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of the parish; for he has left unnoticed 
seyeral interesting spots: amongst 
others, the forum of Orator Henley, in 
Portsmouth-street, and the Black 
Jack, close by,—once the resort of all 
the wits and good fellows about town 
connected with the press. ‘The ad- 
joining inn, too, he has treated with 
utter neglect, though there are Several 
curious anecdotes connected with it. 
Like Shallow, I was of Clement’s 
once myself, and therefore feel a pe- 
culiar attachment ‘to the neighbour- 
hood. Tue Druip in Lonpon.” 
September 3. ’ 
—<r— F , 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
IF’ those diseascs which do not 
endanger life. nor destroy any 
part of the-animal organization, few 
are of more importance than that 
which is well known by the popular 
appellation of stng-worm of the scalp, 
the Porrigo scutulata of medical 
writers. ‘his disease, which is pécu- 
liar to children, has long been a 
source of terror in schools; having 
materially injured many respectable 
seminaries. In familics it has been a 
tedious and very expensive visitor ; 
remaining, in many instances, for 
years, resisting protracted and painful 
modes of treatment, and excluding 
the little sufferers from desirable 
places of instruction. 
Dr. Bateman declares it'to be avery 
unmanageable disease, aud many mem- 
bers of the medical profession coin- 
cide with the doctor in that opinion. 
Viewed in this light, it is most ecr- 
tainly an affection of importance, and 
an eflicacious remedy is worthy the 
attention of the public. Fifteen years 
of successful practice in this disease, 
the writer considers to be a sufficient 
authority for the assertions he may 
make respecting its cure. 
A-malady so well known does not 
require a_ tedious definition in this 
place; it may, however, be proper to 
state, that in its progress Uworstates or 
Stages are distinguishable: the first 
may be called the irritable, the second 
the indolent, stage; to this latter the 
plan about to be proposed is particu- 
.larly applicable. In those cases which 
have resisted the ordinary means, 
which are of long standing and obsti- 
nate, the following treatment has been 
* We shall be glad to hear farther from 
this correspondent.---Epit, 
Mr. Houlton on the Cure of Ringworm. 
[Oct. ly 
very efficacious :—The head should be 
frequently shaved, and kept covered 
with an oiled-silk, cap, or instead of 
which a thin bladder has sometimes 
been used. An ointment shotld be 
formed, by mixing together sperma- 
ceti cerate. and finely pulverized 
supertartrate of potass, in such pro- 
portions as to make it of a very firm 
consistence; of which a picce the size 
of a nutmeg, or larger, according to 
the extent of the surface affected, 
should be well rubbed on the part with 
the palyn of the hand, every night, for 
three. or four minutes; the head 
should be well washed with soap and 
water every third night, previously to 
the application of the ointment. 
Internal medicines are seldom re- 
quisite in this advanced stage, except 
where the character of the affection is 
irregular, or there is a peculiarity in 
the constitution of the patient; in 
which cases some modifieation of treat- 
ment will necessarily be required: 
these variations will readily be made 
by any respectable practitioner. 
The aboye plan, if diligently pur- 
sued for from three to six weeks, wi:l 
rarely disappoint the expectations of 
those who try it, even in the most jn- 
veterate cases. JosePpH HouLron. 
Grove-place, Alpha road ; 
Aug. 15, 1823. 
—— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
| HAVE just read the letter from 
J. M. of Market Harborough, and 
beg leave to inform him, through you, 
that I have seen Mr. Nichol repeat- 
edly perform the freezing experiment, 
—which, indeed, he has done with my 
own apparatus,—and it was seldom 
more than fifteen minutes in comple- 
tion: he never failed in my presence, 
but he was always a most neat and 
successful experimenter. My glass 
dish, to contain the sulphuric acid, is 
nine inches diameter, and an inch and 
a half deep. ‘The vessel to contain 
the water was given to me by Mr. 
Nichol, and js a flat saucer, three 
inches in diameter and one deep, of 
porous earthenware, having no glaze 
about it, which he considered very im- 
portant. The stand for the saucer is 
three inches high, of course supported 
by glass, legs, and placed about the 
centre of the acid: simple water and 
the acid alone were used; the stronger 
the acid, of course the better. 
I ean have no doubt of your corres- 
+ pondent’s 
