Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-09-15
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When we breathe we take into the chest, or in
hale. and give oat, or expire, a certain qdann''
OF air which eau be measured by breathing thro
a curry ed tube beli-g}ass full OF water, III
verted over :. pneumatic tub. DR.. Hcrbst, of Cot
;ingen, has lately been performing some curious
experiments In relation 20 the quantity OF AIR tina
is brea,heG. Now the coInmonest understanding
viii appreciate from them the comfort OF fall an(
uilrestraned breathing. Dr. Herbst says, that {
nliddle-sized man twenty wears old, after a Hatu
raj expiration emission OF air, inspired or tooh
in eighty cubic inches, when dressed, and one
hundred and six when his tight dress was loosen
cd After tult dilation of the chest, nc inhaled
one hundred and twenty-six cubic inches when
dressed and one hundred and cighty-six when
undressed Another young man, aged twenty
one after a natural expiration, took IN fifty while
dressed, and ninety-six when undressed. HAD
Dr. Herbst made his observations on some OF the
ladies. who carry the use of corsets to extremes
we apprehend that he would have obtained re-
suits of a nature really alarming 1t the wheel
of fashion which revolves even more rapidly than
that of fortune itself, would bat bring up some
thing oriental in costume, it would go far towards
perfccting the public health.
At the fIotel-Dieu, the great hospital at Paris,
Il Young giri Of eighteen, lately presented herself
to III. Brcschet for his advice. On the right side
of her throat she had :umor of variable size, bat
never bigger than ones fist; 1t reached from the
coliar-bopo as high the thyroid carthage, (call-
ed in common language Adams apple,) when
pressed down it wholly disappears, but returns as
soon as the pressure IS removed; 1t IS Indolent,
soft, and elastic 1t is observed TO tie the largest
when the chest is tightly laced an corscts. In
short, by Placing the it, the murmur OF res
piratio can be heard In the tumor. which proves
that a protruson of the lungs has taken place; or
10 other words, that the poor girl had been laced
SO tightly that her lungs having no longer su:ii-
cient space in their natural position. are squeezed
out of it, and are forcing the way up along her
neck
SIR ASHLEY CoopER-In Pcttigrew's Medical
Portrait Gallery, Part v, lately published IN Lon
DON are the following amusing anecdotes of the
celeF rated Surgeon, Sir Ashley Cooper;
..IIo received, perhaps, the largest fee ever Civ
en- at time toc IN operation. 1t was upon an
old gentleman named HYATT, who /. resident
IN the West Indies, and, when arrived at the age
of seventy, being afflicted with stone IN the blad
der, determined on going to England to undergo
an operation for its removal lie selected Sir
Ashley for the occasion. 1t was performed with
his accustomed ability; and upon visiting him one
day when able to quit his bed, he observed 10 his
surgeon that he had fecd his physician, but that
he had not vet remnnerated hi. surgeon. lie de-
sired to know the amount of his debt; and Sir
Ashley stated stwo hundred guineas" Pooh,
pooh!' exclaimed the old gentleman Il shan't give
YOU two hundred guneas-there-tha IS what l
shall give you, taking off his night-cap, and toss
ing it to Sir Ashley. Thank you, sir SAID Sir
Astlev ANY thing from YOU is acceptable and
he put the cap into his pocket Upon examina-
ton, it was found to contain cheek for one thou
sand gI,Reas!.'7
Zone other anecdote must be related as sIngu-
larlv illustrative o. character. Mr.. Steer con-
suited Sir Ashley at his own residence, and, haV-
ing received his advice. departed without giving
the usual fee.-Sir Ashley took no notice Of this,
but gave his assistance 10 hun cheertully, under
a feeling that he was gentleman who had seen
better DAYS, and IL different cIrcuTn-
stances Shortly after. however, Sir Ashley re-
ceived 4 note acquainting hun that, IN gong to
the Stock Exchange, he found that he had some
oIrnium which he had not disposed OF. and that
he had taken the liberty to put $4,000 of it In
his name; and finding that il had soon after risen,
he took the further liberty of selling II for him,
and now sent the difference. which was f63 los.
WESTERN EMIGRATION.-E. EVERETT.
THE march of our population westward, has
been attended with consequences, IN some degree,
nov ell in the history of the human mind.-lt Is a
fact. somewhat difficult of explanation. that the
refinement of the ancient nations seemed almost
" holly devoid of an elastic and expansive princI-
ple The arts of Greece were enchaIned to her
islands and her coasts; they did not penetrate the
interior The language and literature of Athens
were as unknown to the north OF Pindus, at
distance of two hundred miles from the capital OF
Grecan refinement, as they were IN Scythia
Thrace. whose mountain tops may almost be seen
from the porch of the temple of Minerva at Sunium,
was the proverba! abode of barbarism. Though
the colonies of Greece scattered on the coasts
Of Italy, of France. of Spain, and of Africa, no
extension Of their population toward the interior
took place; and the arts did rot penetrate beyond
the walls of the cities where they were cultiva-
ted.
How different is the picture of the diffusion 0.
the arts and improvements of civilization, from
the coast to the interior Of America. Population
advances westward with a rapIdisy, which num-
bers may describe indeed, but we cannot repre-