The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-02 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC.

During the last year four most important matters
connected with the Medical liberty of the subject
have occurred. In the first place, Sir James Gra-
ham's Medical Reform Bill has been introduced, and
by it free trade in medicine is acknowledged. The
consequence is, that the worthy Baronet has brought
about his ears the whole of the Doctors interested in
keeping up a delusion as regards the treatment of
diseases. That Sir James is deserving of the appro
bation of all lovers of civil and religious liberty can-
not be doubted.

The next point is, that the Doctors have suf-
fered a complete defeat at the Chester Assizes, in
the case of a Mr. Port, who, not being a regu-
lar or licensed practitioner, was indicted for
having caused the death of a woman by plasters
made of arsenic (a poison often used as a cure ! !
by the Doctors themselves), for the cure of can-
cer. It appeared that he had a good practice at
Birkenhead, and no doubt took s good many fees
which would, perhaps, have gone into the Doctors'
pockets. A case was, therefore, got up against him
—the jury, in spite of the evidence of Doctors, which
was as strong as they could make it, triumphantly ac-
quitted him, upon which a simultaneous burst of ap-
plause rang from all parts of a crowded Court. This
case is most important, as being another instance
where a jury has been independent enough to think
for themselves. It also establishes the Medical Li-
berty of the Subject. We have, therefore, copied in
the 42d number of The Hygeist (which may be had
at 368, Strand, price ld.) the whole trial of Mr. Port,
as it appeared in The Times newspaper of the 11th of
December, 1844, in order that you may judge for
yourselves of the extraordinary admissions made by
the Doctors on cross-examination on that trial, and
to what lengths they will go, in order to prop up
their false and interested Organic Theory, by which
medicine is made a trade of, at the expense of the
diseases of mankind. Though we wholly disagree
with Mr. Port's treatment in using arsenic, still the
principle of the Medical Liberty of the Subject is the
same. _

The third point in our favour is what Lord Stanley
stated in respect of the benefits arising from drainage
of the land, at the Liverpool Agricultural Meeting.
It is just the Hygeian System, as propounded lay the
late James Morison, and the article written by him in
1825 may be found in the " Abridged Morisoniana,"
page 26. Such a truth, propounded by such a man
as Lord Stanley, cannot fail to be of vast importance
to all persons engaged in the Hygeian cause, for
drainage is to the land what proper purging is to the
human body. It should stimulate them to renewed
exertions. It at °ace accounts for the universal suc-
cess of the Vegetable Medicine, in spite of all the
interested opposition which we have had to contend
against. From henceforth Lord Stanley's name
should be associated with Hygeism. This great
principle of drainage, as applied to the human body,
is made manifest in a lithographic Print, which may
be had of the Hygeian Agents (price 6d.), who agree
that it is a complete illustration of the truth of the
Hygeian System, and the fallacy of the Organic
Theory of the Faculty.
Another great blow to the Doctors and their
Organic Theory has been the cause of " Temperance."
Thousands will now be saved from disease, poverty,
and death, by that cause. A few years back we used
constantly to hear, " Oh! I am taking Brandy or
Poll Wine medicinally, by the advice of my Doctor."
Now the people have tound that all spirituous liquors
undoubtedly are most injurious to health, whether
taken medicinally or not. Father Mathew stands as
the great Apostle of Temperance, and as such deserves
universal support ; but you should not forget that the
first great blow aimed at the faculty for advising and
recommending spirituous liquors in certain diseases,
is contained in the work of James Morison, the
Hygeist (" The Morisoniana"), published as far back
as 1825, and at page 60 of that work you will find
the article, wherein he not only strongly recommends
total abstinence as essential to the cure of all diseases,
but contends that the desire for drink proceeds from
a morbid state of the blood. Two hundred thousand
copies of the original Edition of that work have been
disposed of; and we are now circulating 41\000 of
the abridged Edition, price 6d. ; which you will ad-
mit must have tended, in some measure, to establish
the cause of Temperance. Every Hygeist subscribes
to that great work of Father Mathew.

