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Trilohites. From these^ however, it is distinguished by having an 

 antenna ; and it is only introduced here to turn the attention of the 

 curious to the fact of the co-existence of undescribed Crustacea with 

 the Trilohites in the Dudley limestone. The writer instead of avail- 

 ing himself of the kind permission of Dr. Buckland to copy the 

 plates in his Bridgewater Treatise, has referred to the several figures 

 in that admirable work, which is doubtless in the possession of the 

 readers of The Analyst. 



W. 



REMARKABLE CURES EFFECTED BY GYMNASTICS. 

 By James Chiosso. 



It is an opinion almost universally entertained, that gymnastic 

 exercises are either useless or dangerous ; but I feel convinced, from 

 experience, that this arises from a want of knowledge of such exer- 

 cises, or, as is also often the case, from the injudicious method of 

 employing them. Thus, every accident which happens in schools 

 of gymnastics is charged against the science, instead of against its 

 instructors. It is not, however, my intention in this place to en- 

 large either upon the objects of gymnastics or to detail the most ap- 

 proved modes of employing it. At present I merely wish to estab- 

 lish, by the recital of a few cases, that gymnastics might frequently 

 afford a ready means of cure where the most experienced of the 

 faculty would be compelled to confess their inability to remove the 

 disease. 



Case I. — A boy* of a lymphatic temperament, fourteen years of 

 age, afflicted with palpitation and pains of the heart, was brought 

 to me in April, 1833, to see whether my system of gymnastics could 

 be of any benefit to him, he having been previously given up by 

 the profession. The palpitation was so violent that he could nei- 

 ther rest nor sleep at night, he had lost his appetite, his left side 

 was three-fourths of an inch higher than the right, and the left 

 shoulder was somewhat more elevated than the right. This led 

 me to suppose that the vertebral column must be affected also. I 



* JLest the authenticity of these cases should be suspected, it may be as 

 well to state that we can answer for the truth of the whole of the details re- 

 corded by our correspondent. Mr. Chiosso receives no remuneration for his 

 services ; that he is not one of the race of quacks now unfortunately so nu- 

 merous, must, therefore, be apparent to our readers — Eds. 



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