gJ2 On Pnemnatic Medicine. 



a ship captain, ititbrmed me his voyages to America were 

 always succeeded by fits of both ; which he attributed to a 

 tree iiidulirciice in the use ot" cider, a beverage to which he 

 was then peculiarly attached : and that, at any time, he 

 could excite a paroxysm of" one or the other, or both, 

 bv drinking acidulated punch, or claret. Khcnsk our 

 greatest martvr (having all his articulations distorted by 

 gouty concretions, and who once lived in easy circum- 

 stances.) assured me that the severest and longest protracted 

 fit of the gout and gravel he ever experienced was occa- 

 sioned bv a surfeit of a poor vapid claret. And I shall 

 conclude tliis part of mv subject by observing, that the 

 clergy of the Roman catholic church arc peculiarly liable 

 to these complaints, and form no small proportion of the 

 Humber operated upon in this city ; which I would attri- 

 bute to the use of a small and sour wine during their resi- 

 dence in their seminaries abroad. 



[ i\i be conliiiued.] 



XLT. Tweniij-fiftli Communication from Dr. Thornton, 

 rtlalive to Pneumatic Medicine. 



To Mr. Tilloch. 



Hinde-street, Manchester-square, 

 DEAR SIR, November 1, 1805. 



JL HE number of cures performed by the pneumatic prac- 

 tice, after the usual routine of medical agency has failed, 

 are now become so very numerous, that I am certain the 

 record of the whole would fill a large volume, so eager have 

 been the afflicted to seek resource from the aerial remedies 

 in diseases probablv otherwise incurable. 



In the family of Mr. Wilson, sadler, the subject of the. 

 last communication, two cases have occurred which yet 

 fiu-ther evince the efficacy of the pneumatic practice. 



. A Decline aired by Vital Air. 



Klii?;abeth Barlow had been in a declining state of health 

 for four years, frequently sick, weak, and debilitated ; and a 

 jncdical gentleman, a relation, pronounced to the parents 

 the improbaliility of her long surviving. The vital air, two 

 quarts, diluted with atmospheric, was now tried with tonic 

 medicines : it was observed from the very first day that her 

 appnite and looks were improved. In six weeks she was 

 restored to health, and has since continued well. It is now 

 two years. 



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