286 Or VEGETABLE ACID anp 
ter by ftool, But the action of thefe, however mild, ofterm 
increafed the proftration of ftrength, and rendered the 
ftools fooner bloody. Nor was opium of any real ufe. 
A tea made of Simarouba and given to fome, had a very 
falutary effet, whilft, if given to others, it would by no 
means lye on their ftomachs. 
From a confideration of the antiteptic quality of both the 
fal: marin: and of the vegetable acid, I was induced to make 
trial of their effects united in the manner above mention- 
ed. It aéted like a charm, and I find that from the ufe 
of it, the frequency of ftools, gripes and tenefmus, have 
foon worn off; the ftools gradually become of a natural 
confiftence and quantity; the fpirits, ftrength and appetite 
returned, and the patient has been reftored to perfect health: 
in a very few days. 
When the dyfentery was of long ftanding, ftarch cly-- 
fters, with a {mall portion of opium, abated the tenefmus.. 
This medicine was equally ferviceable in diarrhoeas. 
DihiA Debs 
As I had fucceeded fo well in the cure of dyfenteries;. 
I was determined to try its effedts in the diabetes: fe- 
veral opportunities foon offered; but as thefe cafes were: 
accompanied with other complaints, efpecially with fevers: 
of the remitting kind, it will be proper firft to fpeak of 
THe REMITTENT FEVER. 
This by far the moft common fever within the tropics, 
is the leaft underftood, and confequently for the moft part 
badly treated. Strangers, who walk much, or work hard 
im the heat of the fun, are more fubject to it than feafon- 
ed Europeans or natives of the country. 
Dr. Cleghorn’s defcription of this fever is accurate and 
juft. His method of cure, fimple and eafy. Every phy- 
fician 
