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found extremely userul. If assisted by the local 
application of ice to the part, it frequently causes 
the contents of the sac to return spontaneously, . 
and renders the operation unnecessary, which 
_ would be otherwise unavoidable. It operates by 
its powerfully sedative and relaxing effects, as 
well as by its cathartic property. 
When the infusion is not used, an. dicaialiaee of 
Tobacco smoke into the reetum frequently pro- 
duces the same consequences. . The smoke may 
be made to penetrate farther than any liquid, and 
it is equally efficacious, from the «aetivity of the 
volatile parts. It was formerly much used in the 
restoration of persons apparently dead from 
drowning, but of late years it has gone more into 
disuse. From the sedative effect of Tobacco, the 
tendency to syncope and. the great: prostration 
of strength which it occasions in ordinary cases ; 
it is probable that its employment in cases of 
asphyxia from: drowning, must assist in. extin- 
oe rather than: in ———— the, mated of 
life. 0H fi 
Asa fiusatiny 5 Tobacco bie deed aiiieiined 
internally i in doses so small.as not to offend the 
stomach, with very good. effeet.. Dr. Fowler has 
published a collection of facts relative to its use, 
principally in dropsy and dysury, from which he 
