Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-01

DisOrdersd Eyss-Most Of even our
local diseases originate in pad state OF
the stomach-a truth which cannot be
too often Impressed upon those who are
disposed to dabble in quackish ointments
and nostrums. Mr.. Abernethy traces
nearly all the maladies which affect the
eye TO this fertile cause of human SUIT
fering, and tells the following amusing
story in illustration of the vulgar er
rors of the subject: the following is
quoted from the report OF bis lectures
in the London Lancet:-A lady and
gentleman brought their child to me
with inflamed eyes; the pupils could
hardly be distinguished, there were Ill
GERS on the corner, and il was very much
clouded. They said, "Sir, we are go
ing out of town, and we thought we
would ask your opinion of u child's
eyes; he has been under the care OF
several Of the most eminent surgeons
and be is getting rather worse than bet
ter" said, do you expect will pre-
scribe for your child an eye water or an
eye salve and SO on? ] tell you plainly
that ! am persuaded that irritable eyes
are occasioned by a disordered state OF
the stomach and bowels; her desired
the lad to put out bis tongue, and it was
then very furred and dirty indeed. !
told them that they must pay great at
%tention to the child's diet, to the regu.
alton of his bowels to take exercise in
the open air, and so on. "Oh!" they
said, "if that was all the advice | could
give them, they should wish me good
morning; so they paid me a guinea and
of they went. They were going in
to Devonshire, and when they were
about seventy miles from town, the
child was seized with diarrhoea, which
caused them to stop on the road, and IN
a day or two, the child's eyes became
better; they now began to think that
there was some truth in what had been
told them about a disordered state Of
the stomach and bowels, and away they
came again towards town, after having
travelled about seventy miles to hear
something more about this matter, which
if they had had a little patience. they
would have heard at first in a few
minutes. -
One of the greatest curiosities Of the
day Is nov exhibiting at the sign of the
Sorrel Horse, No. SO. North Second
street. 1t is an OK, probably the largest
in the world. He is seven years old.
and weighs 1000 lbs, There is also a
COW that measures only , feet 10 inches
in height, and A feet 2 inches in length.
Phil Pal.
Mode of stopping Epistaris, Diced
ing at the noss.-A young man, 10 years
oil age, bled from the nose, so p%rofuse
ly, that he tainted several times. Mine
raj acids, ice 10 the nape of the neck.
SC. were tried, but without stopping the
flow OF blood. DR. Bruner was called
in on the third day, and he blew w
powdered Gum Arabic through a quill
the hemorage ceased directly. Ply
adelph iaJournol Of the Medical and
Physical Sciences.
The Montreal papers mention, that
preparations were made by Joseph and
Augustine Moses, brothers, under sen
tence Of death, to break the gaol. A
saw and acknowledgements brought by a
woman were discovered By the gaeler;
and a sentinel, whom they had attempt
edto bride to facilitate their escape,
made known to the the officers.
Probabilities Of Human Life The following
table OF the probabilities Of human life has been
glvenoy NJ de la Male.
tahle OF the probabilities OF humsn life. cal.
cu'ated by Domitius Ulpianus. Prime Minister
10 Alexander ~severus, and extracted from En-
illus Mace.
Age. Probable future life
From 10 to 20 years 80 years.
20 IS %
IS so 25