Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-10-18

.NitoiHt IdsAes an .1nhpItttes Mr.. Murra
IN his recent work Consumption, obs rves that al
most every thing that moves EARTH IN the sea- OF
air, has been devoured by man. In South America
huthing IN the shape of life comes wrong To them
they eat scrpents, lizards, and ounces; aud Humbod,
has1seen children drag enormous ceniipedes out OF
their holes, and cranch them up. At Emera their
delicate morceau is roa>ted monkey Puppies on
the Missouri and MssrssipP choice food.
Horse iics IN Arabia eIephan S II sh in India; cam
els flesh IN Egypt The Parians Of Hindostaa con-
tend for putrid carbon with dogs, vu ures and kites
The Chinese devour cats, dogs, rats and serpents;
bears paws, birds nests, and sea shy, ally BITS
The inhabitants of Cochin China prefer. rot, en-
eggs TO fresh. TIE TonquincEo aud inhabitants O.,
Madagascar prefer l5custs to the finest fish in Aus
traa good fat gull wonli be preferred to any thing
else; and IN the West Indies a large caterpillar
fJund on the palm Is esteemed luxury; yyhI. tho
edible nests OF the Java swallow are so rich dainty
that the ingredients OF the dish will cost fifteen
pounds The qIan.iy of frogs the IN arkets
OF the Continent is immense. AT rerricna the host
asks his guest whether he prefers the eel of the
hedge that of the RIVER. The astronomer ID, I,
iIonde was remarkably fond Of spiders. Great Br,-
tam transcehds her continental ne,phbours
The LuXury OF Scotland Is putrd mutton, the sheep
having died of the rot; game nd venso are eldon
rrlshed Till II Is high honest lany,iare till i,
IS mass o. rulre!ac'ion dSengaging i'll abundance
one OF the most septic poisons the chemists knows
q; IN numerous cases is a mass of life and motion
the offspring of pufrdiiy Pigs are still whipped 10
death; lot. ers boiled alive; cod are crimped and
ees are skinned wriihing In agony; hares are hunted
and die in fevei ed inf immatio
The human antipathies not less remarkable
There Is scarcely any product animal or yepetabIe
that has not rrvoted some individuals Henry iii of
France Could not endure cat; Tycho Brapche trem
hled a. the sight of hare fox; Erasmus could
not taste fl III without falling into fever; Wadislaus
kng OF Poland ran away II. the sight of apples; and
Johannes dc ,rcc,o, Secretary to Francis the
First of France, would fall abIcedlug If an apple
were held near him Cheese is most frequently the
SUBJECT OF an,lpathy, bat we have also heard Of Gu
cunoers, and even sweet almonds and stra " berries
GdrJen, the philosopher, could not endure errs
Lraesus had an insupsrible dislike 10 bte1d and
Fcsiegtr was thrown INTO commissions at the sinbt
OF Crosses. Mr.. Wadd mentions case in which the
ouour OF ipecacuanha produced the mpst violent ef
fects; and we know a gentleman who was taken sud
denly Ill by accidentally smelling at a vial which con.
tanned the tnciurc of di0!talis We are DersouaJv
acquainted with wherein lady was seized
With acutaneous eruption all the face arms &c
from having accidcnty eaten piece of sponge cake
into which rice flour had entered. The head was
swollen to an enormous size, and the symptoms were
altogether SO frghtful end alarming as to theaten
immediate danger.
The gums OF soma individuals have bled at the
tearing of brown paper The feel of velvet with
some persons produces nausea and syncopc Sir
kenclin DIghy says that Lady Heneage had her
cheeks blistered by laying 4 rose upon one of them
while asleep CARDINAL IIsuy dc Cardonne swooned
at the smell of rose; and VIC believe there is a Brit
ish officer similarly affected from the same cnuse
The chemicals of the toilette dolly compounded after
the art OF the apohecary, very materially assist the
messenger of death. There IS scarce n Cosmetic
that IS not deleterous and destructive poison. We
Eetab!es and Grecian dyes for the hair eve brows
&C., arc solutions of nitrate of silver, a powerful
eschlroHc Depi!atorles are compounds of arsenic
pear WHITE, and p5oto-ntrItc of bisrnuth and otons
fur the sk!n corrosive subllmate, &c. Thus are nm
slspcctng delicate females nlled into the belief that
these arc harmless because thoy Cracsd by pref
" names, OIeGt4!, Italian, or French.