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ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEDICAL COLLEGE,

IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. The next Winter Term of Lectures in the Medical Department of Hampden Sidney College, at Richmond, will commence on MONDAY, Oct. 21st, 1839, and continue until the last of February following. AUGUSTUS L. WARNER, M. D., Professor of Surgery

and Surgical Anatomy.

JOHN CULLEN, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of

Medicine.

PIANO SENT TO MISSISSIPPI,
BY E. P. NASH.

DEAR SIR-The Piano which you selected and forwarded to me made by Stodart, Worchester and Dunham, New York, came safely to hand in fine order and perfectly in tune, greatly to my surprise; as after leaving New Orleans it passed through three several boats before its arrival at Troy, a small town within eight miles of my house; from thence it was handed by a

TH. JOHNSON, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Phy-wagon. Nothing but the very great care in packing

siology.

L. W. CHAMBERLAYNE, M. D., Prosessor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics.

R. L. BOHANNAN, M. D., Professor of Obstretics and the SOCRATES MAUPIN, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

Diseases of Women and Children.

The College Infirmary, attached to the College Building, has been in successful operation for the last eight months, and furnishes constantly a number of interesting Medical and Surgical

cases-to which the student has access at all hours.

The College Infirmary, together with the Alms House, Penitentiary and Armory, (which are under the charge of two of the Professors,) will afford the student an opportunity of witnessing the various diseases incident to a Southern climate. The abundance of materials for Anatomical purposes, and the reduced price at which they are furnished, will enable the student to acquire an intimate knowledge of the Anatomy of the human body, and the use of Surgical Instruments. During the last Winter Course of Lectures, from the number of Surgical Cases admitted into the Infirmary, the Professor of Surgery was enabled to exhibit before the class, nearly all the important Surgical operations upon the living subject; and from the growing popularity of the Infirmary, there is reason to believe that hereafter the Surgical Cases in the House, will greatly increase.

Good Board, including fuel, lights, servants' attendance, &c., can be obtained in this city for four dollars per week.

We are authorized to state that a full Course of Lectures in this Institution will be received as equivalent to one in the following Medical Schools: University of Pennsylvania; Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia; Medical College of the State of South Carolina; Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; University of Maryland, &c. &c.

The Professor of Anatomy will open the Dissecting Rooms of the College on the first of October.

Richmond, May 24th, 1839.

AUG'S. L. WARNER, M. D.,
Dean of the Medical Faculty.

NEW PRINTING OFFICE.
P. D. BERNARD,

could have insured its arrival in such order. My
daughter is much pleased with it, and considers it fully
equal, if not superior, to the one I first purchased of
you, which good judges pronounced an excellent one.
I can with confidence recommend to those wishing to
purchase Pianos to rely on you, as well to select, as to
pack up; I am certain they will not be disappointed.
Most respectfully, yours, &c.
J. T. LEIGH,
Yela Busha County, Mississippi.
The above is from Mr. Leigh, who recently resided
in Amelia county, Va., (Clerk of the Court.) The first
Piano which I sold him, he disposed of before he left
for Mississippi, to Col. Samuel D. Burke, of Prince Ed-
ward, and on leaving Amelia gave directions for me to
forward him another to New Orleans, which it seems
has given great satisfaction.
E. P. NASH,
June, 1839.
Petersburg, Virginia,

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This House is well adapted to the accommodation of Family Parties, having suites of apartments communicating with each other, together with Baths and other desirable conveniences.

in the principal hotels of this city..

Respectfully announces to his friends and the public generally, that he has opened a New Printing Office, on The ordinary dinner table will be always ready at the street leading to Mayo's Bridge, opposite the Cus-half past two o'clock, which is the usual hour of dining tom House, where he is prepared to execute every description of Letter Press Printing-such as Commercial & other Blanks, Bank and other Certificates, Notifications, Horsebills, Shop Bills,

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Fancy Printing done in a superior style, in any color desired, or in gold or bronze.

