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)remark(orshoulditbecalledaninterruption?)thatanomnivorousbeingwhichcanmasticate,deglute,digestandapparentlypassthroughtheordinarychannelwithpluterperfectimperturbabilitysuchmultifariousalimentsascancrenousfemalesemaciatedbyparturition,corpulentprofessionalgentlemen,nottospeakofjaundicedpoliticiansandchloroticnuns,mightpossiblyfindgastricreliefinaninnocentcollationofstaggeringbob,revealsasnoughtelsecouldandinaveryunsavourylightthetendencyabovealludedto.Fortheenlightenmentofthosewhoarenotsointimatelyacquaintedwiththeminutiaeofthemunicipalabattoirasthismorbidmindedestheteandembryophilosopherwhoforallhisoverweeningbumptiousnessinthingsscientificcanscarcelydistinguishanacidfromanalkaliprideshimselfonbeing,itshouldperhapsbestatedthatstaggeringbobinthevileparlanceofourlowerclasslicensedvictuallerssignifiesthecookableandeatablefleshofacalfnewlydroppedfromitsmother.InarecentpubliccontroversywithMrL.Bloom(Pubb.Canv.)whichtookplaceinthecommons’halloftheNationalMaternityHospital,29,30and31Hollesstreet,ofwhich,asiswellknown,DrA.Horne(Lic.inMidw.,F.K.Q.C.P.I.)istheableandpopularmaster,heisreportedbyeyewitnessesashavingstatedthatonceawomanhasletthecatintothebag(anesthete’sallusion,presumably,tooneofthemostcomplicatedandmarvellousofallnature’sprocesses—theactofsexualcongress)shemustletitoutagainorgiveitlife,ashephrasedit,tosaveherown.