BATES'S PATENT SLIDING TOP SHOWER BATH. THE Subscriber respectfully informs the public that he continues to manufacture, and has on hand, a large assortment of the above named celebrated SHOWER BATHS. They have met the decided approbation of the public, as the following certificates will show-and are now made in such perfection that from two to ten gallons of water can be raised to the top of the Bath by a child, so easy is the operation--and they can be used in the nicest bed chamber without wetting the carpet. Every person who values health and comfort should have one in his bed chamber, and use it, too, when he rises from his bed, which can be done before dressing.

From Dr. John C. Warren, Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in Harvard University.

At the reqest of Mr. Bates, I have examined his Chamber Shower Bath. It appears to me to be the most convenient portable Shower Bath I am acquainted with, for it is light, neat, and worked with very little trouble. This is an improvement which I am glad to see, because I consider the external application of cold water to be a practice highly useful, and even important to many individuals.

The daily washing of the body serves to remove the cuticle which is constantly forming on the surface of the skin, and thus purifies it, and leaves its pores open for the discharge of those fluids which the preservation of health requires. Another great advantage is, that the sudden application of cold water in this mode to the surface of the body produces a bracing effect on the internal organs, particularly those of digestion.

The introduction of these baths into public hotels would be in my humble opinion, one of the greatest additions to the comfort of travellers, and their general use in private families would add much to the health of our whole population. Boston, April 2d, 1845. JOHN C. WARREN.

Also, the Flora Pneumatic Shower Bath, and a general assortment of what is needed by the bather---VAPOR APPARATUS, to be used with the Chamber Shower Baths, Bathing Tubs, Caps, Hip or Sitz Bath, Leg, Arm and Elbow Bathing Vessels, Hair Rubbers, &c., &c. L. V. BADGER, 49 Congress st. May

MISS C. YOUNG,

TEACHER of Drawing and Oil Painting, No. 204 Washington Street. $12 for twenty-four Lessons in Oil Painting. Drawing $6, 24 Lessons. May.

NOYES P. HAWES,

DEALER in New and Second-hand Furniture, Stoves, Funnel, Grates, Timepieces, Lamps, Crockery Ware, &c. &c., No. 554 Washington street, Boston.

G. ADAMS,

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCER and Circulating Express, office No. 2 Marlboro' Chapel, established for the convenience of business men, and affording facilities to extend business by a system of agencies. He distributes daily in the Railroad cars, advertising sheets, which is an excellent and effective mode of advertising. This institution should be encouraged.

DR. S. F. STEARNS,

DENTIST, Corner of Court and Howard streets, Boston.

REFERENCES-Hon. I. Livermore, Rev. A. B. Muzzey, Rev. W. A. Stearns, Rev. Mr. Albro, Dr. C. F. Chaplin, Dr. W. W. Wellington, and Dr. C. H. Allen, of Cambridge; Dr. E. Sanborn, of Andover; Rev. W. M. Rogers, Joel Giles, Esq., Dr. E. Buck, and Dr. E. Buck, Jr. of Boston.

JOSEPH B. JOHNSON & CO.

MANUFACTURERS of Philosophical Instruments, No. 4 Court Avenue, rear of Davis, Palmer & Co., Boston. Druggists' and Confectioners' Scales and Models made to order.

N. B. Every description of Instruments made and repaired at short notice.

WILSON'S BOTANICAL LABORATORY.

No. 18 Central Street, Boston, Ms.

THE subscribers would respectfully inform the public that they have recently opened the above establishment, where may be found an extensive assortment of Botanic Medicines, Shaker Herbs, Extracts, Oils, &c. Syringes of all kinds, and all the different Medical Works upon the reformed system of practice published in the United States; also,-Brandy, Wines, and other liquors of the choicest brands, for medicinal purposes, constantly for sale.

Having made arrangements to obtain all articles, that are indigenous to this country, directly from those parts where they are grown, and found in the greatest abundance and perfection, they are prepared to supply Wholesale Dealers, Practitioners, and others, with medicines of superior quality; at prices as low as they are sold at any similar establishment in the country. The utmost care will be used in the preparation of Compounds. Medicines neatly put in small packages, and labelled with full directions for family use, if required, and safely packed for any climate.

