Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-02-04
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plants. Dyspepsia. Goa,. Rheumatism. White
Sneil,ngs. Asthma, Dehlify. aud all dsot ders
arising from dernngemen OF the digestive u
gans, uron the Medical principles Of DR.. A.
Martin, OF 5tanntun. by use nf The medca
ted .sp"ur, Sulphur. Sulphur Vspour aud Sui
phvt water Baihs. which are directed Tor Chro.
nc diseases OF hug sanding 1he msdleated
baths. employee with the vegetable decaeions,
are powerful auxiliafies ~ the cur. Of TIN a.
10 q mentioned diseases. The effects OF the
baths are,
list. 10 equHlikc n circulation of the blood
and hence, 10 remuse GOODNESS OF the hands
aud feet, and TO lessen the determlnatl on OF
flo. ofihe blood TO the head
2nd 10 re establish insnn lille perspiration
aud thereby to relieve symptoms Of internal
! inflammation
! 3r 10 diminish nervous irIn sbility
! 9TH. 10 remove tn effects ni mercury from
/ the system
: Before these baths are ed the system must
be prepared by Internal and external treatment,
according Ia the disease, age, add constitution
9th patient
In baths have been used IN ihis place tor
four ye"Is With grra, success. and without suy
| acc dent OF The most lriilng nature.
The establishment is large md commod,ous,
one hall appropriated for the use OF the ladies
the other halftor the gentlemen. They will
be in iull operation In March.
A. MI times great truths were only establish
ed after ton ing their way through the greatest
obstacles II appears that man, so Often deceit
we'd, guards j. imsclf against every kind Of disco.
| very How many do We see, who fielding
too easily 10 lbe ascendnncy of habits prej.
does, and oiten'imes ri their passions, hsve
declared Themselves the enemies. or nj least
A..
but that Of enlig htoninR their cotemp rari,s o.
| How many examples hte 10 b. found IN both
ancient and modern history in support Of this
! assertion.
WhenSncTaios revealed TO the Athenisns the
unity Of a G"d,was he not accused of atheism
and 'o0d" mned by The Are"pRgus 10 drink the
juice of Hemlook This martyr TO truth oh
tanned after his death. IN honor oi him. statue
Of bras The celebrated Lysippus has trans
united 10 posieflty the features aud physue
nanny OF thus gieal man. hut nevertheless had
Athens caused statue 10 be placed ON all her
streets, could she have obIternicd the blind
fashness al the judges who condemned him To
Death
Annxagoras. loaded with chains for having
been the first ~ announce 10 Greece the exist
ence oil "a Supreme Being who had gwen order
lie aud proportions To the world, would have
| prrished by the torture without the elounpnco
ot PeirleS His great soul, superior TO hr ma.
ch'unilons of his accusers, was more occupied
by Their blindness lhnu by their injustice 10.
va DIS him,
Aristotle. whose name IN former times had
suchg eat weight. and who il s,lll celebrated
III nni Academies; Aristotle, the worthy pu
pal oi Plato, Who, II he did 0oi excel perhaps
equall"d IN certain points, the InRsier whose
principles he inb,bcd Aristotle. w,thoul " nose
| m ia nj ssti m "A as lad IN, .i.
my land from whom hr eonqu. 20, Of Asia
Z, Celvcd Instructions, by which he did not nj
ways know how 10 pr 4 J was he not exposed
10 the attacks Of" nvy always directed towards
HIM, notwithstanding the pinnacle If glory 10
which he WAS elevated by his own talcn,si A..
cus"d OF lmpieiy, and remembering the fate OF
S"cra''s. did he MT retire 10 Chalo,s, IN orde,
that new ac, OF injustice should not be com
mitIed against philoaophy SO much for he
an tents.
Christopher Columbus, TO whom Europe IL
indebted for Tie discovery ia new world, was
hr not exposed to The shafts Of envy As a re.
waid for the fatgues and innumcrable dangers
which he had encountered. did not his enemies
return HIN loaded with chains TO the foot oil
that throne, The mngnihccnce OF which he bad
raisedr This extraordinary man, 10 whom
Ferdinand and Isabella ought to have erected
statues, did he moi drink To he deg. he cup
OF dssr &c administered by his sovc,rgns1
GalIleo whose dnrmg aud noble genius soar
ed nto the immensely of pace, who did no
c"ninc himself TO discover aud observe new
cancellations, who b'ough, 10 gh system oi
Astronomy, which Q ackne wlcdged nj tins day
rs demonstrated tact. was charged with here
sN did he no , NJ dsersnt periods oi his lie,
ssbmit TO the disgrace Of humlIlsl ing condem
nation Did he not suaer the iigots OF n long
and painful captivity Lamentable example OF
the eIcesses 10 which the most re- pecisble bod.
les are capable OF being carried, ~ en- blinded
by preJudices, and hen they undertake 10
decide on subjects beyond their sphe..
Until the time oi Harvey, oas nol the blood
considered hy tho ancirnis az n KIND OF fluid 10
state of aagnBtlon, v rbout circulation or
motion This learned physician discovered
- a leas demonstrated the circulation Of tho
blood All the old school were in IMPOSITION
Gas might haV" been e1pec,ed) to this innoya
ton. 1hegIeai Descahes. whom the word nov
ely could no, irighen. openly declared himself
lis chaaplnn. and gave farther Demonstration
OF II, but nothing could prevent Harvey from
falling under The disgrace OF his soVcreigus,
James the LIST and Charles the lst aud his most
| implacable enemies were those who exercised
the same profession he did.
But without looking for examples among. 4
our eR bors, our own country WIS no. free
ffo unjust prrJudices against this same Dts
cafes, lhIs lranscendsni genius. who "as the
first 10 enter a career, which vas worthy of
him alone, who has slnele stroke, SO we'll
d avn the character OF mankind. when he says,
~ IL as easy for a man to shake ofhls prcjudi.
ces as II would be for him 10 burn his own
house. Was not he accused OF atheism VINO
eEdeavored 10 prove, by new theory, thai
which never AT any period required proof,
the existence Of n God And TO avoid the per.
secutIOus OF his enemies was hr not compelled
TO seek an asyl um ~ the frigId climates Of the
North there TO regain tina, lisnqniliiy which
| he could not find IN his own country Melan-
choly fate oil illusrious men. So much Tor the
modernr.
What then may not anticipate. whose new
principles are calculated TO overthrow from their
very basis the erroneous system on which the
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