Poughkeepsie Thomsonian
1840; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
James S. Olcott, Joseph Mitchell Jr., A. W. Bruce, Dr. R. Rodgers, A. W. Bruce, A. C. Draper, H. S. Latham, T. Lapham,
ResumoFrontmatter: Poughkeepsie Thomsonian. Essay: Dr. Thomson's Birth Day, The "Faculty", Quackery and Humbug, Influence of Mothers, There Have Been so Many Promising Young Men Lately Muclted in Ohio, for Backing out of Marriage Scrapes, That They Have Petitioned the Legislature to Be Allowed the Same Privilege as Banking Institutions; That Is, to Break Their Promises Whenever It Becomes Convenient, Medical Anecdote, Gent.,—Dear Sirs,—I Seize a Moment of Leisure to Drop You a Line, and Inform You That I Have Been Lscturing Here, and in Several of the Surrounding Towns, to Respectable and Intelligent Audiences, In Olden Times, in Days of the Revolution, When Sons Worked Willingly in the Forest and the Fields, and Partook of the Simple but Substantial Fare of Their Own Farms; When Daughters Were Thick Shoes, Loose Gowns, and Labored at the Spinning-Wheel and Loom, Such Diseases as Consumption and Dyspepsia Were Seldom or Never Known, Insanity, Droll Fellows, Speech Of James Hoban, Esq. One of the Counsel of John Williams, Oculist, before the Circuit Court of the District …, Having Waited a Sufficient Length of Time for an Answer, and Received None, I Herewith Transmit the Letter for a Place in Your Paper; for I Am Determined That No Man Shall Abuse Thomsonism with Impunity about Me, Tobacco, Poisoned Milk, Dr. J. S. Bartlett and the Massachusetts Medical Society, Dr. Lapham,—Dear Sir,—The Circumstances Which Called Forth the Following Letter Are Briefly These, Multiple Essay Items, A Terrible Big'un, Poughkeepsie Thomsonian Infirmary, Early Childhood, Dr. Rogers, M. D. Sir,—It Is an Axiom, I Believe Incontrovertible, That to "Let Envy Alone It Will Punish Itself". Letter to the editor: Mr. Editor,—Owing to the High Pressure Principle That Prevails in This Region in Regard to Money Matters, I Have Not Obtained as Many Subscribers for the Thomsonian as Was Anticipated, but Am in Hopes That the List Will Be Enlarged at the Commencement of the 3d Volume, Communications. Backmatter: Medicine Establishment, Dr. P. Lapham, No. 119½ Bowery, New-York, Would Inform the Botanic Fraternity That He Keeps Constantly on Hand All Kinds of Approved Thomsonian Botanic Medicines, of the Best Quality, for Sale on the Most Reasonable Terms, Either Wholesale or Retail, Botanic Medicine Establishment, Gardner & Platt, Botanic Physicians, Botanic Medical Books.
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