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Checks, Notes, &e. printed on an improved plan with feint lines, at short notice.

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THOMAS SEMMES,

Counsel and Attorney at Law, practices in the local courts of the District of Columbia, and in the Supreme Court of the United States at Washington City. Office at Alexandria, D. C.

WILLIAM F. RITCHIE, burg, Mississippi. Late of Richmond, Virginia, Attorney at Law, Vicks

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1. Catalepsy. An extraordinary case, exhibited in the person of a young lady of this country, the verity of which may be fully relied on, however curious and incomprehensible the details may appear. By a member of the medical profession.... 2. A Stray Leaf from a Bachelor's Note Book. The Bachelor-poet's courtship; amatory stanzas, the 'joke;' the tattered poem; the bachelor's anger, his revenge, and advice to lovers; marriage of his sweet-heart; the mother of twelve children; the bachelor of fortydve, &c. (Selected.).......

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PAGE 10. The Lover's Talisman, or the Spirit Bride. A Tale. The story of Mrs. B.: the orphan of the village; family scenes; effects of youthful piety; the young preacher; sermon in the village; the interview; the confession; the spirit bride, &c. By Mrs. Seba Smith...... 11. Judith Bensaddi. A Tale. The student's departure from home; scenes in the South; student's return; new stage acquaintances; Judith and Eli Bensaddi; student's description of the Natural Bridge of Virginia, the Natural Tunnel, visits to the House Mountain, &c.; arrival in Charleston; the negro melody; the sea voyage; Eli Bensaddi lost overboard; Judith's griet for the loss of her brother, her fall into the sea; rescue by the student; arrival of the two friends in Philadelphia; Judith's gratitude to her preserver; the matu rity and embarassments of love; the parting hour; its keen sorrows and thrilling delights; the student's de-. parture from Philadelphia and arrival at home in the mountains of Virginia; the miniature; the Jewess; ⚫ letters miscarried; Judith's letter to the student, from London; astounding revelation; the student's grief, despair, &c...

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VOL. V.

SONNET.

RICHMOND, JULY, 1839.

BY PARK BENJAMIN.

Lady, farewell! my heart no more to thee
Bends like the Parsee to the dawning Sun;
No more thy beauty lights the world for me,
Or tints with gold the moments as they run.
A cloud is on the landscape, and the beams

That made the valleys so divinely fair,
And scattered diamonds on the gliding streams,
And crowned the mountains in their azure air-
Are veiled forever!-Lady, fare thee well!

Sadly as one who longeth for a sound
To break the stillness of a deep profound,
I turn and strike my frail, poetic shell:-
Listen! it is the last; for thee alone
My heart no more shall wake its sorrowing tone.

CATALEPSY.*

"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

To the Editor of the Southern Literary Messenger:

SIR,-In reading, in a late number of your periodical, the interesting tale of "The Transfigured," I was reminded of a case which occurred in my practice some years since. In looking over some old papers, I have this day found my notes of the case, which I will attempt to write out; and though better suited to a medical journal than yours, I will send them to you, to dispose of as you think proper. I know that many of the facts will be disbelieved, but I pledge myself for their correctness, and the most improbable of them can be attested by a dozen living witnesses.

On the 12th of April, 1828, I was sent for in great haste, to visit Miss ****, about fourteen or fifteen years of age, whom I had seen the day before, in the town of my residence, quite well and very gay, having been at a party on the preceding night, as she probably had been on several successive nights before that. I found her in a state of entire insensibility, from which she could Some of our readers may suppose that this deeply interest. ing narrative is an ingenious fiction, contrived for their amusement; but we are happy to have it in our power to assure them, that its author is a gentleman of unimpeachable honor and veracity, and of high standing as a member of the medical profession. In a private letter received from him, he repeats the pledge contained in the narrative itself, that, if its statements are controverted, he is prepared to substantiate them by testimony of as high character as can be adduced in this country. Our readers, therefore, may fully rely upon the verity of the story, however curious and incomprehensible its details may appear to them. How little, indeed, after all the researches of philosophy, do we still know of the laws which regulate mind and its mysterious connection with matter.-[Ed. So. Lit. Mess.

