420 Miscelhmeoiis Intelligence. 



breast with a sense of stricture, which is rehevecl by its disuse 

 for a few days, or by some discharge of blood from the lungs ; 

 or it aft'ects the brain in a slight degree, soon removed, how- 

 ever, by a disuse of the medicine. 



Dr Davis has kept a regular account of some of the most re- 

 markable cases, which I suppose maybe published at some future 

 period. The auxiliary treatment is much the same as with the 

 use of other medicines, — to keep the stomach and bowels clear, 

 (although the acid in some degree performs the functions of a 

 cathartic,) to avoid alterations of temperature and exposures, 

 &j-c. If the preceding information can be useful to you, I shall 

 be gratified m having imparted it, and will endeavour to forward 

 to you, by some person travelling in the stage, an ounce vial 

 of the acid. 



Should you wish to make any further inquiries upon this sub- 

 ject, you will please to address your letters to Dr. Davis, as \ 

 expect to leave this place on the 28th inst. for the Missouri 

 territory, and to be absent until October next — I am, &c., 



Edward D. Smith. 



2. Medical Prize Questions. — The following is proposed by 

 the Society of Sciences at Haarlem. The essays should be sent 

 to the Secretary before the 1st January, 1821. 



" What advantages has medicine derived from the reforma- 

 tion and extension of chemistry since the time of Lavoisier, in 

 making us better acquainted with the chemical agency of the 

 medicuies usually employed for the cure of several diseases ol 

 the human body ; and what means should be taken in order to 

 acquire a solid knowledge, useful in medicine, of the hitherto 

 unknown chemical agency of several medicines." 



The Medical Society at Paris proposes the following question. 

 " To determine the nature, the causes, and the treatment of 

 the convulsions which occur during pregnancy, in the course 

 of parturition, and after delivery." 



The Memoirs written in Latin or French, bearing an 

 epigraph, repeated in a sealed billet, which shall contain the 

 name, quality, and residence of the author, should be sent, 