Orders, by mail or otherwise, from the most distant sections of the country, promptly and faithfully attended to. B. OSGOOD WILSON, G. CARLOS WILSON.

Ap.

9 m.

N. E. DEPOT OF DRUGS AND BOTANIC MEDICINES, No. 79 and 81 Blackstone Street,-By J. T. Gilman Pike. Laboratory Nos. 5 & 6 Canal Street. J. T. G. Pike announces to his friends and the public, that he has on hand at his Depot, a very extensive stock of Drugs and Botanic Medicines. Wholesale dealers in all parts of the country will find his house unsurpassed in point of variety and quality. He will supply all the Botanic Medicines indigenous to this country, with a very full assortment from abroad. Also, all kinds of Wines and Liquors for Medical purposes. He has, also, a full assortment of Shaker Herbs, Medical Books, Dental Instruments, Syringes, &c. Practitioners, Families and Individuals can be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and when desired, the medicines will be neatly put up, and labelled with full directions and sent to any part of the country. All Drugs and Medicines, Books and Instruments, as cheap for cash as can be found in the country. Ap. 9 m.

BOWKER & CO.

FASHIONABLE Millinery and Straw Goods, Chambers 163 Washington street, opposite Milk street, Boston.

WILLIAM BOGLE,

HAIR Cutter and first Premium Ventilating and Gossamer Wig Maker, 228 Washington Street, Boston. Corner of Summer street, up stairs.

Parties residing in the country, by application, can obtain full directions how to measure the head for a Wig, and thereby insure a perfect fit.

May.

JOHN HAMMOND,

REAL ESTATE BROKER, No. 10 Brattle Square, Boston. Houses Bought, Sold and Let. Mortages Negociated.

FORD'S EA'TING HOUSE.

No. 2 WILSON'S LANE, Boston. Meals served at this establishment, at all hours of the day and evening, at prices to suit the man of business, the stranger or the man of leisure.

A full and various bill of Fare is presented every day, (Sundays excepted) comprising all the Meats and Vegetables in season, and RARE DISHES in advance of the season.

SUPPERS, DINNERS, and COLLATIONS, for Public Festivals, Celebrations, Balls, Rural and Water Parties, Military Companies, &c. &c., furnished in a style and of a quality adapted to any occasion, either in the city or out of it, at the most reasonable rates. Waiters and Table Furniture furnished to order. The most ample provisions have been made for this business. Address the undersigned,

May 1-3m

JOHN FORD.

2 Wilson's Lane, BOSTON.

BY REV. H. WINSLOW.

[For the Journal of Health.-Continued from page 100.]

WHILE speaking of the physical causes of premature infirmity in this country, among the most prevalent and disastrous we notice the extraordinary use of medicines. How slow is the world to learn, that the tendency of all medicines is, not to life, but to death. The medicine was never found, and from the nature of the case never can be, which does not tend, so far as it has any effect, to weaken the vital principle and precipitate its victim down the hill of life. Every pill you swallow, every elixir you sip, is detracting from your constitutional vigor, and slily drawing the envious wrinkle over your fair skin. Consider that the very property which makes it a medicine-a killer or exterminator of disease-makes it, at the same time and in the same degree, a killer or exterminator of the vital forces of your system. In precisely the degree in which calomel, jalup, ipecac., &c. make war on any disease in your system, do they make war on your system itself. If your system happen to hold out the longest, under the assault, you recover, but it is always at the expense of your constitution-always at the price of an earlier old age with its compassing infirmities. This is not saying that we should never take medicines ;-ours may be the choice of evils. Our condition may be such that if medicine does not kill us, disease will; and as disease would kill first, we may prudently take the alternative of a more lingering death. A person habitually

will conduce much to the convenience of the dental operator and comfort of the patient.

