Mirror of Literature,  6 (1825), 340–41.

Leaves from a Journal. No. IV

Everard Endless

Genre:

Regular Feature, Anecdote



[4] Extraordinary Farewell Sermon

Subjects:

Dissection, Disease


    An account of a Methodist minister, Henry Peckham, who died after the cut finger with which he touched one of the dead bodies in a dissecting room became infected.



[8] The Learned Horse

Subjects:

Menageries, Animal Behaviour, Magic


    Recounts from Digby 1644 the history of a showman called 'Banks' [i.e. William Banks], whose horse carried out apparent feats of intelligence, and who was consequently accused of wizardry.




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