People are disposed to say I am apt to exaggerate too much; but I merely relate what I have seen in my time, and you will all have numerous instances by and by of making the same observations, and I think at last you will come to the same conclusions.

I now speak of local diseases; and, first, of phlegmonous inflammation.  I do not much like the term phlegmonous inflammation, because phlegmon alone is inflammation.  That the vessels, particularly the arteries, of inflamed parts are disposed to receive more blood, is manifest.  Mr. Hunter froze the ears of rabbits, and the arteries inflamed and were filled with blood, throbbing, and pain.  When there is great disturbance of the arterious system, with throbbing, there is always acute pain.  In common whitlow of the finger, how the arteries of the arm, the brachial in particular, throb, is well known.  In proportion as arteries are excited to vehement action, some difficulty occurs to the transmission of the blood into the veins.  Dr. Phillips found that inflamed blood is slower in cooling than common blood.

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THE GATHERER.

    “I am but a Gatherer and disposer of other men’s
    stuff.”—­Wotton.

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Sir Boyle Roche, was arguing for the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill, in Ireland:—­“It would surely be better, Mr. Speaker,” said he, “to give up not only a part, but, if necessary, even the whole, of our constitution, to preserve the remainder!”

Barrington’s Sketches.

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A short time since the manager of Sadler’s Wells, wishing to make an alteration in his bills, sent an old one with the corrections made in the margin, to the printer.  In a few days a proof was forwarded to Mr. T. Dibdin, when it read thus—­“Under the patronage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, Lord High Patron of England and Admiral of this Theatre.”

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A WELSH INVITATION.

Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys’ compliments to Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, and Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys request the favour of the company of Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, to dinner on Monday week next.  Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys beg to inform Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, that Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys can accommodate Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, and Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect, with beds, if remaining the night is agreeable to Mr. Charles Morgan, Mrs. Charles Morgan, Miss Charles Morgan, and the governess whose name Mr. Walter Norton, Mrs. Walter Norton, and Miss Sandys do not recollect.