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made known *j and not long after, it 

 was juftly recommended to promote fup- 

 puxation in the lefs favourable kind of 

 the fmall pox f . Its good effedls in pu- 

 trid and malignant fevers J, and fore 

 throats, and in relolving indolent fwell- 

 ings of the fcrophulous kind ||, have been 

 but lately publiflied. Nor is it to be* 

 doubted, that future experience will {hew 

 the ufe of this valuable medicine in feve- 

 ral other difeafes. 



At prefent, I fhall confine myfelf to 

 the good effedls that I have obferved of 

 it in dyfenteries, and in that hoarfenefs 

 which is fometimes a confequence of the 

 meafles. 



As a dyfentery, efpecially one of the 

 worft kind, is accompanied with a putrid 

 difpofition of the humours, and a ma- 

 lignant fever ; as by the continuance of 



the 



* Philofoph. tranfaft. No. 426. 



f Edinb. Med. Effays, vol 4. p. i, art. to. 



% Pringle on the difeafes of the army, part. 3. chap. 

 7. and Huxham on fevers, chap. 4, and 8. 



\ London Medical Inquiries and obfervations, vol. i. 

 Mo. 18. and 26. 



