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Cure fm- the Sling of a Wasp. 



[Sept. 1, 



tills country ! Nothin£», therefore, fcems 

 now to be wantiiic, but for the friends of 

 humanity to feize the (Jixfent golden op- 

 portunity, and to bring the JJili once 

 more before parlinnient. An adminiftra- 

 tiiiii which has fo nobly exterminated the 

 flave-tiade, inult be fiieiidly to the in- 

 terells of Immanity in general. In all 

 fucli difcufiions Fox will be Fox ft ill, 

 verily and indeed, as certainly as " the 

 Chancellor will be Krlkine ftill." It 

 would alfo add ftrength to the caufe, if the 

 Juftices (rcfidcnt in thofe parts of the 

 country in which the diabolic il cruelties 

 intended to be fnppreffcd by the propof- 

 ed Bill are peculiarly common) ^^ould 

 confult together, and by fome formal re- 

 folutions exprefb their fcnfe ofthefe evils, 

 and their fervent defire to have them 

 fpeedil}', as well as totally, aboliflied. 

 'J'lie reverend clercy, too, might be re- 

 colle(^ted on this occalion, did we not 

 know that they were already overdone 

 with ghodly labours and travail in tic- 

 fence of their creeds and tells, or had 

 tve any precedents that thefe holy men 

 had ever come forward as a body in the 

 caufe of moral reformat i(ni, till the laity 

 Lad fet them the CNainjile. 



Yours, 

 Slawford, Julij \1. IIumanus. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIK, 



AS I obfcrve you aim at the imjirove- 

 ment and griod of fociety in your 

 iifeful iiiifcellany, and a.s the I'cafon is jud 

 apjiroarhing when waf|)s ar(! prevalent 

 and their Itings likely to be injurious, I 

 fend you the following remarkable cafe 

 of the (ting of a wafp and cure thereof, 

 that it may be made generally known, in 

 a hope that when fuch an accident again 

 Occurs, by the uie of the fame means 

 tlie fame fuccef>ful and happy confequence 

 may take place : and lliould it be iiilhu- 

 nicntal in fa\iiigone life, both you and I 

 lludl have reafou to rejoice in promulgat- 

 ing it anew to the world. 



It v\as orij;inally piiblilhcd by the late 

 Dr. Cook, a reflect able phyfician of 

 l.eigh, in F.H'ex, about 40 years ago, in 

 one of the magazines, through which me- 

 dium he often, from humane and bene- 

 volent motives, gave medical advice and 

 infoimation to the world. Tlie undcr- 

 WTJtien is accurately copied from a iiia- 

 nufcript long in my j^ofielfion, und of the 



authenticity of which you may be ai« 

 fured, I am. Sir, 



Your moib Ijumblc fervant, 

 Waruick, July 14. S. Edkxss. 



A young man, by drinking a mug of 

 beef brought him much frothed upon the 

 top, which tliereby concealed a wafp, 

 f'.vallowed the infect : it flung hhn in the 

 gullet, yet he continued working fome 

 few minutes after, till fuch a fudden and 

 violent firangulation fcized him, as con- 

 ftrained him to hurry to my houfe for 

 allilhince. 



He was fpecchlcfs and black in the 

 face, kicking and tlinging his limbs about 

 for breath, with the utmoll agony and 

 conilcrnation, expecting nothing elle but 

 fudden death every moment. 



I bid him point to the place ftung : he 

 directed his linger to his throat althe up- 

 jier end of his breafi bone, on the right 

 fide. It being a lingular cafe, fuch as I 

 had ne^ er met vs ith before ; and having 

 no time to lofe, I concluded that all ma- 

 nual operations, as with thofe who are 

 choaked with other kinds of extraneous 

 bodies, would crcilc inftead of mitigate 

 the fpafinodic Itrangulation ; when the 

 following method fuddenly came into my 

 miiul. 



I took fome honey and fweet oil, with 

 a littlt; vinegar, and with a fpoon beat 

 them all well up together in a lialf pint 

 bafon. This mixture I fet down on the 

 tubl(! by him, bidding him fwallow a 

 fpoonfiil of it every minute, while a 

 neighbour who attended him, and I, fat 

 in the fame room to obferv e the confiv 

 qucnce. The lirll three fpoonfuls we 

 perceived by his wry faces palled down 

 with great dirticuity and pain, after which 

 he foon fwallowed very eafily and freely, 

 and Ijjoke out all at once as loudly and 

 boldly as ever. 



Then I bid him carry the bafon and 

 mixture with him to his lodgings, and 

 continue taking a fpoonful of it ofteu 

 (though feldomer than before), and lie 

 down on his bed and compofe himfelf, 

 talking to no one, nor futfering any one 

 to talk with him. He did fo ; and next 

 inorning went well to work, and never 

 had the lead return of the complaint. 

 Liigh, E(jcx. JoH^ Cook, m. d. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Mugazine, 

 sin, 



yOl. R Correfpondcnt Mr, LotFt \m 

 favoured the public with fojue ufcr ' 

 ful 



