Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-04-28
no. 80

his lordship, the Duke of Wellington,
is suffering severely by "that iscura6le
disease, the tic doloureux." Be it known
that the word favourable, is, fortunate
ly, entirely out Of place in connection.
There is indeed now and then case
which resists our most powerful and
well directed remedies; but this is true
also of intermittent fever, rheumatism,
and fifty other complaints, which none
but crazy man or Ounce would call
incurable. Nineteen cases in twenty
of the tic doloureux are perfectly man
ageable. The seat Of the disease and
its nature are thoroughly understood,
and the mode Of treatment is far from
being complicated.
Let the patients constitutional Pc
culiarities be ascertained, the state also
of the digestive organs, and the cause
of the arrangement. indications OF
care sufficiently clear will be suggested
by such investigation, and abandoning
all local applications, which, whether
potent or paltry, are equally incapable
of reaching the cause Of the complaint,
let the intelligent practitioner look well
to the prims vie, and he will fnd that
ninety.five cases in a hundred VIII
Weld, and half these by the mere adj
ministration Of drop or two OF cotton
oil, succeeded by few weeks use OF
the carbonate Of iron.
Of about twenty cases of this painful
| affection which it has fallen to our lot
to manage, within the last FIVE years,
every one has been cured, and that too
without an instance of a subsequent at.
tack. If therefore, the view we have
taken is correct; though the noble lord
may suffer even yet perhaps by the dis
ease, there is no reason why the pro-
fession should suffer in the estimation
of the public, as it certainly must If 1t
is supposed to permit tic doloureur to
pass as incmabie, and it certainly ought
if there were any grounds for such
supposition.
Mr.. WiAington.....As l have not seen
the following directions for making
artificial Mahoganyin any of our News
naners. / have transcribed it Tor pub
lication in the Courier. ltmay, perhaps,
be interesting, if not useful, to some Of
your readers. 1t has long been the
custom to make very handsome furni-
ture of some ordinary wood, veneered
with mahogany, which looks equally
as we'll as that made entirely of the
more costly materials, and is much
cheaper. therefore can see no objec-
ton 10 the presen, plan, as being still
more economical, equally beautiful in
appearance, and which can be applied
to articles which the veneer cannot.
it is, at least, worth trial.
"y4rtiGcial Mahogany-The following
method ofgiving any species Of wood
Of close grain the appearance OF Ma
hogany, in texture, density, and polish,
is said 10 DC practised in france with
such success, that the best judges are
incapable of distinguishing between
the imitation and mahogany. The sur
face is first planed smooth, and the
wood is then rubbed with a solution
of nitrous acid. One ounce and a half
of dragons blood dissolved, in pint
of spirits of wine, and one third Of an
ounce of carbonate of soda are then to
be mixed together and filtered, and the
mixture in this thin state is to be laid
OH with soft brush. This process is
repeated, and in short interval after
wards the wood possesses the external
appearance we have described. When
the polish diminishes in brilliancy, II
may be restored by the use of little
cold-drawn linseed OIL"