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1800. ] 
from him the infection. ‘The peculiar 
fymptoms of the difeafe were eee 
and ftrongly marked. So favourable 
Hope, with recard to the event of the aif. 
order,.. could not be entertained in this in- 
ftance, as in thofe where it occurs at the 
ufual period, efpecially as the patient was, 
independantly of his age, more than com- 
monly enfeebled and emaciated. In ipite, 
however, of thefe circumftances, after the 
application of a blifter to his breatt, muci- 
daginous mixtures, medicines gently open- 
ing, and opiates at night, the cough ina 
fhort time completely difappeared, leaving 
only a degree of weakneis, which might 
be expected from an advanced period of 
life, and the operation of fo viclent a dif- 
order. ‘ 
In one of the patients affli€ted with in- 
fanity, it evidently arofe from the in- 
temperate and long continued ufe of in- 
ebriating liquors, "Molt of the difeafes, 
indeed, that prevail amongft the poor in 
Teordany origijate from an excefs of fti- 
mulus, connected with a defect of nourifh- 
ment. This circumftance 'conftitutes one 
of the principal obftacles to the fuccefs 
of difpenfary pragtice. _ To a patient, 
whofe only change of diet is from tea to 
fpirits, what rea] ayantage 1s to be expect- 
ed from any pharmacentical preparations ? 
The draughts of the apothecary” s fhop, 
when pee to thofe of the gin-fhop, 
cannot have any effectual-or fa lutary ope- 
ration. 
In addition to this circumfance, there 
is another difficulty with which a prac- 
titioner amongtt the poor’ is obliged to 
contend, arifing from the little confidence » 
hat 1s to be placed in the attention of the 
perions about the patient, and-in the faith - 
ful'adminiftration of the remedies which 
are prefcribed. This remark applies even 
Lif of Difeaf. 
393 
to thofe that are bound together by the 
neareft ties. 
In a cafe of peritoneal inflammation, 
leaches were ordered, and a a triflme fom 
was given to the wite of the patient 
for the purchafe of them, which, however, 
inftead of procuring with it a remedy, 
that fhe was informed was neceflary to the 
lite of her hufband,) fhe expended. in ine~ 
briating draughts. 
Accordingly, when the phyfician call- 
ed the fucceeding morning, he found the 
man and woman both lying on the bed; 
the one dead, and the other in the fame laft 
ftage of intoxication. 
_ “There is no perfon, perhaps, who is apt 
to form fo low an eftimate of the value of 
human exiftence as a medical man prac- 
ticing amongft the poor,efpecially amongit 
the poor of a great city. Butit,is not ime 
offible that he may exaggerate the excefs 
of their fufferings, by combining, as itis 
natural for him to do, their external fiate, 
with thofe feelings which he has acquired 
from very different circumftances and 
education. As the horrors of the grave 
affect only the living, fo the miferies of 
poverty exilt principally, perhaps, in the 
imagination of the affluent. 
The labour of the poor man relieves 
him at leaft trom the buiden of fafhiona- ~ 
ble ennui, and the conftant preflure of 
phyfical inconveniences, from the more 
elegant, but furely not lefs intolerable 
diftrefles of a refined and romantic fenfibi- 
lity. 
Even thofe fuperior intellectual advan. 
tages of education, to which the more 
opulent are almoft exclufively admitted, 
may, in fome cafes, open only new ave- 
nues to forrow. The mind, in propor-~ 
tion asit is expanded, expoles a,lareer {ur-_ 
face to impreflion, 
J. Re Wee ww, 

AupsapeTicaL List of Bankruptcies and DivipENDs announced beiween 
ihe 20th of March, and the 20th of April, extradied from the London Gaxcttes. 
se | 
BANKRUPTCIES. » 
~ (The Solicitors’ Names are between Parcenthefes) 
Tag RSS John, Croyden, thopkeeper. “(Shevpard and 
Cook, Dean-ftreet, Southwark) 
Allen, T. ‘Salford, Lancafhire, cotton- manoaracearer (Edge, 
inner Telnple) 
Boyd, Waiter, P. Betifield, and J: Drummond, merchants. 
(Grezge and Corfield, Skinuer’s-hall) 
Bullivant, A. Sonhul, Sarre victualler. 
Gray’s-ipn), 
Bate, James, Manchefer, corn-dealer. (Swale, Clifford’s= 
An 
Carry- WwW. 
(2hilpet and Cr. 
Carre, BR. LB. St. Georges” s bil 
(Pitcher, Cl nm ent’s-inn), 
Cole, Edward, Pycters taylor. (Drake, Prince’s-freet, 
Bedford-row); 
. MonTury Mac. N Now 98. 
(Egerton, 
P. Kingfon-on-Thames, Surry, shopkeepers 
Red Lion fguare) 
the. Eaft, merchant, 
Cooper, James, Epfom (Surrey, Brewer: (Burt, Torring=- 
ton-ftreét, Ratcliffe-highway) 
Child, E. South-ftreet, St. Luke’s, dealer. (Barnett, Soho- 
fquare 
Gotti: 3) Haymarket, mufical-inftfrument maker. (Cock= 
ayne and Co. Lyon's inn) 
Clearfon, S. Strand, carver and gilder. (Fox, Parliament 
ftreer) 
Davies, Wm. Hereford, grocer. (Street, Philpot- lane). ‘ 
Drakeford, J. Birmingham, pattentye-cutter. (Bolton 
and Spike, Elm-court, T emple) ne 
Gill, Richard, Exeter, timber-merchant. (John Pidfley, 
Exeter) 
are Jj. Panton-ftreet, {crivener. (Comrie, Fleet- 
ftreet 
Green, R. Olney, Buckingham, lace merchant. (Whi 
fhaw and Co, Gray’s-inn) 
Greaves, J. Pudfey aud J. Dufton, Farnley, York hires 
Merchants. (Wilfon, Coftle-Rreet, Holborn) : 
3 5 Hobfon, 