RUSSIAN VAPOR BATH.-An ingenious apparatus for the administration of this form of bath, has been invented by a medical gentleman of Boston, and is highly recommended by its great portability. The tent may be erected by one's own fire-side, and a bath prepared at a very trifling expense in ten minutes. This we believe to be the most agreeable and efficacious of all baths, and if employed according to the directions of the inventor, will cleanse the skin most effectually, and give it a delightful smoothness and polish. Besides, families will find it highly useful in slight or sudden attacks of disease, such as colds, rheumatism, &c., while physicians will be enabled to employ it with great facility in the more complicated forms of disease. We find the apparatus highly spoken of in the Medical Journals, as well as by the most eminent members of the medical profession, such as Drs. Mott and Paine, of the New York University, and Drs. Gibson and Jackson, of the Philadelphia University, not to mention others equally distinguished in the profession. No family should be without this excellent apparatus. Carter & Wilson, corner of Hanover and Portland streets, Boston, are the agents for New England.

We called on our friend Jordan, No. 2 Milk street, recently, and obtained a box of Roussel's shaving cream, and we can assure our readers it is the best we have used for a long time. With such cream, and a keen razor, it is pleasant putting one's face in order.

The City Tavern having undergone very thorough repairs, has changed its name to the more eligible one of City Hotel, and is now conducted by Chamberlain & Gage; with the former gentleman we have been long acquainted, and believe that both of them will spare no effort to render this House a comfortable and desirable home for its patrons. We have been over the House, and find it newly and elegantly furnished.

We would call the attention of our readers to the Millinery and Dress Making Establishment of the Misses Emery, whose card may be seen in our advertising sheet. They pay strict attention to their business, have had much experience in it, and we believe will give good satisfaction to their customers.

THE FINE ARTS.-Miss Young, teacher in Drawing and Oil Painting, has some fine specimens at her rooms, 204 Washing

ton street.

We know of no better place for our city friends to rusticate the approaching warm season, than in Chatham, on the Cape. There is pure air, and good fowling and fishing; and first rate

accommodations may be found at the Hotel of our old friend, Lothrop L. Bearse. He spares no pains to render his guests happy.

Medical Miscellany.-Scarlet fever is said to be prevalent on Bayou Rapids, La. Several slaves have died on the plantations, of the disease.-The Massachusetts Medical Society has applied to the city authorities for the use of Faneuil Hall, May 27thwhich looks like having a good dinner, with elbow room.-There are 830 paupers in Massachusetts, reduced to poverty by reason of insanity and idiocy. There are 619 insane persons wholly or partially supported by the State.-The population of Vienna, in Austria, is 250,000-giving an average of 40 persons to each house in the city. At this time there are 134 Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the U. S. Navy-about half enough. The cityof Paris, in 1845, was supplied with 77,139 oxen; 20,929 cows; 82,871 calves; and 457,450 sheep.-Dr. Charles F. Mitchell, one of the most notorious counterfeiters, died lately at Philadelphia, in prison. Dr. Fitzgerald, Physician to the Croom and Fedomore Dispensary, Ireland, writes that "fever, in a most aggravated form, is raging here. There is scarcely a family in some localities here that is not laboring under the malady." He says it is produced, in a great degree, by the badness and insufficiency of food.-In 1693, the President of the London College of Physicians had a Dr. Groenvelt committed to Newgate for using Spanish flies as an internal remedy.-Dr. Harrison, of the Medical College of Ohio, says that he knew a young lady, 18 years of age, who died from copious vomiting, three days after taking four grains of emetic tartar, dissolved in eight spoonfuls of water.-Opium and carbonate of ammonia are good remedies for arresting gastric irritation, produced by the administration of antimony. It is always best, as far as practicable, to give emetics towards night, says high authority, that the patient may have the tendency to sleep, induced by the act of vomiting, fully secured.-Cupping removes the blood more rapidly, and unloads engorged vessels much quicker, than leeches.Bad effects may be produced by dull lancets. They tear the coats of a vein, and severe inflammation may arise from it.-A shark was taken on the Spanish Maine, which had in its stomach an earthen pot one foot in diameter by two in length, which the voracious monster probably seized as it fell from the deck of a vessel.-An abstract of the returns of the overseers of the poor of the several cities and towns in this Commonwealth, 1845, shows that at the close of the year, there were 3582 foreign paupers maintained at the public charge.

Boston Med. and Surg. Journal.