The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-07 00:00:00

A MORNING IN BEDFORD-ROW.

The next patient was a lady, about forty years of
age, apparently in the last stage of consumption.
Lady (exceedingly agitated).—Sir, I am come,
far your-etivlce; I tan very nervaas:
Surgeon---I see yon are; pray be seated.
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Lady (presenting a letter)-. -Supposing I might
be too nervous to go through the whole of my com-
plaints, I have brought you a statement of them.
Surgeon (opening the letter)—Now, can you be
so unreasonable as to suppose that I would read all
this nonsense; no, no (tearing it up), it will do to
light the fire. I can tell you what is the matter
with you better than you can yourself.
Lady (much agitated)—Dear me, I wish you had
not torn up the statement; it took me four days to
draw it up.—(Less agitated.)—Sir, if you have not
time to give proper consideration, I will call again.
Surgeon—You may call again, but I cannot then
give you more time than I can now. I see the cause
of your complaint clearly. Your digestive organs
are out of order. The liver does not act properly;
your bowels are irregular, and—
Lady (perfectly calm)—Pardon me, you are right,
but I am very nervous.
Surgeon—There, now ; if I was right, why in-
terrupt me ? If you possess common sense, you
would know that your nervousness is the conse-
quence of the disordered state of your digestive
organs. Now attend; you say you are very nervous;
have you read my book ?
Lady—Ab, Sir, I wish there were no such things
as nerves.

Surgeon—Oh, you do; and I wish there were no
such things as fools.
Lady (much roused)—lf, Sir, there were no
fools, I don't know what would become of the medi-
cal men of London.

Surgeon—Well, now, I see you are not such a
fool as I thought you were; but enough of that.
Now attend to me; (presenting a few blue pills in
a paper) here, now, take one of these pills every
other night, till you have taken all of them. Their
take the aperient mixture I have ordered (present-
ing a prescription), as directed, and also the simple
stomachic mixture, about two hours before dinner
every day. Here (handing another paper), go to
Longman and Co. the booksellers, and get this book,
and read page 72, and attend to the instructions as
to diet, &c.
There, I can say no more. If you
attend to what I have said, you will soon get rid of
your nervousness.
Lady—But, Sir, my apothecary tells me I am
gouty.
Surgeon—There now, again. Well, suppose
you are gouty, it is the disordered state of the diges-
tive organs that occasions gout. If you attend to
my advice, your digestive organs will do their duty,
your bowels will become regular, your nervous system
steady, and you win enjoy good health and society.
Now I cannot say more.
you (presenting a fee).
Lady—Well, Sir, I thank
Good morning.
Surgeon—Good morning.--Gazette of Health.

Tasso was singularly
TAsso's JERUSALEMDELI VRRED.--
interested the feelingsof
all his readers. No
poem exhibits such a variety of scenery—so
sublime oraffecting fortunate in his subject. It
many exalted and attracting personages—so many
incidents ,
• yet each accords
with the others—all tend to the same end. The
unity of the design is invariably preserved. The
characters of the persons brought into it are
strongly and distinctly marked. Each has a
physiognomy—a nature—an action that pecu-
liarly belongs to him : whatever he does, or says
is his own ; nothing said or done by one indi-
vidual could, with propriety be said or done by
another. The poetry of Tasso, like that of
Homer, bestows on his heroes, in our concep-
tions of them, a real existence of form and cha-
racter : all are invested with dignity ; but all
interest. Who does not feel for Erminia, for
Tatiered, for Clorinda, for Solyman, or even for
Armida? Is . not Rinaldo beloved by every
reader ? Tasso can elevate, and can terrify ; but
it is his peculiar power to interest and delight.—
Monthly Review.