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in all thofe difeafes wherein they have thought it prudent to 

 employ it. Do not the peculiarities of flrudlure above noticed 

 afford fome explanation of this fadl ? The power of calomel in 

 corre(5ling green flools, and the uneafinefs accompanying them, 

 is a fadl which I hope will be admitted by all praditioners 

 who give it a fair trial. 



Since the above remarks were written I have met with two 

 or three cafes of violent bilious vomitings and cholics in in- 

 fants, which were effedtually relieved by much greater quan- 

 tities of calomel than what I have flated above. To what 

 extent it may be pulhed in very bad cafes my experience does 

 not yet enable me to determine. 



Of objl'mate Cojiivenefs. 



Every one, acquainted with the conftitution of infants, 

 knows tiiat it is natural to them to have three or four flools 

 every twenty- four hours ; and that without fuch difcharges 

 they feldom enjoy perfedl health. A few inftances occur in 

 pradlice where the inteflines of infants never difcharge their 

 contents unlefs irritated by fome kind of phyfic. I have met 

 with a good many fuch cafes, and after trying all the ordinary 

 laxative medicines I could not fay that any of them was enti- 

 tled to a preference. The efFedls of all were temporary only. 

 An ingenious friend and correfpondent in London firfl fug- 

 gefted to me a trial of calomel in fuch obftinate cafes. On 

 his authority I have repeatedly had recourfe to it, and feldom 



without 



