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

REVIIVI OF TIII WOES.

La'Mert on the Infirmities of Touth and Maturity. —" There aro
scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
Conscience ; and of these tke result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf
into which such scenes must plunge him ! In the book before as
each a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the
erring, without impairing ene 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,
apon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and
propriety. 1 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."
—"United Kingdom Magazine.
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SINGULAR DISEASE OF THE Eva.--A singular
case occurred last week at the Glasgow Eye Infirmary.
A girl, of 16 years of age, having applied on account of
loss of sight of her left eye, the cause was ascertained to
be the presence of a living worm or hydatid (the reysti-
cercus of scientific naturalists) in the eye, close before the
animalpupil whi
consistsch i t
ocfo
am
roundpletel y
bag about obstructed.
the
pea, from which on ono side springs its body, which is a
filament, 'consisting of numerous rings, and capable of
Thissize of species
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smallsof
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 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.
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TWO MEN KILLED ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAIL-.
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, 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 TO
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vexation with the good-humoured remark •• —.Jeer's
would suffice for the deed, and " mat the will
s
themselves for the d„isp.-,-1,0 rot by adjourning to the
(.c,
company consoled
breakfast table. (...a..,0 r
oers,l I denburgh Journal.