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Xl.^Tuenty-ninth Communication from Dr. Thorkton, 



relative to Pneumatic Medicine, 



To Mr. Tilloch. 



No. 1, Hindc-strect, Manchester- 

 SIR, "square, May 20, 1806. 



J. he following is a case worthy of record : 



fits and Blindness, arising from Water in the Brain, cured 

 by the Inhalation of Vital Air. 

 Charlotte Durand, residing at No. 101, Jermyn-street, 

 her father a shoe-maker, for five months had been afflicted 

 with fits, frequently from eight to ten in a day. The dura- 

 tion of these convulsions was from ten minutes to a quarter 

 of an hour. At length she became perfectly blind ; and she 

 had been in this state three weeks when she first came under 

 my care. The plan of treatment was as follows : 

 Thursday, November 24, 1795. 



R Rhei pulv gr. 10 



Kali vitriolat scr. 1 



Syr. simp dr. 2 



Aq. cinnam. 



Aq. memh. pip. act . . dr. 10 

 F. Haustus catharticus. 



Direction. 

 Take a third of this draught going to bed, and the re- 

 mainder the next morning early. 



Saturday, November 26. 

 R Extr. cinchon. 



Fer. vitriolat. da . . . . dr. 4 



F. Pil 20 



Directions. 



1. Let her take one pill at night; and a third of the 

 opening draught before ordered; and the remainder early 

 the next day with another pill. 



2. On Sunday night she is to take two pills at bed-time. 



3. One pill fisting and two at eleven on Monday. 



4. To inhale the vital air, one quart, diluted with twenty 

 of atmospheric air. 



E 3 Monday, 