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No. VII.

not be aroused by talking, shaking, or even pinching. The account which her intelligent parents gave of the attack was, that she arose in the morning apparently well, and while sitting in the window and employed in knitting, she became suddenly speechless and insensible.

Notwithstanding the use of active remedies, such as dividing the temporal artery, a cathartic, valerian, synapisms, &c., she remained in this state for twentyfour hours. When she revived, she talked incessantly of the parties to which she had been, and of the company. I left her in this state of vivacity; but on the next night I was sent for, with the information that another paroxysm was upon her. I remained with her during the night, attentively watching the symptoms, and using such remedies as they indicated. I soon discovered that she was affected with catalepsy, a disease, which, though not of frequent occurrence, I had before seen.

In spite of medicine and consultations, the disease continued in various forms, the paroxysms returning at various intervals, till the middle of May. Arteriotomy, cupping, blistering the head and spine, tartar emetic ointment, and all the most active internal remedies were employed, sometimes with apparent advantage, and often without any beneficial result. A physician, who was present during one of the paroxysms, divided the temporal artery with a lancet that he had used in vaccinating. It was the belief of the family that she had been vaccinated; but now a large vaccine pustule formed on the temple, from which we augured beneficial results. But in this we were disappointed, for the paroxysms became longer, more frequent and more violent. I recollected that she had suffered very much and was delirious, about twelve months before, from a diseased tooth, which a neighboring physician attempted to extract. I now proposed its extraction, which she resisted, and the family would not consent to coercion. The form and duration of the paroxysms were constantly varying. Sometimes she would be taken with spasms and fall into a comatose state, which would continue from one to twelve hours. Sometimes her head would be drawn back upon the shoulders. I have often seen the body curved backwards, with the head and feet in contact, in the form of a hoop, in which state she would continue perfectly rigid and immoveable for more than an hour, without any appearance of respiration; yet arterial action continued. I have seen her, at other times, lie with her eyes open, and immoveably fixed upon the ceiling for several hours, with a countenance the most placid and serene, yet luminous, that I have ever beheld, and which many of her visitors pronounced unearthly and angelic; during all this time there was no apparent respiration. When the paroxysms were off, she would converse in the most volatile, sprightly and amusing style. Before this attack she had been considered rather taciturn, when compared with her sprightly, voluble and talented sisters. From the commencement of the disease she talked incessant!"

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When is Henry Clay to deliver his address at our sub-
lunary village? You must excuse inaccuracies and bad
writing, as I am blind, and cannot steady my hand.
This horrible disease continues.
(Signed,)

ROBERTA BRUCE.

some immense iceberg, overhanging the Aurora Borealis, "P. S. Oh! that I was in Lapland, standing upon not a thought would then extend to the convent. Do ride down and bring me one mouthful of cheer. Did you ever hear of, read of, or see so horrible a disease?"

with. Her conversation soon explained the purport of Being urged by the family to visit her, I did so forththis incoherent letter. I remained in attendance during the day and night-and soon after returning home, received from her the following rhapsody:

