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hospitals. The King was ready to give this 

 project the attention it deserved, when, as he was 

 one day going- to dinner, he found petitions fas- 

 tened to the necks of his dogs, the import of which 

 was, that he should not deprive them of a food, 

 which they had long considered as their proper- 

 y. The jest was smiled at, and PAPIN'S disco- 

 very was lost for the age. L. PROTJST recalled 

 the public attention to it, and proposed to the 

 Spanish government to use the bones for the sol- 

 diers, and in public institutions for the poor, and 

 his proposal was adopted. The French govern- 

 ment, observing the progress of their neighbours, 

 ordered this matter to be investigated in France, 

 where it was soon adopted, and afterwards spread 

 itself throughout Europe. Several learned men 

 have occupied themselves with experiments for 

 extracting the cartilage of bones completely, and 

 it has almost generally been found impracticable, 

 except by using PAPIN'S boiler, on which such 

 improvements have been made of late, that it 

 may now be used without any danger. Some 

 have gone so far in their zeal for the bone soup, 

 that they have considered bones as more nutri- 

 tious,and consequently of more value, than an 

 equal weight of meat. This, however, is not cor- 



