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now been used for some bay with favorable results so far. 
dt ahaa: ‘been used fer. « ma with com pee success in a 
pret ows rinse again ap Ina case of 
constant cough, and laborious breathing when there was not a 
cough, and which had not been affected by any medicine tried 
os weeks, it effected a cure in two days, attended with reno- 
d-health... he patient had been sick for three months 
os fever. In one hectic. ~ fast becoming past cure, 
the acid had. one npgood of d also i 1 two others, one 
of which a with bles 
‘death. It remains to be seen how permanent 
will be. ope acid has usual strength. for 
here more than two drops been given in twenty-f our 
ll. From Dr. J. W. Wesster. 
Phy Aue Webster informs the Editor, that he has prescribed 
the Prussic acid in many cases, in the Boston Alms-House. 
ecial in spasm a chee coup, wh 
1e greatest benefit. ‘As an external application to rritable 
ulcers, ‘cha also proved exceedingly ies . 
~ May 13, 1820. 
pied visa aes Pre 1.8. Coisszoce, Hartford. 
cet Acid, as areme- 
