2,66 ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS 



Art. XIV. 



Of the ufe of the Bark in Dvfentenes, and a 

 Hoarfenefs after the Meafles, bv the late 

 Robert Wiiytt^M D. F.R S and 

 Felloiv of the Royal Co Lege of Fhyftcians 

 in Edinburgh*, 



nPHE virtues of the bark in curing in- 

 termittmg fevers have been known 

 ever fince it was firft introduced into me- 

 dicine. Afterwards, it was likewife gi- 

 ven with fuccefs in fevers of the remit- 

 ting kind f . Its ufe as a bitter and 

 flrengthener in nervous, hypochondriac, 

 and hyfteric complaints, is of a much 

 later date. About the year 1 731, its 

 power to flop mortifications was firft 



made 



• Read January 1761. 

 f Morton! opera. 



