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yield more readil to the medicines commonly en a“? 
these complaints. Perspiration at once becomes more free, 
and. the breathing less obstructed. These facts have been 
known to me for a considerable number of years; but such 
have been the general prejudice against the efficacy of elec- 
tricity, on the one hand, and the inflated encomiums on its 
virtues made by empiri ics on the other, that I have seldom 
ever suggested them even to Pi, friends. I however BLOG 
my duty now to do so; and hope that the suggestion may 
oonnbna to the rchet of some, at least, who. Da heat 
ter be afflicted with ‘these complaints. In cases of influ- 
enza. this relief i is often of great importance; and it is to 
these cases, ina special manner, that the remedy seems to 
be adapted.—I_ have _neyer yet known, and I have often 
made the experiment, that electricity has proved beneficial 
in nervous diseases; unless spasms, of certain kinds, are 
considered as properly. belonging to that class. | ne 
dom sci affections, have seen metal infe'o : 
ioe ele What effect this flu , have on pain 
ica arising | from other. es tha D the taking” ef 
electric shocks in any case whee sit "4 yes no means 
ietgod to vagal pe : ocks men be be useful § in certain di: seases 
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