398 Dr. Granville’s Travels to St. Petersburgh. [Ocr. 
Chapter V. of this volume contains a tolerably full and lively account 
of Frankfort, which is, perhaps, upon the whole, one of the most agree- 
able places of residence on the Continent of Europe. We cannot stay to 
make long extracts from it ; but may state in passing, that the doctor 
seems to have been successful in stripping Mr. Brougham of the credit 
(such as it is) of having originated the idea of the mechanics’ institutions, 
which have lately been making so much way in England. He shews, 
pretty satisfactorily, that one of an exactly similar kind existed at Frank- 
fort so early as 1816. But perhaps Mr. Brougham will be content (as 
he well may) with the credit of having originated the thing in his own 
country, ceding that of the zdea to whoever may claim it. At any rate, 
we suspect he will find ample grounds for that consolation which is to be 
gathered from an opportunity of “ having his revenge ;” since the very 
act which strips him of his honours in this instance, at the same time 
fulfils that amiable aspiration which an Edinburgh reviewer, above all 
people in the world, may be excused for making :—“ Oh, that mine 
enemy had written a book !” 
We sincerely wish the worthy doctor had treated us to a few more 
such anecdotes as the following, of Pozzi di Borgo. If he had, we 
should have been tempted to let him “ guide” his readers a little out of 
the right road with perfect impunity :— 
“ He was attaché to Koutusoff, during the brilliant campaign of 1812, and 
formed part of the suite of the Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Congress 
of Vienna, where his zeal, talents, and watchful anxiety for the interest of his 
Imperial master attracted the favourable notice of most of the foreign diplo- 
matists, with the single exception, according to common report, of Prince 
Metternich. That minister was supposed to entertain no cordial feeling 
towards the Baron. It happened, that during a severe indisposition which 
confined the Baron to his bed, the Prince saw, one morning, General Pozzo 
di Borgo, and another Russian gentleman now high in office, coming out 
of the invalid’s house. The Prince, assuming an air of grief and great 
seriousness, inquired of the General how the Baron was. ‘ Hélas!’ replied 
the General, ‘il n’y a plus d’espoir.’. ‘How so?’ rejoined his Serene High- 
ness eagerly, ‘he is dying then?’ ‘Au contraire, mon Prince,’ answered 
Pozzo di Borgo, ‘ c’est qu'il va beaucoup mieux.’ ” 
The professional extract which we also give below is highly interest- 
ing, and is explained with even more than the doctor’s usual good 
sense :— 
« As.a medical man, I may be expected to say a word or two on the sub- 
ject of the curious plan of treatment, called /a cure de raisins. I made parti- 
cular inquiries on this subject, and had some conversation with patients who 
had gone through the regular process with success. From both these sources 
of information, I collect, that people labouring under inveterate affections of 
the stomach, frequent indigestion, nervous irritability of the digestive organs 
generally, bilious head-aches following upon an obstinate condition of the 
bowels, soreness or tenderness of the abdomen, and, in fact, suffermg from 
that proteiform series of symptoms, which accompany diseases principally 
seated in the stomach or accessory organs, requiring strict diet and pure 
country air, cooling medicines, and the total absence of animal food, have 
been recommended to pass from a fortnight to three weeks or a month at or 
in the neighbourhood of Riidesheim, at the beginning of the vintage season, 
and to eat nothing but grapes during the whole of that time. Such patients 
take up their abode in one of the inns at Riidesheim, which are very tolerable, 
particularly the “ Engel,” (enjoying a magnificent prospect of the river), and 
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