O84 Report of Diseases. 
somewhere seen the following epi- 
gram; 
** So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy 
song, 
As had drawn both the beasts and their Ore 
pheus along ; 
But such is thy avarice, and such is thy 
pride, 
That the beasts must have starv’d, ahd the 
poet have died. 
Wiikie, the young artist whose works 
were so universally and deservedly ap- 
plauded in the last exhibition, has been 
tor sveral months on a visit to his friends 
in Scotland, and part of the time he has 
fOct. 1, 
been much indisposed; he is, however, 
now recovered, and having an imtention 
of painting one or two pictures from the- 
scenes in the Gentle Shepherd, thinks 
the picturesmay be improved by sketches 
made on the spot which Ramsay chose’ 
as the scene of his poem; for which pur- 
pose he is now on the Pentland Hills, 
but very speedily returns to this city. 
The Gallery in Pall-Mall, and the 
Marquis of Statford’s very superb collee- 
tion, aflord a rich exhibitian and most 
useful study to young artists as avail 
themselves of the privilege. 
REPORT OF DISEASES, 
In the public and private Practice of one of the Physicians of the Finsbury Dispensary, 
- From the 20th of August to the 20th of September. 
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RQCARLATINA. 22 eee eee eens cere 5 
Rhevmatismus. . acer iin owes tO 
Clatarelies). i652) <i63 eS piadere deeremine, Sh0 
Bhthisis Pulmianalis~e nce sax wie See ene! 
Opthalmia....... ena. Gasmee Hoeee ere Oe 
SC RCR EE i) we nies iciamiminn cong Aimtosoeise.. HF 
Mordi Catane), «5. cetera e nbn e nea ee 
Morhi Infantiles ........- aA Se ANS igh 
Simenorehied ccs so pigeon sna = AR aa 
Misnorrhagia.'. cope oc eset eames 
EUSNS See teas coer Leas eres a ae 
COKER SUE SE eel = ae ee 
Dyspepsia ....----+- sigh ota wis eae (TS 
Pneumatusis ++++,.-.------ Seber F<) 
Diattheawsew i. « sis la lagi nas magia #O 
Spsemerisipe ews 2S oie pis woe tee ee 5 
Cholera 28 Bees OPO F Sim 082 * A ce. 68m 6 
Diarrhea, cholera, and dysentery, have 
been, as is usual in autumn, the epide- 
mics of the season. The two former are, 
at this period of the year, salutary dis- 
charges ; there are even cases in which a 
diarrhoea may, with propriety and advan- 
tage, be artificially produced. With 
persons, for instance, who are liable to 
alai ming affections of tie head, a profuse 
evacuation of the bowels will often avert 
the stroke of an impending apoplexy. 
This shews the extreme peril of endea- 
vouring, by tonic, or stimulant remedies, 
to interrupt the progress of the dis- 
ease, before it has done its duty, 
by thoroughly cleansing the interior of 
the constitution. Calomel and rhubarb 
are, for the most part, the first medicines 
to be applied; and, if the alvine effusions 
become excessive, or persevere too long, 
they may be arrested by astringents, 
among which opium is by far the most 
powerful in itsoperation, Deluging the 
stomach and bowels with warm diluents, 
though too ordinarily practised, cannot 
be proper, in so far as this treatment Is 
calculated still farther to relax the 
tone of the intestines, and, by opening 
the already gaping orifices on the cuta- 
neous surface, to render the patient still 
more susceptible of the exciting causes 
of his complaint. Emetics the Reporter 
has often found serviceable in putting a 
stop to diarrhea, when other means have 
been tried inva. The source of the 
complaint, in the greater part of cases, 
originates from the deranged and polluted 
state of the stomach; and, of course, by 
setting this viscus to rmghts im the first 
instance, we may often supersede the 
need of any further remedy. A more 
formidable disease than either diarrhea, 
or cholera, 1s dysenteria; this is a com~ 
plaint most frequent in, but by no means 
exclusively confined to hot climates. It 
not rarely occurs in this; and when it 
occurs, imay most commonly be. attri- 
buted to too high living, more particu- 
larly to hard drinking. Diaphoretics, such 
as ipecacuanha and opium, either se- 
parately or combined, will afford relief, 
and not seldom a temporary cure. . 
But the constitutional propensity .to 
its relapse can be counteracted only 
by the utmost caution in avoiding vio~ 
lent or sudden Vicissitudes of atmo- 
spherical temperature; and, at the same 
time, by preserving a regular and al- 
most hermit abstinence from the ex- 
cesses engendered by an artificial and — 
too luxurious civilization. * 
Eruptive diseases, have, of late, been — 
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