1809; } 
44 Air from Handel’s Lessons, with Variations, 
for tke Piano-forte. Composed and dedicated 
to the Miss Windbams, by George Augustus 
Kollman. 35. 
These variations, nine in number, are 
ingeniously and tastefully imagined. The 
passages are, in general,’ melodiously 
turned, and the erecuéien is of a cast sufh- 
ciently familiar to invite the practice of 
the juvenile performer. 
Report of Diseases. ; 317 
6 Awake my Lyre.” Sung by Mr. YW. ee 
The Words by Cowley. Composed by “Ffoseph 
Major. 1s. 6d. 
This little song, which. ] 
madtinee to his friend, Thomas Hill, esq. 
5 appropriate and impressive ints meloe. 
ays and the prano-forte BEN with which 
it 1s Seana med: Is simple.im its style, 
and calculated to, heighten the general 
effect. 
REPORT OF DISEASES, 
Under the care of the late senior Physician of the dion dese Dispensarys from the 
20th of August, to the 20th of Di pabeis 1869, 
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Sra ae Seth gree a oe ae me i ay 
Pee MOR Sn kaw Se reece 
PIRVOPUMA eee Ao tinace non eat ain 2 
Pspepsiant nS eaires eee S 
Hypechondbasisssoct a2). -ee ete weices) 5 
Wiatitart ate re ok eens eet te 
PREGA” Scesihs ceiclandatin le @ b/d stots eng ae ok 
SP eee TNS foe oak nse i ee eS 
Parag Se USI Lit Se aes 0D 
Vermes o 
S 
Miarhntarantics, toc eres 1 see e oe. 
-More than one instance the Reporter 
has very recently met with, in which a pul- 
monary affection has been aggravated by 
an emigration to the coast; the air of 
which, independently of immersion in 
the sea, is ill adapted to the. irritable 
structure of pthysical invatids. An an- 
nual visit to.the borders of our Island, 
though a delightful relaxation to the 
healthy, proves, generally, 
rious to those who are in the habit 
of going thither for. the acquisition 
of health. They frequently rerurn, 
charged with the roots and’seeds of dis- 
order, which seldom failto shoot out, and 
bear fruit during the ensuing months, 
The two most Interesting cases which 
for some time past have fallen under the 
Reporter’s notice, arose. from habits of 
personal imprudence, which, although — 
different in their character, produced 
effects somewhat similar upon the con- 
stitution. One of them was an instance 
of fatuity, or extreme jmbecility, which 
had heen “gradually induced by a succes- 
sion of epileptic paroxysms, each of 
which took something away, until the 
mind was stripped “altogether of its 
energies and endowments. At Jength it 
presented a tablet, from which was 
effaced nearly every , impression — of 
thought, or character ne intellectual ex- 
istence.. The other case, was that of a 
young man, who, from an indiscreet ex- 
‘posure during a mercurial course, was 
Montuty Mae, No. 190. 
inju- * 
suddenly seized with delingem, which, on 
account of an fiereditary bias im that di. 
reefion, is 11 danger of settling into 
a dlivanie and - “perhaps cureless; aberras , 
tion, instead of abolition: of the mental 
powers, The mind, im the latter in- 
stance, shattered thy disease, may be- 
compared to the small fragments of a 
broken mirror, which retain the. facalyy 
of reflection, but where, although He 
number of images. is increased, tiere is 
no one_entire. and pertect representas 
tion. 
Manta ae upon a no less elevated 
level than. consumption, as. an endemic 
of Britain; there is‘scarcély a singie n= 
habitant “of it, but has some. perse al or 
social rateneSe in this- disease, 11 whose 
family; or in the ciccle of. « “hose friends 
or acquaintance, thereis to be f sand. no 
speck or. tarnish of insanity. Young 
called this world “the Bediam of dis 
Universe 3” a poeiftal exp resslon, which 
every sare ecems to approaciy vearer to 
the strictness.of prosaic truch. | A heavy 
responsibility presses epon> those who 
preside or. officiate in any of the” publics 
or private asylums of lunacy. Instead of 
trampling upon, we ought to cherish, and 
by the most delicate and anxious care, 
strive. to. nurse into a clearer and 
brighter flame, the still breathing eme 
bers of a nearly extinguished mind. 
It is astonishing, wiih what manage- 
ment and sagacity a maniac, whelt im- 
pelled by a sutiicient maeeee can keep — - 
the secret of -his-insanity. Not long. 
since, the Reporter. was. very nearly 
imposed. upon. by a patient of this de= 
scription, who, by extraordinary art and 
exertion, had effected his escape from 
the barriers of confinement, and, m or- 
der te defeat pursuit, solicited professi- 
onal evidence. in favour of. his -sanity. 
A particular train of thouglit, which 
2% - for 
N 
Mr.. Major has. 