during the intermission: at first her conversation ran | viewed with the eye of affection, not that of a critic. upon light and common-place subjects, but as the disease advanced, her mind seemed to expand, and her conversation became not only interesting, but often eloquent and learned, on subjects which she had never been known to study. She had not even had access to books relating to them. Though I knew that I enjoyed the implicit confidence of this family, as a physician and friend, my mind was constantly kept in a state of tension: first, to find suitable remedies for the varying symptoms of the disease; next, to quiet the apprehensions of her anxious friends, whose intelligence and sagacity were not to be eluded by the ordinary and justifiable artifices, which the best and most pious physicians sometimes resort to for the benefit of their patients; but, above all, by the extraordinary shrewd ness and discernment of my patient. I had not only to chime in with her notions in regard to the medical treatment of the disease, but had to accommodate my self to her various opinions on a variety of subjectsamatory, social, religious and political,-and often to discuss them with her. A bare assent to her opinions would not satisfy-a reason, and a plausible one, must be given. Had I betrayed gross ignorance on some of her favorite subjects, I should have lost, forever, the chance of discharging my duty to her as a physician. She would, probably, never have suffered me to approach her sick chamber. These discussions sometimes took place in the presence of intelligent persons. She would sometimes overwhelm me with confusion by her extravagant compliments for some opinion advanced, or some gallant expression uttered; at another time, she would keep me smarting and writhing under her keen invective and biting satire-and, suddenly, she would almost draw tears from myself and all present by her eloquent appeals-which were as suddenly removed by midst of a great variety of other professional engageAll this occurring in the ments, which forbade my remaining at home for an hour in the twenty-four, kept me in a state of nervous excitability, which has not, to this day, worn off. In about a fortnight after her first attack, while rest-souls, and produce that mutual intelligence which sets the ing myself, after a most fatiguing ride, I received a note, written in a strange, mysterious and incoherent of another, meet and enjoy those delicious feelings by necessity of cold verbal expressions at defiance? May style, signed “Roberta Bruce." Not knowing a person which yours is warmed; and sinking beneath the inadenot the sympathy of a kindred sensibility in the bosom of that name, nor the subject alluded to, I supposed it was a quiz, and threw it away or burnt it. wards I learned that a messenger had come for me to binds me at once to moral and physical good, is of a Afterquacy of language to give them birth, feel like you in silent and sacred emotion? Whether the tie which visit Mr. ―'s family; and it immediately occurred to fragile texture and of transient existence, or whether me that the note was from my eccentric patient. It will become closely twined with the fibres of the sent a prescription, and my suspicions were soon confirmed. The messenger brought me a note, of which the following is a copy, verbatim:

her corruscations of wit.

"We were all much delighted at the reception of your kind, interesting and affectionate letter. You spoke of the absence of Alecto, with joy inexpressible. I suppose you know to whom I allude. I might well say, as the sun softens and dissolves an icy rock upon the summit of the Appenines, so the impetuous passions of a married man are subdued by the voice of her he loves. Do write me how our interesting grasshoppers are, as report says I am enamored of one or all of them; but it must be a lapsus linguæ. The heart, however, is in the right place. I expect this to be

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feel myself entitled thus to call you, well indeed might "Oh! my sweet friend, he exclaimed, since now I your nation have hailed you as sacred; and while the hitherto been a stranger, beats with the pulse of life, heart which now throbs with emotion, to which it has on the return of this day will make its offering to that glorious orb, to whose genial, nutritive beams this precious rose owes its existence. I would rather possess above all earthly distinctions, and those principles of one beam of that genius which elevates your mind integrity which breathe in your sentiments, and ennoble Our meeting was attended with a new and touching your soul, than all the honors ever conferred on man. interest-the sweet result of that perfect intelligence which stole its birth from that tender and delicious which now, for the first time, existed between us, and glance, which love first bestowed on me, reclining near this brilliant comet to her perihelion of sentiment and cypress cemetery. While my very soul followed and said: Is expression then necessary for the conveyimagination, I had my eye on her mind-illumined face, ance of such profound, such exquisite feelings? May not a similarity of refined organization exist between

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To mine, therefore, I commit my fate: but while thus heart, and, breaking, break it, time only can determine. of bliss, while reeling through a wilderness of joy—all led by the hand of virtue, I inebriate at the living spring the life-giving spirit of spring, mellowed by the genial glow of summer, sheds its choicest treasure on the smiling hours which yesterday ushered in the most delightful of the season. already stealing amidst the illumined clouds that floated in the atmosphere, the sun's golden beams no longer The gray vapors of twilight were scattered around their rich refulgence, and the glow of retreating day was fading even from the horizon, where its parting glories faintly lingercd—I arose earlier than usual; the disturbance of mind would not suffer me to

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