Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-10-07

Fertilization If The Humhn Body.-Dr
Thomas sewell, Of Washington city, ia
now making n journey IN Europe The
National Intelligeneet contains n long ana
interesting letter from the Doctor rom
which we take the following interesting
paragraphs ,,,
While at Naples | visited the celebrated
pomraian Museum, assembled Nesnv'us'
and rode UP to petnpeii and Hereolaneum'
NV tims while nj Rome. was Of course
mostly spent in visiting antiquities, Ut. re-
ter's and the Vatican, the Churches, The
Closca Masima. the ~auueducts and to''h.
ta,ns. the remains of the ancient baths and
nalaees. the Circus Masimhs. with the
Colosseum. are among the most interesting
,,b;,ots IF attention, next took The dill
gence fef Florence, one of the most utter.
est,na elite, of Italy. Here | found many
tb,pas in nv " profession particularly
worthy efnoi,ce. The frat is The anatotn.
,cal cabinet Of models in wax, The largest
and ,nost perfect in the world, exhibiting
avery ,raar and tissue Of the human body
/, ,ts natural stats. The nest is The lynn.
phst,e preparaiions made by the eelebra.
ted Maseani tho specimens IN noro'a an.
atemv which have been aceumu'a''ng 'ot
tears in The Museum OF the College, ana
lastly the petritaetien of the iame"'ea ga
ya,s. That you may the better under
stand the subject. | must here give you a
few words touching the history OF Saga'o'
lie was an ingenious Italian, VINO Anew
wears ago discovered n process by wh'eh
The human body could be converted 'h'o
stone in about two weeks time. each Fat'
still retaining it, natural structure. organ'
cation and color. saw tho leaf ola cen
,fe table which was composed OF d'ttercn'
tissues and organs Of the human body
which Sagato had petr,hed, arranged IN
the form, ofnesa,c work, the whole oil which
admitted of a fine polish. recognised
several parts of The body by the color aud
form wlteih. entered into the composition 81
this table. fexemined also, %serpents, hsh
o.. and aovefal parts OF the human body
thug nreserved. The importance OF TIN
discovery was seen and appreciated by thu
med,cal profession, but, while the Govern
ment had the subject Of reward'ng Sagato
and Of purchasing his secret Under eons'd
| Grafton, he became impatient and d'sSa''s
fed with so slow a movement, and was' IA
hen sick of n fever. While IN u state %
delirium he threw all the papers which
contained nm account of the process IN TIT
fire. ,.
Just before he expired he came 10 HIM
self, regretted the loss Of his papers, an
made an effort to communicate the secret
but he was too feeble to do so; and thu
was lost this important discovery about
four wears since. I'm less than three week
after sagsto's death ~pfoposa's were roce'v
Led from three different sources, The accept
anee of either of which would have mad
him independent for life Various ieao''
have heen nude to recover the secret, an
a Young physician of Italy has discovers
tho method of petriiying hodles, but not @
retaining the natural color. There rs on
other eh,cct of much interest at Florence
which must mention. II is the Orthope
die institution of Tuscany for the cure Q
crooked limbs, club feet, curved spine, W.T.
neck, Nc.-rt is under the direction OF u
eminent physician, and is patronszed b
the Government. | met here young Ia
dies from England, Scotland. America an
d,fE.r,nt parts of the continent OF Europe
some of whom became quite restored, an
arc ready TO return to their trends.