Siirgkal Cases in the Finslury Bhpensary. 169 

 4o be used; so that it will not answer for blue-makers, nor 

 for the purpose of the laundry. 



When sufficiently dried on the bricks it is put into the 

 stove, (which is nearly the same as a sugar-baker's,) where 

 it remains some time : the duration must depend on the 

 judsment of the maker, and the degree of heat in the 

 stove. It is then taken out and set on a table or dresser, 

 when all the sides arc carefully scraped or pared with a thiii 

 J<nife; after which, it is tied up in paper the same as we see 

 it in the shops ; when it is again returned into the stove, 

 and continued with a regular heat night and day till cmn- 

 pletcly dry : it requires some days, but the length of time 

 can only be ascertained by an experienced maker. 



It may be necessary to observe, that from the first laying 

 in the meal to steep, till the last operation of taking from 

 the stove to be weighed, the manufacture is constantly un- 

 der the survev of one or more officers of excise. 



XXVI. Ecport of Surgical Cases in the Flndmry Dispen- 

 sary from the Beginning of May to the End of June 1807, 

 with the Jppearances on Dissection in a Case of Ihj- 

 drocephalus. By John Taunton, Esq. 



During the above two months, there were admitted \S1 



patierits. 



Cured or relieved - - 135 



Under cure - - - •^- 



iS7 



Miss M., mt. 5., of a delicate constitution, prcdisposeji 

 to scrophula, had a purulent discharge from the right ear 

 for three years preceding her death : it took place sub- 

 sequent to the Mej^slcs," and was generally copious, for 

 the most part very offensive, and frequently attended 

 Nviih pains in the head and car, but in oilier respects she 

 was LIVELY and healthy. , 



Two davs previous to t!ic 2Vst of October 1806, she com- 



plainc4 



