1816.J Report of- Dise^ases. 453 



roulades, shakes, turns, beats, ■ Sic. will efl'cctjaail tiiongli, Hecci«aiijy, nociaiiuj 



be found of geueral ime; and we are to invention aiise from the task of rtr* 



justified ill recoinineniliug- Mr. Sander- rangcmctit, however well ptriortncdj 



sou's work to t;ie notice of juvenile inneh ini;ennily is here disjiliived, aiul 



practitiomrs. an <;iV;et viTifins^ on orinjnality pr6- 



PleycVs {{rami and fari>rit>'OveiluTc,(No.C,J dnccd. If the iWfe oC litis ovei hire is' 



arranged us a Diutt for t\vi> pcr/ormLis judicious ill its conrt>nnatiaii, the selcn- 



011 one Pimo-forle. Deilkaird to Misses, lion and disj»osifioii in tiie jtroseut pub- 



M.and E Bentincl:; '.njT.CosMlow. 4s. lit-ation is artful and scientific ; and, if 



Mr. Costellov bus formed, from tliis elegance peivades tlie original pas.sao"cs 



evceilent coniposifion oi' I'le^cl, an ad- both in tlieir separate conception and 



iTiiralile and useful exercise for the in- tlje aflijiity of tlieir series, it is iirescrvcd 



slruinent for wiiieli his adaptation is in .Mr. C.'s coj)y, whutiicr we regard tli» 



intended. The several purls arc in- faithfulniss of tlie transcript, or tli« 



termingled, diversified, and combined taste wifli which tlieir aceompanjiijg 



»ith successful attention to the j-eneral harmony is vaiiegateil aud embodied. 



MONTHLY REPORT OF DISEASES in N. W. LONDON; 

 Fvum October 24, to j\'uve7}iber 24, 1816. 



IN tiie hurry of drawing up my last Report, I omitled to redeem, the pledge I lia^ 

 given in the piecediuj< one, to fiirnisli tlif particulars of the case of .Sciatica, cured 

 by tiie Rauuuctihis Flamniula. I was hist consulted iiy this patient upwards of s^ 

 twelve-mouth since; he laboured under riieiimatism of t'le face, with pain in the hip 

 extending down the liiigiis to the outside of the foot, takiiij«- the direction of th« 

 peioiieai nerves. At that time I purged him briskly, and ordered the aifected parts to 

 he rubbed with scraped briony root, until a stinging sensation was pioiiiieed in tiieni,. 

 like that counnonly otxa-sioiicd by nettles. The affection of the lower exti'emities wa« 

 removed by this tieatiuent, but the pain in the face became increase(i, and extended 

 itself over the whole liead. I ordered, among oUier medicines, which I do not distinctly 

 recollect, a mercurial pill, niglit and morning, for a few nights. My patient, unjortii- 

 jiately for lu;uoeU', resided at some distance from uie, and, fiom tlie niconvenieuce of 

 frequeutiy repeatinj his visits, continued to u«e tliis medicine a iniich longer time than: 

 wa> Intended, nor did he discontinue it until the mouth and gums became aft'eoled in a 

 distressii'.g -manner. Having erroneously supposed tliat I epiild not see hiiu at Ids own 

 dwelling, he took the advice of auolher practitioner, who, after many sage remaj'ks oji 

 the impropriety of thj; treatment employed, gravely told hijn, he must fffst get rid 04; 

 the n)ercniy ti'om liis constitution, and then he had no doubt of being able lo cure, 

 the disea.>e. Led on by the empty promises of this illiberal and ignorantfellow, whoser 

 naaiea ftieluig ..f compassion induces me to conceal ; he rejnained undoj- his treatiuewt 

 si.v months, until he wajcxhausteil in mind, body, and purse ; he abandoned niedicme 

 as a thing from which lie had nothing to hope, and continued tinee months longer in iha 

 moit deplorable state of iufuiiiity and pain, without ihi' most distant prospect of rev 

 covcry. At this period chance led me iuto his neighbourhood, whei], not suspeciiitg 

 what iuad transpired, J had the curiosity to visit him. He was iheu sutfeiiug considerably 

 in the hip and leg, as when tirst I savv hiin, and he spoke of his pain in the h^ad as Le- 

 yonil all conception, A very little examination of his ca-:e euabled u>e to ascertain 

 tli.1t the coniiiiuaiice ofliiA symptoms was not to ba ascribed to the use of luaixury, but 

 to iiisjownirregiriai-ity duriusr its employmeut,aud that nothing but that remedy atlbrded 

 the possibility of a c!iie. IJy my advice he comnicnced a course of mercurial iiiunctiun, 

 and iu ilneewetKs lost alibis pain. In the course of ainmiih the disca.'ie retained in ii>«t 

 hip, not, however, to so great a degree ; it was accompaiii<-d with (juick and futl,pul>fis 

 1 ordeied him to be bled and cupped ; the relief afforded was only temporary, but I" 

 was siili willing to hope that the disease was within the reach of local ujcaui.; there-' 

 lore no recourse was had to the mercurial friction«, so sejvieeable before, 1 iiiri'cted' 

 a po.iU.'.ce of the leaves of the afure-meniioucd plant lo be applied to the knee, where 

 the wjiu ! of the pain had ccnlored ; and in forty-eight hours no vestige of the disease 

 temaiuiJ : but, in consetpiencc of the application having been eonliuutd too long lu. 

 eont;i£i >v>ih the part, a painiul ulceration succeeded, which requned upv*ards of a; 

 fortnight to lical, 



'i'iic Kaunncnliis is one of the most iriitating vesicatories of the vegetable kingdom, 

 and possessestliipov.cr of removing many disorders where thecouunou blister is without* 

 eificucy. Ilsaiiplicition is attended wijli-a painful burning .-en;utiiin iu the part, wIucIl 

 in lu^/hly initablc cnjiniti|tions is alurost intoieia!de, Iu a deliiuun of Ion..; <-ontmu- 

 auc<\ witii apparent insen«d>iliiy to cjcteiniil impressions, the fuilctimis of' the brain 

 •vvere, iu fcur iours, loiwtd i>)lo healthy action bt u poultice of this plaut to ih'jBUpe'<5f 