No do-übt the charge of self-interest will be brought
forward against us. We would, however, appeal to
an impartial public, whether it was possible to com-
bat (as we have done) the combined interests of the
faculty, comprising a great portion of the press, for
the last twenty years, without having funds necessary
to answer the attacks which have from time to time
been brought forward by interested Doctors against
us ? Were you to see our printers' bills, and the
charges for advertisements, and other expenses, in all
parts of the world, you would not think that it has
been such an_ interested affair as our enemies would
make it appear. Would any man, out of his private
fortune, have stood the enormous expenses which we
have been put to by the Doctors ? Again, if the
Hygeian System had been merely propounded without
a medicine to carry out its principles, would it not
have been said that it was utopian, visionary, &c. ?
We should-have been told—" Yes! it's all very well,
hut how will you carry it out ?" and so forth; there-
fore we repeat, that,the Vegetable Purgative, known
as " Morison's Pills," ur " Vegetable Universal Me-
dicine," is the best medicine known to us. It has
been tried by I:undreds of thousands throughout the
world during the las' twenty years, with the happiest
results. If the Doctors can bring out a better pur-
gative, and prove it to be so by practical experience,
ours must of course give way, but at present we
insist that the purgatives used by Doctors are not
intended to cure diseases; they are merely an apology
for purgatives. Good and proper purgatives have
been studiously kept from the public; or else, why
have Doctors allowed the important facts, propounded
by the late Dr. James Hamilton, of the Edinburgh
Infirmary, in his book, " Hamilton on Purgatives,"
'to die in the shade ? The cases of cure therein re-
ported by the Learned Doctor are quite as extraordi•
nary (if extraordinary they can be termed) as any
that ever issued from the British College of Health.
However, we presume it would not have answered
the purpose of the medical body to have brought these
important truths to light.

As regards the progress of the Hygeian System,
we have the satisfaction to state, that it is spreading
every day more and more throughout the world, and
that before many years are over, it will be univer-
sally acknowledged. Being founded in truth, it must
progress ; whereas the Organic Theory of Doctors,
being founded in error, mist retrograde. We are
unanimous. The Doctors are all at variance, and
must be, so long as they proceed upon a false and
interested theory.
One word on what are termed diplomas. They
prove nothing, unless there ha unanimity in the bag
grantiv Meta. They are to be bought by any per-
ion for 301. or 401. Hygeists treat them with the
greatest contempt, because, in the first place, they tes-
tify to an untruth, in stating that the holder is initi-
ated into the art awl mystery of medicine, and in the
next, because they are, or profess to be, only granted
to those who will conform to the opinions of an in-
terested body. Let us for one moment test the me-
dical degree of Doctor by the following :-An igno-
rant Doctor of Laws en easily be detected;—an
tocrapt Doctor in Divinity can easily be detected ;
ignorant Doctor in Music can easily be de-
tected ;—an ignorant Astronomer can easily be de-
tected ;—the same may be said of a Navigator, a
Watchmaker, and, in fact, of' any other artist ;—but as
to an ignorant Doctor in Medicine, him you can
never detect : he may send people to a premature
grave without the least suspicion ; provided he only
know how to read, write, and spell, he will pass
master anyvc:here—and why not? Are not Doctors
most conveniently all of different opinions as to the
cause and cure of diseases—don't they all prescribe
differently ? And is not the public in a state of pro-
found ignorance of medicine 'l+ How can he, there-
fore, be dateoted ? He must be very stupid indeed
who cannot keep up the role of a Doctor is Medi-

tine. This accounts at once for the poor Universities
on the Continent selling medical diplomas to arY:
body who will have them for 301. or 401.; and
though it is, in truth, an imposition, we do not see
much difference between a diploma thus obtained and
any other. It is only diplomas in medicine that will
sell, all others are useless, inasmuch that an ignorant
holder would be immediately detected.
In conclusion, we have only to say, that our cause
is yours. Every man should be his own doctor, and
for this purpose, " A Guide to Patients," containing
Cases of Cure of every disorder, with the names and
addresses of the parties, in all parts of the world, is
published at the low charge of 2d., in order to put it
within the reach of all. It is one of the prominent
features of the Hygeian System, that every one should
be his own doctor. It certainly is to our interest that
the Vegetable Universal Medicine should cure as
speedily as possible, whereas, with the Doctors, it is
their interest (since they harge for their attend..
ances) to keep you on the sick list as long as they
can. In short, it would not pay them to simplify the
mode of cure. The British College of Health owes
its rise and progress entirely to the people, and (unlike
the trade of Doctors) does not require protection by
arbitrary Acts of Parliament, the support of partial
Judges, or the subscriptions of the rich to supperC
" Hospitals," where a false doctrine (the Organic
Theory) is fostered, by cutting up and making useless
experiments on the ignorant and poor people who are
so unfortunate as to fall into these houses of torture
and death. We contend that the Organic Theory Of
the faculty is completely wrong, and a curse to man'
kind, for it enslaves both body and mind; every day
proves it to be so.
MORISON, MOAT, and CO„
For and on behalf of the body of IlyweisM.
British College of Health, London, Ist Jan. 345. ,
N. B.—Morison's Pills of the British College
Health, London, are not sold by Chemists and
Druggists.

MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY
.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
We had very little English Wheat on sale today. yet
the demand for it was in a sluggish state, at previous
quotations. In Foreign Wheat very little was doing,
yet prices were supported. The sale for Barley and
Malt was very inactive, at late rates. Oata, Beans, and
Peas, as on Monday.

vilirrzcsArzz.
The supply of Meat on sale to-day was only moderate,
yet the demand was heavy, at our quotations. Beef,
from 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Volt
3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d, per 81bs.

COAX.

Prices per ton at the of the market :—Chester
Main, 24s 6d ; W. E., Acorn Close, 25s ; W. E., Bell
and Brown, 26s ; W.-E.. Heaton, 26s ;W. E., When'
cliffe, 265; W. E., Lambton, 275; W. E., Lumley, 255, ;
W. E., Stewart's, 27s ; W. E., Adelaide, 27s ; W. L.,
Evenwood, 25s 6d ; W. E., Seymour Tees, 26s ; W. Bs
South Durham, 26s ; Brancepeth Coke, 30s ; Garnani
Stone, 2&s ; Graigola, 24s 6d ; Lewiss Merthyr, 225 ;
W. E., Killingworth, 25s.—Ships arrived, 23.

THE MURDER AND SUICIDE
AT ASHFORD.

Immediately after the verdict of felo de se was re'
turned by the jury, Mr. Wakley handed to the con-
stable his warrant for the interment of the deceased,
that referring to the man specifying that he should
be buried between the hours of nine and twelve
o'clock at night, and without any funeral, ceremony
The unhappy woman was buried on Sunday after
noon, and her remains were followed.to the grave by
a vast concourse of persons, who appeared to take 0
deep interest in the melancholy affair. The rnur'
darer was not buried until Monday night, about ten
o'clock, in the presence of Messrs. Hignet and Mel'
rick, the churchwardens of Ashford, the constable,
and a few other persons, the only relative of the de'
ceased that was present being his mother. The place(
that was selected for the grave was a corner 0'
the churchyard which has before been the recep'
tacle of the remains of two persons who some
thirty years since destroyed themselves, and against
whom verdicts offelo de se were returned, and dur
ing the whole period that has since elapsed there has
not been a single suicide in the parish. One of the
men referred to was a master butcher, named Lewis,
who carried on a respectable business at Ashford, but
was suspected of sheep-stealing, and was taken into
custody on the charge, but while at the public-house
awaiting the time to be examined before a magistrate,
he asked permission to leave the room for a short
time, and the moment he got into the passage he
drew a knife from his pocket and cut his throat in such
a dreadful manner that he died almost immediatelY.
The other case was that of an exciseman in Wales,
named Davis, who had been ordered up to London by
the Commissioners to be reprimanded for somemis;
conduct. It appeared that the circumstance prayo
upon his mind, and he destroyed himself in a corn field
at Ashford by opening veins in different parts of his
body, and then cutting his throat.• The remains of the
miserable murderer and suicide were laid by the side,
of these companions in crime. When the coffin in!,
been lowered into the grave, the mother looked on 1"
for the last time, and exclaimed, "Ah, my boy, thel,
have buried you like a dog; but, never mind, Go
will forgive you, and take you to heaven !" Slob
then walked away, apparently very little concerned 11
what had taken place, or the awful ceremony she bed
just witnessed. Since the inquest every inquiry 146
been made to endeavour to ascertain where the de'
ceased man had obtained the poison, which was the
cause of his death, but hitherto without success. The
little boy and girl are perfectly recovered, and they
have since been removed to the Brentford Union, to
which they belong.

CHILD LOST ON WIMBLEDON-COMMON.—SAGAGaI
OF A Doc.—On Friday morning, about six o'clock, Itir'
Goddard, a farmer at Wimbledon, lives out on the
common, with his dog, sParching for some sheep that
had wandered from his land, when his attention was at
tracted to the singular actions of the animal, which re'
peatedly ran to and from a clump of bushes. The dog
barked, took hold of his master's coat, and showed other
manifestations of a desire to lead his master to the
bushes. Mr. Goddard, thinking that one of his missis%
sheep might be there, went to the spot, and was sue:
pried to find a boy not more than six years of age lyilt
asleep under the lee of the shrubs. Mr. Goddard awoke
the poor child, who was benumbed with cold, and low
some difficulty ascertained that his name was Sleptol
the son of a labouring man at Wimbledon, and the
in crossing the common on his way from lioehampld°a
to his house, on the previous afternoon, about four o'clock'
the fog came on so dense that he lost himself. He WO;
dered about for hours, but did not call out much, Will'
frightened of the gipsies. At last, worn out with fatigue'
the poor fellow laid down and cried himself to sleep. St:
t;oddard conveyed him to his parents, who were in
dreadful state of alarm at his absence, and had been tip
all the night, searching for their lost child.

