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cisively of his success with it in cutaneous diseas- 
-es of an inveterate character. z 
In the more recent and splendid works of 
Willan and Bateman on Diseases of the Skin, 
we find some important testimony of the efficacy 
of the Duleamara in cutaneous affections. ‘The 
former of these authors has inserted in his work 
a letter of Dr. Crichton, physician to the West- 
minster hospital, who had employed the article 
for a considerable number of years. This gen- 
tleman states, that out of twenty three cases of 
Lepra Grecorum, in which he had used it, two 
only had resisted its action. He does not assert 
that it is equally efficacious in other cutaneous 
diseases, although it had appeared to him to do 
good in psoriasis and pityriasis. His mode of 
employing it was as follows : 
Take of stalks of Duleamara, one ounce ; wa- 
ter, a pound and a half; boil to a pound, and 
strain when cold. 
Of this decoction the patient took two ounces 
at first, morning, noon and night, but the quan- 
tity was afterwards increased, until it amounted to 
a pint per day. At the same time the skin was 
ordered to be washed with a stronger decoction. 
which proved an auxiliary to the cure. Dr. 
Crichton found that in delicate people and hyster- 
