196 3 Lobelia inflata, 
of spasmodic asthma; * and from his own observations, and the tes- 
timony. of his patient, the doctor is decidedly of opinion that the re- 
putation of Indian tobacco in similar cases, as given by Thatcher 
and others, is well grounded. Dr, Stewart used the tincture made 
“ according to the formula established by the Essex District Medical 
Society, and administered it in doses similar to those used by Dr. 
Cutler. 
Dr. “Thatcher relates a case of hydrophobia effectually cured, i in 
its. : Jat stage, by the Lobelia inflata, As the doctor gives us this 
account at second-hand, and not from a medical man; and as the 
supposed fact is in itself improbable, -he will excuse me in ven- 
turing to question whether the case alluded to, was really one of 
hydrophobia. The accounts of hydrophobic cases too frequently 
originate i in the i ‘ignorance of the common people of the real disease 
designated by that name, aided by fears, and exaggerated by itera- 
tion. Yet the peculiar effects of Indian tobacco on the mouth, 
fauces, and throat, and indeed the excessive relaxation of muscu- 
lar energy which it produces, when extensively used, may, perhaps, 
afford some relief in this shocking disease, if timely adminis- 
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