Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-30


to the time Of his death he may be said to have
enioyed perfect health. He went down to the
grave at the advanced age Of one hundred and
five, the account is given by his neice VINO was
a nun a, Padua.
Now what propose as diet, is Cornaro
die, and it is no fanciful system. The Diet
should always be of a moderate quantity, II
should not be either wholly vegetable or AMI
nal, but il should be Of a nutritious kind, ne
diet have taken the liberty to recommend 70
the public is Cornaro's, with few connndrums
Of nv own, as DR. Franklin says. DO not
pretend 10 have adhered TO such diet as Cor
naro did. Oh no! acknowledge myself TO
have been a sinner ] remember once having
been li,Ing irregularly, and having neen taxing
butter, and sauces, aud s"eetmeats, ana ihnulS
ing pampered appetite, things that turned
acid ard rancid on my stomach; | was srlztd
with a pain in my bowels, headach, ana haa
sore throat: and had friend OF NINE phy'
sician, to look into my throat, anu there was
long discussion as 10 what sort OF cynahche
it was TO be; one said one thing and the seco"d
another, bu, l smiled and said, 1t you do no,
know wha, it is, know what will cure u, SO
took dos, Of calomel and ialap, and lived upon
toast aud water for about ten days and egad
90 rid of my sore throat and fever together.
a N. u
hospital W. lie was fan apprentice, who mad
chopped off the top Of his finger, he brough'
the part which had been divided, in his pocket:
the surface Of it was washed very nicely, ana
was placed accurately on the place from which
il had been removed; il adhered, the clrculdt'oh
was restored to it, but L was very long time
before the stnsibIlity or power OF moving II
returned The parts newly unl,ed nave an on-
g,,l L., al ipr Al
f rubbed or struck, there is great uneaslnees
and frequent pain produced, the parts 90 not
see IN 10 possess that STARE OF the distribution OF
The nervous energy as the other parts OF the
body. once tried the experiment upon my
self: Twas cutting piece Of Cues Sc, n knife
slipped and sliced off piece OF my thumb
went out of the room and tried what could
be done BY replacing i: replaced IL very
nicely, bound i, up with piece OF string and !;
united united perfectly: Bu! almost regret
ted il afterwards that had attempted ii, Tor
there were such unpleasant sensations III the
part, produced by such trihng causes, THAI
" ould rather have been without 1t, almost than
with it,
"Mr Hunter was called To a young lady who
had been ,bit,n in the lip by a fayorne lap dog,
(mad) Mr. Hunter thought tina, "a prompt
application Of caustic 10 the part wouic destroy
he poison; he applied caustc and you may
suppose that he used it literally; however the
young lady died Of hydrophobia. This gave
rrra, cause for triumph TO Mr.. Jesse Foot, of
whom suppose youlrray have heard; he Said,
WHY not have cut out h part as 10 done in
the OPERA ion for hare lip, instead OF applying
.uslic, and The paten' would have had mu' II
otter chance Of recovering. True, SIZE might
have recovered, bat II WIS very ungtn itma'>
ly. illibcral observation, II was not dong as ne
would be done by II is bad enough Tor ma"
10 have in his own mi Il III mr. 'te@io VI
being unsucce s,fnl, withoul bei"gt unted about
i, aferward-. say i is not doing we would
&c done b., bu, Mr.. jesse Foo, was ALWAYS
opposing Mr. Hunter, and cavilling at VITA,
he did, and | snppos" h. is now almost forgot
tn. What incrnsrd me more against Jesse
Foo, than any thing else, was, that h. spoke
very disres oec fully of Mr.. Hunter alter he " as
dead. There was some ching very in 'licioup
in this, and uamanly too, for would say with
Gang:
"Wcre a lion would not feed
Upon carCssses, war with the dead"
TOG course NJ. Jesse Foot Is among tho liv'
iog
1lo,e Personal Experience -"Inu see the
nose Is excessively well cons ruc'ed to clude
the eff CTS Of violence, the blow lights on the
elias ic part of the nose which breaks the ,titcl
Of i, and the blow may operate on the nose
without driving In the na.Jl lam LA. Faith,
if every one had their Crlsla gall driven IN,
when they have their nAmal lam, lila broken,
myself would have had it because on one occa-
sion when | was riding, nv horses head ana
my own came pretty nearly together, wa,
riding, and on putting The spur To him, and
pull ug the bride, he threw up his head and
struck me with i; right on the moss. l he blood
flowed from il jos. as If il had been streaming
Fl ON an ann alter you had introduced the Ian
Get 90, off, got ipro a stable near a. hand,
washed my fsce and squeezed the bones In heir
proper place as well IA could. The people
were certainly very kind, and wished to send
for SUI eeon 10 me. but | told them would
rather they SET, for ha knry coach, which
they did. and went home in it | then per-
crivsd for lhe first time in my I'e,- an i'm
perfection in my sight l Gould not see
more than two Thirds Of an object. First OF
all, however | should tell You that my Vi
sion wa, ind s'nct hui | found 1t arose from
sc eClpse OF the third # every object on the