring, without impairing ens 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. ♦ 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 admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—DnitedKingdom Magazine.
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SINGULAR DISEASIS OF TIM Era.—A singular
case occurred last week at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary.
A girl, of 16 years of age, having applied on account ot.
loss of sight of her left eye, the cause wasascertained to
be the presence of a living worm or hydatid (the eeysti-
cercus of scientific naturalists) in the eye, close before the
pupil which it completely obstructed. This species of
animal consists of a round bag about the size ot a small
pea, from which on one side springs its body, which is a
filament, consisting of numerous rings, and capable of
being elongated and retracted at the creature's will. The
body ends in a neck and head, and the latter is supplied
with four, lateral suckers. All this was plain to the
naked eye in this instance, but appeared still more so
when viewed through a microscope. As the existence
of such a creature in the interior of the eye not only
prevents vision, but ultimately destroys the whole tea-
turn 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
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[AlivEimaEmENT.]—The Cholera—How: to Pre-
vent—by Holloway's Pills.—Thousands of lives may be
spared by adopting the following precautionary means
To esChevi the use of fruit, vegetables, pastry,seggs, the
fat of Meat, sauces, Wine;. beer, and spirits, god 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. threedoses a week. , Thus. the highest
state of health will ba.obtained, and Cholera in every_
case prevented. The same precautions should be taken
in cases of diarrhea and ordinary bowel complaints.—
Sold by all druggistsf and at:Trofessor Holloway's esta-
blishment, 244; Straa. -L" - •
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TWO MEN KILLS]) ON TUE NORTH BRITISH RAIL-
WAY. Yesterday forvActou. 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 Jain Brown, were' in the act of crossing
the line from the coal depot ,'near
_the site of the Old
.Trinity College ChUreh, 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 iipOn them Soisuddedity that they were
both overtaken by it,. and ti.siihed -beneath its ponder-
'otts weight. Grohitm 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 9f the, line, when the
accident occurred.--Seotssems. tr . . _ • • - •
. TITH FIRST CHERRIt TN THE Mitramus. —.The
first cherry ever grown- on Atli:. 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, which 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. ...Ile-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-hunioured remark that the will
would suffice for the deed, and the company consoled
themselves for the disappointment by-adjourning to the
breakfast table.-- Chumbers's Edinburgh Journal.