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an instant his intellectual faculties disappeared. His sentient 

 faculties seemed to continue ; for groans, and other eviden- 

 ces of pain did not cease. At midnight his body became in- 

 sensible to pain. His groans ceased, and the mere simple liv- 

 ing principle seemed to be all that remained. At one o'clock, 

 on the 14th, the living principle was suspended. Death then 

 becoming triumphant, his body was given over to the laws 

 of chemical attraction. Could matter be divested of this 

 last power, (attraction,) mere inert matter would remain. 

 Hence I would infer, that the most perfect being which 

 comes from the hand of the Creator, consists o^ Jive princi- 

 ples. 1, Inert matter — 2, the attractive principle — 3, the liv- 

 ing principle, (so far even plants may go,) 4, the sentient 

 principle (so far the lower orders of animals go,) — 5, the in- 

 tellectual principle, peculiar to man; being the immortal soul. 

 I need not add any remarks upon our five senses — seeing 

 — hearing — smelling — tasting — feeling. No one has over- 

 looked this fact. 



4. Alcohol^ or spiritous liquors., from succulent fruits, 

 farinaceous fruits, and herbage of plants. — Prof. Eaton. 



I propose for a medical dissertation the following query. 

 Are spiritous liquors obtained from succulent fruits, as grapes, 

 apples, pears, and peaches, more inflammatory than those 

 from grain, as wheat, rye, corn, oats and barley ? 



From some observations made on the effects of intemper- 

 ance upon persons within my knowledge, I imagined, that 

 the following results were clearly evinced. Those who drank 

 wine, cider, perry, brandy, and cider-brandy, presented red, 

 bloated, and highly inflamed surfaces. Those who drank 

 gin and whiskey, became pale, and debilitated. Those who 

 drank rum were at a medium in this respect. Hence I in- 

 ferred, that, although pure alcohol is always the same, there 

 is something combined with it, which influences its effects, 

 and that alcoholic liquors from succulent fruits had a ten- 

 dency towards the surface ; that the same from farinaceous 

 seeds, caused a recession of the fluids towards the heart, 

 and that when derived from the herbage of plants, as the 

 stalks of cane, its effects were of the medium kind. 



5. On the use of alumina with pigments designed for the pal- 

 let. — In preparing his paints, by levigating pigments with oil, 

 the artist is often perplexed by the diversities which they ex- 



