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vical and morose mania from contumacious temper, 
combined with uterine disorder, I have applied 
them to the sacrum, in the hospital, with benefit 
in some cases. In palsy and gutta serena they 
are applied to the forehead over the supra-or- 
bital nerve; and in chronic cases of opthalmia 
applied and kept open behind the ears, they are 
universally acknowledged beneficial. In spasm, 
or convulsions, from irritation induced by difficult 
dentition, they are very important aids to the 
cure. They may be applied to the spine or the 
temples or behind the ears. In the latter situation 
they have the effect of re-establishing the sponta- 
neous puriform evacuation on the cessation of which 
spasm or convulsion have appeared. In eruptive fe- 
vers they are often beneficial and needful. In small- 
pex when respiration is impeded by the swelling 
of the fauces, they should be placed on the neck. 
They are often useful and necessary in measles: 
Dr. Armstrong’s caution noticed. Blisters re- 
peated in succession to the parts near an inflamed 
organ, are more useful than a single one kept 
running. In some hemorrhages, after venesection, 
they restrain the bleeding, as in epistaxis, applied 
to the nape of the neck and in hemoptisis to the 
chest. In epilepsy and tetanus they are common- 
ly used, and high authority is found to sustain the 
importance of using them in these affections; they 
have been applied to the neck, spine and head. 
Incontinence of urine is relieved by their operation 
onthe sacrum; and applied to the same place they — 
have been found to act in producing a return of 
suppressed catamenia and in cases of retension. 
Dr. Joseph Klapp particularly recommends them 
here. They have removed obstinate cutaneous 
affections. Dr. Physick proposed them to check 
the advance of inflammation along a vein, in- 
