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XII. Tueni II -fourth Communication from Dr. TnoRNTONV 

 relative to Pneumatic Medicine. 



To Mr. Tillock. 



Hinde-street, Manchcster-squarff, 

 j;ij> October 21, 1805. 



In Dr. Rowley's late extraordinary publication against the 

 diseovery of the virtuous and illustrious Dr. Jenner, he puts 

 down as one of the madnesses of mankind, their belief of 

 any good as having arisen from pneumatic agency. " Cow- 

 pox mad," and " c/r inad" is an easy mode of aspersing, 

 among the vulgar part of the community, those who wish 

 to become, and are zealous to be, benefactors of mankind : 

 and I appeal for the vindication of my name to the philo- 

 sophic world, before whose tribunal I am feelingly alive ; 

 not caring, indeed, as many do, after pecuniary gains, 

 which such attacks are intended to deprive me of. If I 

 and my believers are indeed mad, I trust it is the madness of 

 St. Paul, a learned conviction of the truth : I shall there- 

 fore proceed on with more cases confirming the practice. 



Letter from Mr. Wilson, Sadler, to Dr. Thornton. 

 Case of Herpes cured hy Carbonic Acid Air. 



Oxford-street, 

 SIR, October 20, 1805. 



Havino; experienced the most striking good effects, I 

 might sav wonderful, from the pneumatic practice, I am 

 delitihted to make the same as publicly known as possible. 

 For twentv-ijve years I was miserably afflicted with herpes 

 from the crown of mv head to the sole of my foot, and had 

 employed Dr. Carmichael Smith, and other gentlemen of 

 the faculty; but mv terrible affliction baffled all their skill. 

 I therefore applied to Mr. Varley, and he recommended the 

 trial of the carbonic acid air, confined by means of oil-skin, 

 over the parts affected, an hour each day ; and such were 

 the astonishing salutary effects of the air, that in the course 

 of two months this universal disease was removed. It 

 is now above seven years ago, and I have never felt any 

 return since, but enjoy a most comfortable state of health. 

 I have the honour to be, sir, 



Your faithful obedient servant, 



Matthew Wilson. 



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