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according to the formula, for five weeks, the duration of the 
epidemic. Of the fifty-two, forty-eight remained free from the 
attack, and four were affected. In two families, where the 
children commenced taking the remedy immediately on the 
disease attacking one of the family, all the children remained 
free from contagion, although in constant communication with 
the affected person. 
In several cases (twenty-three) the author remarked symp- 
toms of the action of Belladonna, a few days after its use, such 
as disturbed nights, slight inflammation about the throat, sali- 
vation, thirst, torpor, dilated pupils, pain in the head, vomiting ; 
and one girl, six years old, was seized on the tenth day after 
the first dose with fever, pain in the throat, restlessness, and 
delirium ; on the following day the whole of the body, except 
the face, became red, and was covered with miliary vesicles. 
This continued two days, and then disappeared. 
A boy, four years of age, who had taken Belladonna for 
three weeks, became very uneasy and disturbed on the 5th of 
March ; on the 6th, this had passed off; on the 9th, the child, 
enjoying perfect health, was covered on all parts of the body, 
except the face, with a red eruption, which remained till the 
11th; on the 12th, it diminished ; and had completely dis- 
appeared on the 13th. 
A child, eighteen months old, who had taken Belladonna 
six days, was seized with difficult deglutition, slight tumour of 
the cervical glands, salivation, fever, with excessive thirst, and 
general redness of the skin. The eruption was much diminished 
on the second day ; and the child was well on the fifth. 
From the above-mentioned experiments the author concludes— 
1. That Belladonna seems to have an influence in counter- 
acting the contagiousness of scarlatina. 
2. That in some cases it diminishes the susceptibility for the 
a of the disease, though it does not altogether re- 
move it, : 
3. That when the disease does occur during the use of Bel- 