BIRTHS.
On the 29th ult. at George-street, Newcastle-upon-Ty-''
Mrs. Edward Challoner, of a son.
On the 30th ult., at Brunswick-place, Islington, the Ads
of Mr. Robert Hunter, of a son.
On the 30th ult., at Margaret-street, Cavendish-500
Mrs. George J. Jones, of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Canterbury, the wife of the Rev. G. 13'
Moore, of a daughter, still-born.

MARRIED.
On the Ist inst., R. R. R. Moore, Esq., barrister-at-lei,
Rebecca, daughter of B. Fisher, Esq., Limerick.
On the 28th ult., the Rev. Edward Henry Armitage, —' Al
to Emma, only daughter of the late Lieutenant-General A-01
Jackson. On the same day, Charles R. M. Jackson, Esq.,
Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at- law, to Jane, eldest daughter
Edward Armitage, Esq., of Fainley Lodge, Cheltenham. 4.,
On the 30th ult., at Trinity Church, St. Marylebon&,,:,
M. Weguelin, Esq., to Catherine, sixth daughter of Char'
Hammersley, Esq., of Park-crescent.

DIED.
On the 30th ult., in Bruton street, of exhaustion after st,
inflammatory attack, Mary, wife of Claude Edward See
Esq., and daughter of T. R. Buckworth, Esq., aged 25.
Mr. J. Storrs, of Upper Tulse-hill, aged 66.
.f
,41
Hubert Kestell, eldest son of the Rev. H. K. Cornish, v
of Bakewell, Derbyshire.
On the 17th ult., at Camden-town, Mr. J. Tollner.
P
•
On the 25th ult., the Rev. Richard Francis Davis, D • ''
Rector of Pendock, Worcester, aged 78.
On the 25th ult., Sarah, wife of Mr. Thomas T. Taylor,
Bristol.
On the- 26th ult., at Clifton, near Bristol, Elizabeth, ht
wife of the Rev. J. F. Palmer.
On the 27th ult., at Skippershill, Mayfield, Sussex, -
Fry, Esq.
On the 27th ult., at Mitcham, Thomas Berwick
• Melt°ll'
Esq., aged 71.
On the 27th ult., at Brighton, Mrs. Cecil, aged 85. d
On the 28th ult., Mary Ann, wife of W. Payne, lei'
Payne's Hotel, Hand-court, Bedford-row.
On the 28th ult., at Upper Phillimore-place, Kensinedlif
Miss Susannah Disbrow.
On the 29th ult., at York.nroscent, Clifton, John Eclat°.
Esq., aged 76.
On tht/ asth ult., Mrs. Cotes, of Barnsbury-park,lslint
On the 29th ult., William Merrick, Esq., of North/111W'
square, aged 70.
On the 30th ult., at Frederlok-place,Vauxball, Mr. EdR6l
James Manby.
On the 3(lth ult., Mary Ann, the wife of Mr. John
jim„ builder, of Alderegats-street, London.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. • •
Major-Geneials—Croxton, E. I. Co. Serv. ;
ham, do.

Colonel—Sir J. H. Seale, Bt., So. Doi/en Mil. 9*
Lieutenant-Colonels--D. Campbell, h.p. 79 F. ;;Div
h.p. It. Art.
511'
Majors--Grote, Unatt. Clapham ;De Haviland, hD '
Captains—Shum, 26 Byrne, 27 F. ; Vernon, 47
James, 50 F. Cawnpure ; Allen, late 8 Vet. Batt. ; Lan p'
R. Art.
517 Lieutenants--Hope, 29 F.; Joyce, 50 F.; Barna-rd, Vir
F. ; Atkin, h.p. 58 F. ; Heartley, h.p. 14 F. ; Kin°l°l'
att. ; Rivarolo, h.p. Sicilian Reg. ; Jones, h.p. R. MV,' Oil'
Second Lieutenants and Ensigna....llunaphry, 70 Rat.;
bert, R. Art. ; Cordeaux, h.p. R. Art.; Howard, h.p. I?" '—
Booth, late 4 Vet. Batt.
9uarturmaster—Lanels, b R. Art.
HumPhr.l*
Commissariat Departdment--D .p. ep. COM. Gen.
h. p.
govr
Medical Department—Dep. Insp. Dr. Barclan,Assist'
Kong; Staff Surg. D. M‘Gregor, Gibraltar ; Stavin" croon'
Surg. G. W. S. Brown, Jamaica; Assist. Surg.
104 F.

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