Punch . asten to present for the diploma ofyour approving nod (yes, Sir, a five-pound note, if you please) thispiece of very interesting and hopeful news. It is that a learned paperhas just been read to one of our famed Medical Societies by its youngand rising Secretary, on a remarkable case, lately met with in hispractice, to which he has given the most worthy name of ANENCE-PHALATROPHIA; that is in th% vernacular, under correction ofyour learned Toby, the wasting of a non-existent Brain, or, as it may bescholastically rendered, the tnicroscopico-mist-ological annihilation ofnothing. As was t
Punch . asten to present for the diploma ofyour approving nod (yes, Sir, a five-pound note, if you please) thispiece of very interesting and hopeful news. It is that a learned paperhas just been read to one of our famed Medical Societies by its youngand rising Secretary, on a remarkable case, lately met with in hispractice, to which he has given the most worthy name of ANENCE-PHALATROPHIA; that is in th% vernacular, under correction ofyour learned Toby, the wasting of a non-existent Brain, or, as it may bescholastically rendered, the tnicroscopico-mist-ological annihilation ofnothing. As was to be expected, the learned gentlemans observationstended somewhat to discredit the old Hypocratic dictum, ex nihilo nihilfit, and leaned rather to the more congenial doctrine of similis similibusgaudet. Believe me, much respected Sir, Your most dutiful grand-nephew, Sampson Agonistes Swipes, Edinburgh, April &lh, 1866. (The younger). VOL. I. R 162 PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. [April 21, TRUE COURAGE. That Dreadful Boy. Oh, aint Margaret brave, that s all ! Last Night, when she was in the Garden, I saw a Man jump overthe Hedge, and Kiss her. She was not a bit Afraid, and said nothing about it when she came in ! A NEW PAPER. {From our Collwell Hatchney Correspondent.) You will be glad to hear that there is to be a new Journal started inthis neighbourhood. It is called the Colwell Hatchney IntellectualObserver, with which will be incorporated Peppers Ghost, and theCherubs floating, in the advertisement poster, after Sir JoshuaReynolds. A reduction will be made on taking a quantity, and schoolswill be treated with liberally; that is, if the boys subscribe a halfpennyeach per week, they shall receive one presentation copy between Journal will be published in time for the earliest trains, even atmidnight; as arrangements have been entered into, whereby a blanksheet can be issued at any hour, rather than disappoint the subscribers. Every Subscriber will be enti
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