The New York herald., 1867-03-21

William Henry Brown, N. D., H. X c. r., Of L0n6ea.
delivered lecture last evening" in room a. Cooper In
stue. the above subject In which he endeayored -
trace the natural history OF various articles OF food an
more particularly dwet the adulterations OF them -
sold in the market. Tea and coffee he designated -
healthfu drinks after hearty meal account OF then
heterogeneous qualities, which. he said, often
riousy impaired by the mixture OF calcanthus which
had not tho aromatic properly or tea by chicko,
the product OF the chicor, amtb which was also d.
6cient In the ntrogenous nature OF coffee Beer was
often adulteratcd with cocc,ss indcu which created
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eased in which the perfect white globules whoA
formed II when healthy were spotted and marred u
shape MIX held IN zinc vessels became l0GD
poisoned by the iactae Of that metal Both grape ana
cane sugar when unreaned were filed with the aoew&
small egg.shaped, eight legged spider which, how
ever, was not considered TO be Injurious
The Catacombs OF Paris, Egvpt and Rome.
A free lecture the above ve-mentioned subject
delivered last evening by the Rev. Isaac Hartley b.
fore the Western Branch Of the Young Mons ChrstiAa
Association. No 70 varick street THE room was wsn
filled by attentive audience The reverend gsntls.
man. In q graphic manner described the catasombs a
Egypt, pointing OUT the difference between them anA
the catacombs OF Rome. He had he sa,d PAID
visit 70 the Roman and he paced before hs
the result of the observations he made hose
wonderful places whore the carly Christians took refuge
from the persecution OF Pagan rulers That part a
sands OF graves found in the catacombs the MOUNDS
that had been made OF the bones thereln
and TO the inscriptions In Latin upon the tombstn-
scrpons which denoted the confidence OF the christaD
in the mercy and providence OF God--was listened -
with profound attention He closed with brief
marks the Catacombs OF Paris and the numbers a
victims Of the revolutionary period who had beon -
TERED there After vote Of thanks to Mr. Hartley an
the singing OF the Doxology the audience separated
Lecture ~ Steinway Hall by Susanna l.. K1s~
born, M. ID. #f.s
The subjects Of this ady's lecture last evening wera
Nervous sympathcs, Nervous Derangemsnt, Loss q
Memory Insanity. Although naturally dry matter
for New YORK audience IL given in such inter-
esting .orm that it rveed the attention OF fairly
large audience Tho lady NJ d. explained graphicalr
the sympathy OF the mind with the body, through the
system and illustrated the effect produced upoa
the mind by the abnormal conditions -
that part OF the tube which received the ooro-
bral She stated that, in addition 70 tho nvo
special which merely connect us with the outeg
world she adds two, which sho terms inter organic
First the ssensc Of want Of suppy second the sense
Of want OF excretion or relief She locates tho fornse
in the upper Of the Hophagus and the other IN the
lower part OF the descending colon Abiding TO The
emotional instructive system tho connecting link b.
tween the mind and the merely organic portion, -
went on 20 sy that the instrument through whicaa
this intelligence acts called the spneumogAstrie
ncrven which II must be remembered is'a nerve OF th4
BRAIN Furthermore, she Informed her audience tAa4
there two forms OF insanity First whore reason II
not disturbed. In such cascs the seat Of difficulty
located that part OF the colon whore the pneumoga
tric is distributed. Second, whore the reason
disturbed Here the difcuty ID located where wo An4
the red muscular fibre, winch In sense Of tho NINA
upon the singular phenomenon called clairvoyaase. 90
stating that this nerve under certain abnormal oonA.
tons capable OF taking upon itse the function of ~
the special senses such ~ sight, hearing, and - ses