The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-10-25

.alssenEe iaad made such m alteration in iii,
rrEsnu and ftaanEss. Ilsai he mas under n
apprehension IL bsing known. - that -
suming lie nsme ri lie Baron lie Rrlousg
nae. and anEonnring him.slf - = fannn,
laFeign physieian. ~ his travels through,
anl E"I"ps. he advertised llaai lie proposrd
remaining sometime In Canterbury and In
Eirinilv. Accordingly. he hogan nv ma.
ling figure with his raniage and ser.
sails. snd in shnrs time acquired great
reputation - well ~ emolument from a
number 81 cures which h. pcrinrnied.
II - happened Thai. one day while lac
was mounted on his stage in hi lawn. al
tended by his servants. who dealt GU. his
medlrines In llle humorous purchasers. his
old mastsr. Stevens. arproarhrd - NEAR
- liz rnuld. in order 10 hear this learned
snci"T lIarangue.
As sum - The doctor saw him he knew
him. and pleasant fancy that moment
striking him. he began 10 address the II.
Ienliye spectators IS follows:
Ladies and gentlemen. il is noiorinns
that The rnediral practitioners and profess
snrs in This rnunsry almost entirely neg
lect ihc study Of ihnse sriences which do
mt immediately relate In physir: so that
tify remain unacqaalnieh wIih many ru-
rims laeis and nhscFs atoms hich tend 10
elueidaie numherlcss cases in their pr0les.
sianal lIne. These observations are gene
rally known IN tie most celebrated phv d.
slrlans on the Iaalineni. and are Of the
utmost consequence 10 thousands Of people
vito are afflicted with gIievous disorders
and nraladies. When | was at Rome, l
lrarni, Of very eminent Italian professor.
a rcrtain arrannm. nnsirum. or secret,
which. fur real Use and value. can srarre-
~ h. paraiieled in the known world. and
which have "ilen experienced, without
ever having heen deceived; il j. an ART OF
such nature. that millions of good are not
10 he compared tn lis intrinsic salne. and
which. am bnli 10 say. no one beside
myself His day in England. has The least
knowledge TT conception Of.
"Ynu may observe. ladies and gentle
men. that II is maxim among The learn
ed. that unless the texture or combination
of parts of the blood be already formed
intn particular state. which is sulgarlv
called virious habit of the body. il is
incapable Of contracting ar receiving rcr.
tain mallgnanries whirh affect and disiem.
per il. aud which malignancies viii pre-
vail in greater or less degree. and become
more or less Sirulen, according to its
vitiated stale: all which grant 10 he true.
Bul | have now further In observe, that, as
The face is palpabIe index 10 The mind,
wherein we may perceive many prog
noslics and symptoms Of various approach.
Ing diseases. which are then breeding and
eugendefing in the blood, and which. by
thus heing discovered. If they are skilGully
attacked in tine-ihat is. before they gel
10 the height and gain The mastery-may,
by proper methods. he easily Iemnved;
and il they are not 50 found oul and treat.
ed, they may, and often do, occasion the
certain death Of HE patient. This, ladies
and gentlemen. is the art and mystery
which | studied; and If can disco, er
among the vast cnneuurse Of people who
now surround Inc. any such person whose
present necessity requires my assistance,
and by when | may prove the truth ol
what have been advancing, | will instant
ly point him out publicly before you all. ;"
So, having spent same time in survey
ing the shrong, and affecting "a very grave
and penetrating lnok, he al last pitched
upon his old master aud, pointing 10 him
There" said he. " is a gentleman who
am certain, withnu, any assistance, in Ten
days time, will be no longer living; and
no other person in this kingdom, except
myself, can possibly administer anything
that will cure him. And so we'll do
know the nature aud cause of The dislem.
per which is Invading his animal fluids
that would have you. gentlemen, parli'
cularly notice, that assure you, at seven
or eight o'clock this evening. he will be
! first seized i,h lowness Of spirits; resi-.
less all night; 10 morrow he loses his ap'
petite; then Il fever will succeed; after
which il will fall upon his nerves, and IN
shor, time il will carry him or"
Titus, sir, be pleased 10 remember
continued he, addressing himself 10 The
apolhecary, " that have ,old you the dill;
ferent stages and changes of your new dis
order; and seek The hest advice and assis
| lance you may, you will find all have
advanced exactly rue."
Here the people were all amazed at hi:
strange prognoslicalion of the foreign
mountebank about their own town doctor
aud were impatient for its issue. Th,
learned orator having finished all he hat
intended 10 say on tha, subject, immedi
aely proceeded in his harangue on olhe
| matters.
| The poor apo,hecary could think o
nothing but what The stranger had prophe
sled concerning his approaching illness
He wen, home directly, and related to hi
vie all he had heard. And some hui
| time after. the GOOD woman. perceivinl