hee. with cooling anodyne washes. | At Chibi 
the should be rubbed over the whole surface with a wa: 
~ to produce a proper degree of circulation. =~ oe 
DROPSY IN THE HEAD. 
No medicine has hitherto been found sufficient to carry off adropsy __ 
of the brain, after it is seated. One reason why this disease is sel~ = 
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dom or never cured is, that it is seldom known till it is too far ad- 
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vanced to admit of aremedy. It is laudable, however, to make 
some attempts, as time or chance may bring many things to light, of | 
which at present we have no idea. The appropriate remedies are 
the same_as in other species of dropsy, together with sneezil 
~ snuffs. “ : aa 
A singular circumstance attending many infants for some time 
after birth, is, a constant hankering for something, sucking its fists 
‘or any thing it gets hold of, attended with continual uneasiness, ery- 
ing, Wasting of the flesh, and other bad symptoms. None of the 
_ common ‘remedies will give relief in these cases. When I find 
a child in this condition, I conclude it wants or longs for some- 
thing, and that this longing is caused, or governed, by a longing of 
the mother previous to the birth, which was unsatisfied. 1 there- 
fore request the mother to recollect what article of food D1 
drink, she was fond of, or 
