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- [have given the tincture in doses of twenty drops every hour, 
to two children (one four and the other three years old) labouring 
under whooping cough ; and my success in those cases, has encou- 
raged me to resort freely to the use of this medicine, as a pectoral 
and antispasmodic in this disease. | Dr. Thatcher says, “ as a pectoral 
“ it has been found useful in consumptive coughs depending on mu- 
* cus accumulated in the bronchial vessels, by exciting nausea and 
“ expectoration.”? Of its use in such cases I know nothing from ex- 
perience. He continues, “ from its very speedy operation as an _ 
“ emetic, and its stimulating effects on the mouth and fauces, bene- 
“ ficial results might be expected from its use in croup and:whoop- 
“ing cough; and on some trials our expectations have been re- 
“ alized in this respect.” Of its efficacy in croup I cannot speak 
from experience, but the following case related to me by Dr. Eberle, 
-whom I have already mentioned, sufficiently justifies the belief, that 
in this alarming complaint it may be resorted to with probable suc- 
cess, if not with confidence. All who have had occasion to use the 
- common antimonial and other emetics in croup, have seen cause to 
lament their occasional want of activity; and the plant in question 
really seems well entitled to the notice of physicians, as an emetic, p 
——-— and expectorant, in that complaint. J 
_ & Feb. 16, 4818.—About two months ago I was called to see a 
child aged eight years, of the Rev. Mr. Endress in Lancaster, affected 
in a most violent degree with croup. I immediately bled the patient 
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