. Boston Thomsonian manual and lady's companion . rove in vain to propitiate Queen Isabellaby rich gifts. Among other offerings she sentthe Queen a present of a herd of four hundredcows and one beautiful bull. This peerlessherd was white as milk, all but the ears whichwere red. The strange present to Isabella didnot avert the deadly wrath of King John; forhe seized the unfortunate family at Meath, inIreland, whither they had fled for safety. TheLord of Bramber, his wife and children, wereconveyed to the old castle of Winsor, and en-closed in a strong room, where they were de-liberately starved
. Boston Thomsonian manual and lady's companion . rove in vain to propitiate Queen Isabellaby rich gifts. Among other offerings she sentthe Queen a present of a herd of four hundredcows and one beautiful bull. This peerlessherd was white as milk, all but the ears whichwere red. The strange present to Isabella didnot avert the deadly wrath of King John; forhe seized the unfortunate family at Meath, inIreland, whither they had fled for safety. TheLord of Bramber, his wife and children, wereconveyed to the old castle of Winsor, and en-closed in a strong room, where they were de-liberately starved to death, father, mother, andfive innocent little ones, who suffered in ourEngland the fate of Count Ugolino and hisfamily ; an atrocity compared with which thedark stain of Arthurs murder fades to the hueof a venial crime.—[Miss Stricklands Lives ofthe Queens of England. Some who think life too short, neverthelessfind it long enough to outlive their characters,their constitutions, and their estates. 312 THOMSONIAN MANUAL [Vol. v!. THE 1AIIAL. Purgatives should not be used in any case whatever. Theyare at variance with every principle of my system, as will beseen by reference to the New Guide. They irritate the bowels,and destroy the equilibrium of the circulation, which we shouldalways endeavor to avoid. The sudden deaths of which we often hear as occurring among the Thomsonians, are no doubtprincipally owing to the administration of cathartics. * * *Since my Agents have discarded the use of butternut and bitter-root, they are mueh more successful in their practice. Samuel Thomson. BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1840. FRIENDS TO THE CAUSE. To you it is well known that Dr. SamuelThomson has labored hard to establish, and placeon a permanent basis, the system which bears hisname. In his first attempts at medical reform, hestood alone; and like the young oak which had tobear the rude storms unprotected and unsupport-ed by its forrest companions, when the calm re-turned, it was found tha
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