1821.1 Agricullur 



niedicinals, are oblisetl to I)c had recourse 

 to separately or coiijiuictively, according 

 to varying .siiscpptil)iliiies and dcinaiid'i. 



In the managcmTOii of clironic rliciiiHa- 

 lisin loo, tliose pians that are conspicu- 

 ously serviceable at one time fail in others. 

 Pressure or support hy baiiditsesi is iiovv- 

 «ver an impprta.it principle in. counteract- 

 ing' the niorWd procfsses upon which de- 

 pend the protraclion of the disorder. 

 Friction loo, and percussion, occasionally 

 prove lii;^l!!v nsoful. The hired rubliera, 

 Mnjjloycd by the late Mr. CJrosvenor, of 

 Ox-ford, have been heard of by many 

 I'cadeva of thoseEssays'; aiui the paiients to 

 wlrom these processes were tlius systeina- 

 lically applied were often, to say the,ieast, 

 in pa!t rlienniatic. The newly-ievived 

 j)ra('iicc, of puncinring with very small 

 jieedlcs, sometimes gives an excilcnient to 

 rt.ie parts of a benelicial kind; but what 

 lias fallen to ihe writer to see most exten- 

 sively operative is tjalvanism, a judicious 

 employment of which will, in the {general 

 way, prove nnich more available than 

 mere electricity. 



• As to the drug part of anii-rhenmatic 

 treatment, the indications plainly are to 

 excite gently tind generally the secrelinns, 

 iiiipait tone to the nniscles, and stimidafe 



• he nervous and aI>sor1)enHaeulties. Bark, 

 jriiaiacum, camphur, foxglove, opium, and 

 llie varions vegetable nanoic^, vviih occa- 

 sionally small (loses of mercury and anti- 



/// lieporl. 



455 



monV) together with the warm or siitnn- 

 lant dinselics, i^neh as tinpenthie and 

 juniper, are all at the command of the ine- 

 scriber who ki;o\vs how to compomid or 

 separate, to add or withhold, aecordiagta 

 Circumstances. 



With respect to the specific influence 

 of ccitain places and bath>', the writer is 

 somewhat sceptical, beyond the alteration 

 in temperature wiiirli they in-uie. lint 

 warm ba+hing is often highly beneficial, 

 and the water employed cannot be the 

 worse foT impregnation with niateiiafs, the 

 f'tlieacy of which may or may not be at- 

 tribntable to tlie «nlling imagination of 

 the almost worn ont patirnt.* 



In all cases, it is of moment, both in 

 prevention and cure, to attend to clothing 

 and diet. .S^ome will tell you (but ihey 

 will tell yon unUilly,) that rheumatism is a 

 iiK re sympathetic iiuliration of stomach 

 disorder. A warm surface, howc^'er, anil 

 a well-regulated digestion, may stand for- 

 ward as fair claimants to anti-rhenmatic 

 virtues. D. UwiNS, w.u. 



licdfordrnw ; May 'iO, 18s;4. 



* Warm fomentations to rhenniati-c pa-rts 

 may lie used with gn at advantage. Tlie 

 writer lias at this Tiioment a patient, with 

 the lumbago of old age, whose remedial 

 dependencies are limited to frequent fo- 

 mentations, and five-drop doses of the 

 '' black drop." 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



J ITTLE of novelty nuist be expected 

 ^ in the preseixt Report. The late 

 floods, scarcely to have been expected at 

 this season, have done very-considwable 

 daniage in all exposed places; and the 

 promise of the first few days of the prescr.t 

 month has not been realized, for variable 

 weather and chilling blasts fVoin the 

 north-east and norili-we«t have succeeded, 

 JMJuiiiiu to a considerable degiee all vege- 

 tation. Nevertlu'less, there yet remains a 

 jnomise for amjile -crojis of every descrip- 

 tion throiiglioiit the land. The hloom upon 

 the fiiiit-trees, at the coimnenceinent of 

 the month, was ample and luxuriant; but 

 it must since have received many shocks 

 irom the rignnis of old May, which pro- 

 ■verbially "maketli the cow to cpiake." 

 -We have a heavy stake, in atmospheric 

 tavonr or disfavour, between the (iresent 

 and 8iic«pding Report. Tlie^ blooming 

 'season of the wlicat is trnly a critical one. 

 Pj>tato-ptanting is, or ought to be, finished; 

 and liirnip-sowing will succeed, in North 

 liriiain, their field-operations are remark- 

 ably forward, as they usually and most 

 comimndably are. I'he rage for farming 

 revivejt in Srotland. ()x-!alioitr still holds 

 \U eronnd. probably increases, in the west; 

 and the c.ibbage-eiillure, the ence favorite 

 MoMilLVMAG. No, 396. 



theme of Arthur Young, has, during seve- 

 ral seasions, been reviving, after a long 

 trance, in the midland and some of the 

 eastern districts, Ueiim brads are the 

 present favourites. Live stock, both fat 

 and lean, by consequtnce, the meat mar- 

 kets, are universally high, and an advance 

 even expected. Horses still hold their 

 price; and at no former period, not even 

 in the prosperous and sporting davs of 

 Orleans (EiiulM'), was the demand in 

 France for linglish horses so great or so 

 constant. Wool in brisk demand. Price 

 of bark not yet ascertained. A^toagii- 

 cultural polemics, a great fuss has been 

 laised about freeing the imprisoned or 

 bonded wheat. The mantle of the late 

 ]\Ir. VVcbbe Hall has descended on a cer- 

 tain minority, who can conceive no idea 

 of national prosperity independent of 

 parclmient restrictions. The jrreseiit minis- 

 ters, however, so far I'ortiinately, are sound 

 and liberal political econoiiiisis,if not poli- 

 ticians : and, provided certain saered po- 

 litical grounds are left nnt<uiehert, they are 

 willing to give us our full saving on the 

 siipcrficits. Tills safe conduct will assure 

 to them a crop of linzzas, equal to that of 

 liosannas, from the great majority, to 

 whom ivikctioii is ever too fatiguing. 



3N SiniihfiJJ. 



