Mr. Monisorr—or, as he prefers to be called, "the Hygeist,"
as we call ARISTOTLE the Stagyrite—gives a remarkable account of one Admiral HENRY, who cured himself of various dreadful dis- orders by beating his flesh. We think the practice might have a sanatory effect on "the Hygeist" himself: there is not a more summary cure for quackery; and we would strongly recommend a smart dose of this great remedy, at going to bed at night, and at getting up in the morning. A more unblushing piece-of effron- tery than the whole scheme of this volume, we never met with ; and are curious to know how far our most credulous public be- lieves in the pretension of the Hygeist, and his " universal vege- table pills !" This Morisoniana is a collection of the works (works !) of Mr. MORISON, the Hygeist, with a portrait of himself, and is called the third edition. Can it be possible ? This bulky octavo, bound in calico, is in recommendation of certain purginmpills, styled the Universal Medicine. The- principle is, that no purgation by their means can be excessive ; and there are, as usual, a great number of cases and letters to, prove that the Universal Pill has done every thing but raise the. dead to life. Can any thing more clearly prove the necessity of communicating a portion of medical and anatomical knowledge, as a branch of common education ? Dr. SOLOMON used to drive his four horses, and Mr. MORISON will in all probability do the same : they both proceed upon the strength of the peoples ignorance,— and vast is the force thereof, more especially on subjects that come the nearest home.
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