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vied off by means of a high shaft, and 
so dispersed, but not destroyed. 'This 
Mr. G. states he saw. Perhaps many 
of your readers can recollect the story 
of ‘ Eyes and noecycs:” Mr..G, clearly 
cannot. 
The fact is, Mr. G. saw no such 
thing. The eflluvia never was carried 
into a high shaft; but did then, as it 
does now, pass through the fire, and 
is. perfectly destroyed by a very clever 
arrangement of flues, by which the fire 
is made to take its draft from the sur- 
face of the boiler, instead of. the ash- 
pit. Our apparatus has never. been 
alfered ‘sinee it was erected, and re- 
mains now as it was when Mr. G. did, 
or rather did not, see its 
itis due to the inventor of this very 
useful apparatus to say, that it has 
always, and continues perfectly to 
effect, its object. It is subject to little 
or no wear and tear, and is extremely 
simple ;:so much so, that every one is 
now surprised that it was not their 
own discovery. Indeed, had it been 
a more complicated apparatus, the 
inventor would have been better re- 
warded; for, not only are there many 
appropriating the merit of the  diseo- 
very. to themselves, but» some who, 
availing themselves of itsadvantages, 
xefuse the just compensation due to 
Mr. Loudon. 
Perhaps when: you know, sir, that 
about 90,000 tons of English tallow, 
and about 40,000 tons of foreign tal- 
low, are annually melted in England, 
you will readily allow ‘that an appara- 
tus: that renders this operation per- 
fectly inoffensive, is of no little public 
utility: B. Hawes, jun. 
Old Barge-house; June 14. 
‘ — 
Lo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
BPN drawing attention to the virtues 
f of sulphur as. a medicinal, it is not 
because I have much that is new on 
that subject to advance, but that it is 
not sufliciently appreciated by the 
public; and the many advantages this 
mineral possesses, when resorted to 
as a medicine, deserve to be more par- 
ticularized. From ages the most 
remote, this has been a standard use- 
ful medicine; the earliest physicians 
have recorded its merits, and it is of 
no mean repute in the opinion of those 
of-the present day, who acknowledge 
its wtility and eflicacy, and that it 
possesses many excellent qualities, 
and is perfectly safe. 
Mr. Hawes in Defence of Mr. Loudon. 
fAug. 1 
Itis the opinion. of many persons, 
whose learning commands feelings of 
the greatest respect, that there are 
perhaps few diseases for which nature 
has not provided an appropriate re- 
medy, either in the form of simples 
or condiments, and that they are fre- 
quently indicated to us when ill. 
When attacked with fever, fresh air, 
water, acidulated drinks, and fruits, 
are uppermost in our thoughts. How 
many are the instances, too, of animals 
selecting various vegetables for their 
use when indisposed, and for which, 
at other times, they are perfectly in- 
different. As vegetables contain a 
portion of sulphur, some more than 
others, and as its action is purgative, 
cooling, and opening, to the numerous 
excretions of the body, are they not 
led instinctively to these remedies? 
perhaps to select even the very article 
containing most of that principle, 
which relieves them by its safe and 
varied mode of operation, 
The public are not aware how many 
complaints are cured by purgatives 
alone; nor are the occasional doses of 
aperient medicines sufficiently appre- 
ciated as a preventive of disease. 
There. are many, and those of the 
highest medical authority, who recom- 
mend the more general use of purga- 
tives, more especially of late years, 
even for disorders of an opposite na- 
ture. For mary diseases where ob- 
scurity. or complexity of) symptoms 
was a leading feature in the complaint, 
and where powerful. medicines are 
frequently given at a‘ venture, the 
Jate Dr. Warren left a valuable maxim 
for the guidance of medical successors, 
viz. ‘* When they were at a loss what 
to do, they should then preséribe a 
purgative, and they would not be far 
wrong ;” and, so far is this approved, 
that I believe it is very much the 
practice at present with the most emi- 
nent advisers. 
Sulphur, moreover, not only acts as 
‘a purgative, when taken for.a: short 
period, but it more than any’ other 
medicine cleanses the body of any la- 
tent matter likely to be productive of 
disease, by its increasing so much the 
healthy action of the skin through the 
medium of its pores. It certainly is 
the best cosmetic known; and one of 
its boasts is, that it is perfectly safe: 
it clears the skin from that roughness 
of feel, or harshness, which is.so fre- 
quent with many persons, and it soon 
removes those smal! unsightly appear- 
ances’ 
