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Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
of the druggist ' s , asked for the ipecacuanha , and obtained his request . Immediately he went to the hospital , and tried its virtues on some of the invalids ; his success was great ; frequent repetitions were equally propitious ; and after numberless trials he found that he possessed a specific for the dysentery ; it had never failed of curing that disease ; which at that time was very common in Paris , and baffled the skill of
all the physicians . Transported with joy he caused a " hand-bill lobe printed , in which he stated , " that the Dutch physician , after long . search and profound meditation , had at length found an infallible cure for the dysentery , and the exact method of preparing the medicine , which was of . the utmost importance ; he informed the public of his lace of abode
p , where he sold his medicine at a reasonable price . " Every one read this hand-bill , and the account of this new discovery spread all over the city , and at length the king heard of it . His Majesty sent for Heivetitis , and ordered D'Aquin , his first physician , to examine him relative to his pretended remedy . D'Aquin , according to the very illiberal custom of the faculty when they fear a rival , "
treated Helvetius as an impostor ; but he defended himself in so masterly a manner , that the king , fully convinced of his abilities , gave him twenty-four thousand livres for his secret , and granted him the pri- > vilege of practising at the Hotel Dieu—a privilege which was confined to the fa ' culty of Paris only . The reputation of Helvetius increased with his fortuneand the
, public imagined he possessed specifics for every disorder . Every one spoke high in praise of the Dutch doctor ; and / at the age of thirty-two years , he found himself possessed of a fortune of one hundred thousand crowns , obtained amidst the enmity and invectives of D' Aforti and all the other physicians in Paris .
MULEY MOLUC , EMPEROR OF MOSOCCO , When Don Sebastian , King of Portugal , had invaded his territories , in order to dethrone him , and set his crown upon the head of his nephew , Moluc was wearing away with a distemper , which he himself knew was incurable . However"he prepared for the
recep tion of so formidable an enemy—he was indeed so far spent with his sickness , that he did not expect to live out the whole day , when the last decisive battle was given ; but knowing tl ^ e fatal consequences , that would happen to his children and people , in case he should die before he put qn end to that war , he commanded his officers that if he died during the engagement , they should conceal his death from
the army—that they should ride up to the litter in which his corpse was carried , ' under pretence of receiving orders from him as usual . Before the battle began , he was carried thro' all the ranks of his army In an open litter , as they stood drawn up in array , encouraging them to fight valiantly in defence of their reli gion and country . Finding afterwards the battle to go against him , though he was very near his Jast agonies , he threw himself out of his litter , rallied his armv , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketches Of Celebrated Characters.
of the druggist ' s , asked for the ipecacuanha , and obtained his request . Immediately he went to the hospital , and tried its virtues on some of the invalids ; his success was great ; frequent repetitions were equally propitious ; and after numberless trials he found that he possessed a specific for the dysentery ; it had never failed of curing that disease ; which at that time was very common in Paris , and baffled the skill of
all the physicians . Transported with joy he caused a " hand-bill lobe printed , in which he stated , " that the Dutch physician , after long . search and profound meditation , had at length found an infallible cure for the dysentery , and the exact method of preparing the medicine , which was of . the utmost importance ; he informed the public of his lace of abode
p , where he sold his medicine at a reasonable price . " Every one read this hand-bill , and the account of this new discovery spread all over the city , and at length the king heard of it . His Majesty sent for Heivetitis , and ordered D'Aquin , his first physician , to examine him relative to his pretended remedy . D'Aquin , according to the very illiberal custom of the faculty when they fear a rival , "
treated Helvetius as an impostor ; but he defended himself in so masterly a manner , that the king , fully convinced of his abilities , gave him twenty-four thousand livres for his secret , and granted him the pri- > vilege of practising at the Hotel Dieu—a privilege which was confined to the fa ' culty of Paris only . The reputation of Helvetius increased with his fortuneand the
, public imagined he possessed specifics for every disorder . Every one spoke high in praise of the Dutch doctor ; and / at the age of thirty-two years , he found himself possessed of a fortune of one hundred thousand crowns , obtained amidst the enmity and invectives of D' Aforti and all the other physicians in Paris .
MULEY MOLUC , EMPEROR OF MOSOCCO , When Don Sebastian , King of Portugal , had invaded his territories , in order to dethrone him , and set his crown upon the head of his nephew , Moluc was wearing away with a distemper , which he himself knew was incurable . However"he prepared for the
recep tion of so formidable an enemy—he was indeed so far spent with his sickness , that he did not expect to live out the whole day , when the last decisive battle was given ; but knowing tl ^ e fatal consequences , that would happen to his children and people , in case he should die before he put qn end to that war , he commanded his officers that if he died during the engagement , they should conceal his death from
the army—that they should ride up to the litter in which his corpse was carried , ' under pretence of receiving orders from him as usual . Before the battle began , he was carried thro' all the ranks of his army In an open litter , as they stood drawn up in array , encouraging them to fight valiantly in defence of their reli gion and country . Finding afterwards the battle to go against him , though he was very near his Jast agonies , he threw himself out of his litter , rallied his armv , and