The New York herald., 1867-03-21
LECTURES LAST NIGHT.
Facts ON Food.

william Horny Brown, NJ D.. H. X c. r., OF Londsa.
delivered lecture last evening, In room "a Cooper In
sttute the above subject Ia which he endeavorod -
the natural history articles OF food. aa1
particularly dwelt the adulteratons Of then -
sold in the market. Tea and coffee he designated -
heathful drinks after hearty meal account Of ths
nitrogenous qualities, which. he said, often -
riously impaired by the mixture Of oaiicanthus which
had not the properly tea, and by chiokoy.
the product Of the etioriu anbss which also d.
Gcent In the nisrogenous nature OF conSe. Beer vas
often aduterated with coctus ndscus which creass4
aad s a.
cased In which the perfect white globues whic4
iS,msd & when healthy were spotted and maIrsd 10 2
poisoned by the actate Of that metal Both grape ana
cane sugar when unreaned, were filled with the aoevws
small eggshaped eight legged spider, which, hov-
ever, was not considered TO be Injurious.
The Cafacombs Of Paris. Exvps and Rome
free lecture on the above mentioned subject wss
delivered last evening by the Rev. Isaac Hartley -
fore the Western Branch of the Young Mons ChrstaA
Association, No. 70 yaricx street THE welE
filled by attentive audience. The reverend esatle-
man, in graphic manner described the catasonbs -
Egypt, pointing OUT the difference between then an4
the cafacombs Of Rome He had, he SAID, pei1
q visit 20 the Roman lcaacombs placed before his
hearers the result OF the he made in those
wonderful places where Christians r0fuGQ
the dscsurpe n The scturer 10 ~ tSee
sands of graves found In the caac0mbs 70 the mounD
that had been made OF the bones contained theron
aud 10 the inscriptions In Latin upon the tcmbe-@n-
scrptions which denoted the confidence OF the ChrstaD
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 boon -
TERED there After vote Of thanks Mr. Hartley An8
the singing Of the Doxoogy the audience sepsratsds
Lecture af Sfeiuway Hall by susanna l.. kna~
born, M. ID. s stt.
The subjects Of this ladys lecture last evening were
Nervous sympathies Nervous Derangemsnt, Loss q
Memory and Insanity. Although naturally dry matter
for New York audience given in such an inter
esting sform that nveted the attention Of . fary
large audience. Tho lady NJ. D. explained graphically
the sympathy OF the mind with the body through the
system and illustrated the effect produced ups
the mind by the abnormal conditions -
bai nerves She stated that, in addition 70 the nve
special which merely connect US with the outes
world, she adds two which sho terms inter organic
First tho scnse Of want Of suppy second the senso
Of want Of excretion or relief She locates the forns
in the upper part Of the ophagus and the other N tno
lower part OF the descending colon Abiding 70 snN
emotional instructive system tho connecting link ose
tween the mind aud the merely organic portion. ~
this Intelligence called the 'pneumogestrie
ncrven which must be remembered sa nerve OF sho
brain. Furthermore she informed her audienco tA9
there two forms Of insanity First where reason
located that part OF the colon whore the pneumcga
trio IL distributed Second, where the reason
disturbed Here the difhcuy ID located whore ws nnl
the red muscular fbre, which II sense Of the nina
upon the singular phenomenon caod clairvoyaass -
stating that this under certain abnormal coAAi
tions capable Of taking upon itself the function of ~
the special senses such q sight, hearing. and - sos