‘ 
| give ‘iaghaik divedtions t to poor ae 
ENTS. mar. 
May; the dropfical fymptoms and cough z are che 
tirely gone, the water is in fufficient quantity, her 
ftrength is recovered, and fhe has a good appetite. 
All fhe now complains of is a weight acrofs her fto- 
from CORRESPONDED 
‘mach, which is worfe at times, and fhe thinks; un- 
lefs it can be removed, the thal have a return of 
her eee . 
he é 
2 Extrad éf a Teter from Doctor Fow t ER, 
Phyfician, at Stafford. 
I UNDERSTAND youare going to publifh 
on the Digitalis, which I am glad to hear, for I have. 
long wifhed to fee  yoiters in p: 
I know of no one eee the grea 
paring ‘and taking of an infufion or decoétion 
_ green plant. Would one fuppofe t fe that fuch gentle- 
men had ever attended to the nature and operation 
of a fedative power on the functions, particularly — 
the vital?’ Is noi fuch’a vague and unfcientific mode ~ 
of proceeding putting a two edged fword into the 
the hands of the ignorant, and the moft likely me- 
_thod to damn the reputation of any very acti S 
- powerful medicine? And is it not more than] Z 
_ that the negled of adhereing to a certain and regular — 
_- Preparation of the nicotiana, and the 1 
-- You emphatically calt)  j pradticable dofe, have’ ie 
heise caufes of the once. rifing reputation of Bee 
