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bitulam vertici affiges, quam scarificabis
.oo example of haircutting being
prescribed as a remedy for chronic headache
occurs in the ' Observations et curationes
medicinales,' ix. 20, of Petrus Forestus (1522-
1597), the town physician of Dellt.
patient, Theodore Teyling, a relative ot
Forestus, had been in the habit of wearing his
hair long. He was told to have it cut short,
and acknowledged that he now felt better,
and was less liable to headaches. The cure
was happily completed by the use of a comb
made from a he-goat's horn and by forswear-
ing all melancholy foods, such as hare,
venison, leeks, onions, and cabbage. There
is an historic example of haircutting tor
headache. According to Strada, De Bello
Belcnco,' Decas Prima, lib. x. p. 513 (L,ugd.
Bat 1645), the Emperor Charles V., when
visiting Italy in 1529, had his long hair cut
off as a remedy for headache, cum ad
imperil coronam capessendam veniret in
Italiam, minuendo capitis dolori csesariem
deposuisse." The courtiers, says Strada,
eagerly adopted this style, and the result was
that the habit of allowing the hair to grow
Ions was universally abandoned.
EDWARD BENSLY.
same regiment, at the time of the massacre*
of 1803. The " Ceylon Regiment, or, as i
was subsequently known, the " 2nd Ceylon
Regiment," was at first called Ramsay s
Regiment," after its first commandant,
Maior William Ramsay, also of the
Foot ; and the " 3rd Ceylon Regiment
raised later, as " Baillie's Regiment, it
first commanding officer -being CoL (a
wards Brigadier and Major-General) Char
Baillie of the 51st Foot, who took part in
the expedition against Kandy in
There was also a " 4th Ceylon Regiment
which was reduced before the 3rd, whicl
was itself reduced in 1816. The 1st and
2nd Ceylon Regiments ultimately becair
the Ceylon Rifle Regiment.
PENRY LEWIS,
50 Penywern Road, Earl's Court, S.W. 5. Major-General Forbes Champagne vro appointed colonel commandant of the , Foot on Aug. 31, 1809. He was promoted lieutenant-general in the following year.
Maior-General Josiah Champagne was ap- pointed colonel of the 41st Regiment of 3 on Feb 22, 1810. He was promote- lieutenant-general in the following July
H. J. B. CLEMENTS. Killadoon, Celbridge.
To keep the head cool, the feet warm, and
the bowels open is, according to Boerhaave,
the secret of health. A great ' mop c
hair " undoubtedly tends to make the head
hot, and it is a common practice of mothers
to crop their children's hair to avoid this.
That it is often beneficial I know from long
experience. V- "' ^'
In ' Lectures and Observations on Medi- cine ' printed for private distribution among the friends of !Dr. Matthew Baillie, 1825, p. 166, appears the following passage :-
" The cutting the hair of the scalp very short, and the application' of cold, by a large sponge wrung out of cold water and applied to the upper part of the head, will often give great temporary relief when the skin has been previously hot.
ARTHUR DENMAN, F.S.A.
MAJOR-GENERAL CHAMPAGNE'S REGI- MENT (12 S. iii. 250)." Champagne's Regi- ment " was " a Regiment of Foot to Serve on the Island of Ceylon," which was em- bodied in April, 1798, Lieut.-Col. Josiah Champagne of the 80th Foot, at that time stationed in Ceylon, being gazetted its first commandant. It was also known as the "Malay Regiment" or the "1st Ceylon Regiment," and formed part of the garrison of Kandy, under Major Adam Davie of the
Major-General Josiah Champagne was
the first colonel of "A ^P" 31 * * , ^
fantry" raised in April, 1801. In lj
its title was changed to 1st Ceylon R<
ment" There were three other Ceylo
regiments, and after their disbandmen
(1815 to 1822) the number
dropped, and the regiment was styled 1
Ceylon Rifle Regiment." This title
retained until its disbandment in 1873.
J. H. LESLIE, Major, R.A.
(Retired List).
CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED ' ROBINSON CRUSOE' (12 S. iii. 110 194)--This first appeared serially about the year 1 illustrations having decorative borders
The principal illustrators were: .Matt Morgan, R. P. Leitch, Harrison Weir, T Mac|uoid, A. Pasquier George Thomas (artists) ; W. Linton, J. Cooper, P. Justyne, T. Cobb (engravers).
A RIMING WILL (12 S. iii. 185, 251).- 1 am as much astonished as SIR WILLOUGH MAYCOCK, but not at all amused, to find t I have been the victim of what I suppose; was intended for a joke. A printed copy o the document came to me from a sour which I believed to be trustworthy, but feel that it is a matter for regret that 1
