j4 remarkable Cure of Pulmonary Difeafe. ^^ 



the bounds I propofed to myfelf, muft referve them for a 

 future number, if you {hould think fubje£ls of this nature 

 worth infertion*. 



XVI. Sixth Communication from Dr. THORNTON, Phyfi- 

 cian to the General Difpenfary, &c. &c. relative to Pneu- 

 7natic Medicine. 



A REMARKABLE CASE OF PULMONARV DISEASE 

 CURED BY THE INHALATION OF HYDRO-AZOTE. 



M, 



-R. GREGORY, M. P. of Bemer's-ftreet, who had been 

 long refident in India, laboured for feveral months under 

 all the fymptoms of phthifis pulmonalis. He expeftorated a 

 quantity of thick, opaque, and yellowifh matter which funk 

 in water, had difturbed nights, was greatly wafted, and his 

 breathing was {hort and interrupted. He took by my order 

 (which was executed by Mr. Leaton, a very ingenious apo- 

 thecary and able chemift, who lives in Bridge-ftreet, Weft- 

 minfter) fram four to fix quarts hydro-azote daily, mixed 

 with twelve of atmofpheric air, and at the fame time had a 

 mixture of myrrh and bark, with opiates occafionally ; and 

 under this treatment the cough was foon diminiflied, and in 

 fix weeks the patient was rcftored to health, and has conti- 

 nued free from every complaint thefe eight months ; even 

 a cold now pafies off without exciting any fymptoms of 

 alarm. Dr. Hooper, of the Mary-le-bone Infirmary, and 

 feveral others of the Faculty, who have fcen this cafe, think 

 that it may be produced as a very ftrong argument in favour 

 of the pneumatic practice. 



• Subjefts handled in the familiar and popular manner which Mr. 

 Varlcy fo fuccefsfuUy follows, cannot fail to be ufcful, not only to the 

 calual examiner, but to men of fcience; and wc (hall be happy to receive 

 Itis communications m often as his other avocutions will allow. Edit. 



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