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2, A boy of twelve years old, after the 

 meafles had gone off, complained of a 

 cough, hoarfenefs, pain about the larynx, 

 and a diarrhoea,wlth afull and quick pulle. 

 On ^hc 9th of March, he was blooded, 

 had a blifler applied to his throat, after- 

 wards took a dofe of rhubarb, and drank 

 an infufion of lintfeed. On the i ith,the 

 cough and hoarfenefs continued, with 

 feme difficulty in fwallowing ; four oun- 

 ces of blood were taken away. Neither 

 this nor the firft was fizy. On the i8th, 

 all his complaints being removed, except 

 the hoarfenefs, which was not in the leaft 

 abated, I ordered him two ounces, thrice 

 a day, of the above mentioned decoc-r 

 tion of the bark with Vinegar, by which 

 the hoarfenefs was almoft quite cured ia 

 three days. il 



3. Another boy of eleven, who, foor^ 

 after the mealies had difappeared, be- 

 came fo hoarfe, that he could fcarcely be 

 heard, was perfedlly cured by the fame 

 remedy in two or three days. 



As this patient had no degree of fever, 

 ^pugh, nor other complaint befides the 



hoarfe- 



