New-York daily tribune., 1842-11-05
.pw.voex sATURDAY MORNING, N0yEMBER 5, 1sas.


CALeMEL.-The following extract is from the
lectures of y. Chapman, NJ. D., Professor CT the
Institutes and Practice of Medicine in the univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, located in Philadelphia. He
thus diseourseth on the use of caiomel:
Gentlemen Ii you could see what almost
daily see in my private practice in this city, per
sons from :he South in the very last stages OF
wretched existence, emaciated to a skeeton with
both tables of tbs skull almost completely perfo-
rated in many Places the nose half gone, with rot
ten Jaws, liberated throats breaths more Pessiter
Gus, more intolerable than poisonous uPas, limbs
racked with the pains of the inquisition, minds as
mbecile as the pulling babe, grieveus burden TO
themselves and disgusting spectacle to Others
YOU would exclairn, as [ have often done, y! the
lamentable want of science that dictates the abuse
OF that noxiovs drug, calomel, in the Southern
Sta,esr Gentlemen it is a disgraceful reproach 10
the profession of medicine; it is quackery. her,
rid, unwarraDted murderous quackery. w nat
merit do gentlemen of the South tlatter themselves
they possess, by being able to salivate patient
Cannot the veriest foel in Christendom salivate-
give caomel? But will ask another question
Who is it that stop the career of mercury, at
will, after he has taken the rens in his own des-
,rlctive and ungovernable hands, He who, for
an arbitrary cause resigns the fate of his patient to
mercury, is vile enemy to the sick; and if he Is
tolerably popular, viii, in successful season,
have paved the way for the business OF lite;tor he
has enough to do ever afterward to stop the mer-
cura breach of the constitution of his dilapdnted
patients He has thrown himself in fearful prox-
imitv to death, and has now to fight him al arm
length as long as the patient maintains mlsera-
Bile existence.
The FLYING MAcH1yE-A Mr.. McDermott in
Louisiana writes to the n. O. TroPic the follow
ing description of Flying Machine of his inven-
ton He acknowledges that he finds 1t dlrfcuit to
.embody' this conception of the mind.
have kite one hundred and ten feet IN length
twenty feet broad, and tapering to each end Ike
the wings of the hsh-hawk Under the csntIe OF
the kite have q frame eighteen feet high IN whlch
| stand. Under the kite are four wings which
operate horizontally, like the oars OF boat. he
blades of the oars are each twenty square feet IN
surface. They are moved by the muscles OF the
legs. The blades of the oars are made OF Sc
ries of valves resembling Venitan blinds, SO tna'
they open when they move forward, ana close
when the stroke il made. The wood part is OF
canes the braces OF wire-the kite OF cotton clot'
the tail of the same material. lhe Kite mas an
angle Of ten degrees to the horizon.
A man in New Orleans has invented another
which he thus descrbes:-
"a hollow machine, about twenty feet long, IS
made precisely in the shape of the body OF bird,
and inside this will stand or sit the erlal navlgs,
tor when he makes his experiment-by light and
simple machinery working pair of wings mod
elled precisely after those of bird.
ScoTcH EXPERIMENT WITH The GALvASlC
PowER-We find, among some of our Caedonan
papers the following extract from letter dated
Dunbar, Sept. 10Th, containing Information that
Mr.. Lyon of Glasgow, the contractor tor new
barbor at Dunbar had introduced that wonderful
and tremendous agent, the galvanic battery to AID
him in his extensive blasting operations " Several
explosions of considerable magnitude, says the
letter. writer, Z" have recently taken place Ihe
largest contained 60 pounds of powder, distributed
in ivo bores Of great depth The bores were placed
so as mutually to assist each other and the conduct
ing-wires were arranged that the whole hive were
fired simultaneously by one battery 1t was sur
missed that by this method the effect would be much
greater than exploding the shots slnsly, and the
almost incredible quantity OF rock thrown do"n'
showed the correctness OF the anticipation. In
another instance, in order to throw down part OF
feet in depth were run obliquely into the rock
below the fourdation. They were exploded to-
ge,ber. and lifted from its bed, in one unbroken
and compact mass, a body Of masoHry weighing
not less than $50 tons. Boston Transcript
NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.--Thc President has
approved the sentences of the Court, cashierng
Commodore C. l.. Williamson and Nlidshlpman
Charles Weston. Midsbipmen Rhind, W. n.
Low, and John H. NJ. Madison, were sentenced to
be dismissed but the President has substituted
therefor public reprimand, in addition to thelr
being put back one year in their examinations.
This was done in consequence Of the recommen-
dation by the Court of Midshipman Madison to
Executive clemency. American.
A RIGHT or SEARCH CAsE.-The French news
papers announce that the brig Eagle, Capt. Brun,
from the coast of Africa, was there subjected TO
search by an English corvette, conducted in man.
per "n,ost outrageous and insulting to the Nation
al flag. The passengers have signed " Fro
ces verbal and the minister has been appealed to
for redress. The papers say, that following the
example Of tho United States, France should take
away from the hands of her rival this power OF op-
preston
Nor EScouRAGiNG.-At the present prices ct
provisions out west. the more man raises, the
worse he is Of. In Illinois, it takes $50 lbs. of
pork to buy pound of tea; oats are selling at 10
seots; cern, l2a; wheat, 25; potatoes, S; onions.
shilling; beef at retail, cents a lb, The lerin
won, do these people any harm, as soon as 1t has
had time to set our factory wheels again in motion,
and restores prosperity to our mechanics. Give
rs returns for our labor and will buy their pro-
dncs Lowell Journal.
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