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1 hereby certify, that the whole of the foregoing two 

 thousand nine hundred and eighty-three square yards of 

 stucco were done with the before-mentioned composition, 

 by me and my men under my directions, and I verily be- 

 heve it is the cheapest stucco known, and tliat it will prove 

 very durable, both without doors and within, and that it 

 has given entire satisfaction to the gentlemen who have 

 tried it; and I am now engaged, if I can the ensuing sum- 

 mer, to stucco the outside of one house at Bridport, and 

 another at Yeovil, also the inside of a cottage for labourers 

 that I have just built for Mr. H. B. Way, at Bridport Har- 

 bour. 



Thomas Everett, 



Shipton George, near Bridport, Stone Mason, Bricklayer, and Plasterer. 

 Dorset, April i'2, 1811. 



Witness, James Budden. 



LXVI. Cases of Herma. By John Taunton, £y^. 



To Mr. Tillocli. 



Sir, -L he following statement of the situation and occur- 

 rence of hernia at different periods of life, has been ob- 

 tained principally from patients relieved by the City of 

 London Truss Society*, and entirely under my own ob- 

 servation within the short period of four years and a half. 

 It appeared to me to form an interesting article of reference, 



* The following are the outlines of the plan of this most excellent Insti- 

 tution. Editor. — "The objects of this Charity are to provide trusses for 

 every kind of rupture — to furnish bandages and other necessary instru- 

 ments for all cases of prolapsus — to perform every necessary operation— 

 to administer surgical aid promptly — and to supply medicines and attend- 

 ance during the cure of the patient. 



"Annual subscribers of one guinea or more to this Charity sliall be go- 

 Ternors as long as they continue such subscription ; and be at liberty to re- 

 commend three patients witliui the year for finale tinsaey, or one patient for 

 a duuble, and one for a shizle trusa, for each guinea subscribed. 



"Subscribers of ten guineas or upwards shall be governors for life, with 

 the same privile;.'es ; besides being members of all committees. The moneys 

 arising from all life subscriptions are regularly invested in the public funds. 



" Mr. Taunton attends at tlie City Disuensary on Wednesdays and Satur- 

 days, at one o'c'ock prtcisclij, to 'examine the cases recommended; or the 

 patients may apply at his house, No. il, Greville-street, Hattou Garden, any 

 morning Irfoie nine o'clock. 



" Governors recommending patients who cannot come to London, on ac- 

 count of the distance, are reijuircd to send to the surgeon the name, age, and 

 rehilerire of the patient, the exact measure round lUn Iwly at the part where 

 the hernia is sealed, and the particular niliiali'in of the hernia, and also to 

 say if it can be returned when the patient lies down iu bed. — All letters or 

 orders for trusses must be sent puslimid." 



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