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given by him to many icteric patients, and with 
the exception of three complicated cases, it never 
failed in his hands or within his knowledge to re- 
move the disease. Dr. Jackson, Professor of the 
Theory and Practice of Physic in our University, 
informs me that he has found it of great utility in 
jaundice, and that except in one or two instances, 
it has always effected the cure of those cases, 
which proved susceptible of relief from any medi- 
cine. Ihave repeatedly employed it in the same 
complaint with indubitable advantage. The dose 
should be gradually increased until its effects are 
distinctly felt in the head and stomach. This 
inconvenience is temporary, and will be preferred 
by most patients to the evil of a mercurial ptya- 
lism. The yellowness of the skin and eyes, in fa- 
vourable cases, begins to disappear at an early pe- 
riod, frequently by the second day—The forego- 
ing practice in jaundice is not new, haying been 
employed in Sweden by Rosenstein, and in other 
places. : eee 
In tie doloureux. In a discourse on this 
painful disease by Dr. Jackson, published in the 
New England Journal, Vol. If. a number of cases 
are detailed, in which perfect relief was afforded by 
the Hemlock given in large doses, and rapidly in- 
ereased until a decided effect upon the system was 
