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I inquired at the Infirmary, if any- 

 young women came to be eledlrified 

 for that complaint ; I was told, that fe- 

 vera] did, and, that in lome the effeclwas 

 fo fudden, that they altered before they 

 left the houfe. 



I am, &c. 



Remarks on the foregoing Letter, by the late 

 Dr D. Clark. 



THE cafe which Dr Auftin has related 

 to this fociety, of an obftinate obftrucflion 

 of the menfes being removed by eledlrici- 

 ty, is a very good one, and is much in fa- 

 vour of that remedy. I have often ufed 

 eledlricity in the Infirmary with the fame 

 view, and generally fticceeded, even 

 when other good remedies failed. How- 

 ever, I do not know if it would have an- 

 fwered in thefe cafes, if the other methods 

 of cure had not been premifed by way of 

 preparation. In fome cafes of obftruded 

 menfes^ I have known the eledricity fail 

 nie, even when I thought the patient pro- 

 perly 



