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was of a dark colour inclining to black. The charcoal 

 which was introduced along with the argil had disappeared; 

 bat the sides and cover of the pot, being composed of clay 

 which in the same temperature had approached more nearly* 

 to fusion, had attracted the carbon, from its simple mixture 

 with the argil, and became united to it by a regular process 

 of cementation. 



[To be continued.] 



X. A Case of Typhus Fever cured hy the Use of Yeast, 



To Mr. Tilloch. 

 sin, 



Xv you think the following history of the cure of a typhus 

 fever by the use of yeast, worth inserting in your Journal, 

 it is at your service. 



A young gentleman, about thirteen years of age, was 

 sent home sick from school. The physician who attended 

 the family was sent for immediately ; he thought it a tri- 

 fling complaint, and that the child would be well again in 

 two or three days. The next day, however, he found him 

 worse : the throat began to ulcerate, and his pulse was very 

 tmick. He now began to think the disorder was of a serious 

 nature. The third day he declared him to be in imminent 

 danger : his pulse was still quicker, his mouth and fauces 

 so ulcerated that it was with great difficulty he could be 

 made to swallow any fluid; and blood began to exude from 

 his eyes, nose, and ears. On the fourth day the symptoms 

 were all worse, and his neck was swelled to the level of the 

 chin ; he had so much anxiety that he had obliged the nurse 

 to remove him continually from one bed to the other, there 

 being two in the room ; such a quantity of blood was dis- 

 charged from his ears, that they were obliged to change the 

 pillow-cases frequently; his pulse was at 140, and the 

 stench of his chamber was intolerable: finally, the physician 

 declared he could not possibly live forty-eight hours, and 

 that it was not probable he would live twenty-four. 



At this period, one of the principals of the family recol- 

 lected having read of the wonderful powers of yeast in curing 

 putrid fevers, and thought he should be perfectly justifiable 

 in superseding the medicines which had no effect, and 

 giving the yeast a trial. Some was immediately procured, 

 and, being diluted with warm water and coarse sugar, was 

 with great difficulty conveyed to the fauces with a spoon : 



he 



