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" feveral iaftances of a paroxyfrn which was expected in the courfc 
of a night, prevented by a dofe of Camphire exhibited at bed-time- 
" and even this when the Camphire was given alone : but it has bee 
efpecialiy ufeful when given with a dofe of cuprum ammoniacum, 
of white vitriol, or of the flowers of zinc. 
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Since the report of Dr. Kinnier, in the Philofophical Tranfa&ions, 
vol. XXXV. Camphire has been often employed in cafes of mania; 
and I have given above an account of a trial which I had made 
In that cafe, however, it was not fuccefsful ; nor in feveral 
other trials has it been more fo with me, or other practitioners in 
this country. 
" We have had here lately, in a patient under the care of Mr. Lata, 
furgeon, a notable example of the ufe of Camphire in a maniacal 
cafe, which I think it proper to take notice of here.* 
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Camphor was gradually increafed to above 
forty grams three times a day, by which a cure was effbaed. 
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