r el alive to Pneumatic ^Ldtcine. 83 



and after Inhaling the vital air but a few days, fo mnch be- 

 nellt was derived, that the patient was enabled to lie com- 

 pofed in bed during the whole of the night ; and after a fort- 

 night, fo great was the energy produced, that the gout made 

 its appearance in the great toe of the left leg. The ailhma 

 from this period quitted Mr. Erneft, and the inflammation 

 continued for the fpace of ten days in th(; toe and parts ad- 

 jacent; and the fubfeijuent fwelling gradually fubfiding, the 

 patient was reftored to perfeft health. He then went to 

 Lord Egremont's, previous to which I received the following 

 fatisfaCtory letter : — 



XiCtter to Dr. hbane. 



Novemher 9, i-gq. 

 DEAR SIR, Warwkk-lUeet, Gjlden-fqtiarf, No. 7. 



I am juft going into Suflex to breathe there fome of the 

 pure atmofpherical airj but I cannot leave this metropolis 

 ■without reiterating to vou and Dr. Thornton, with the ten- 

 dereft feelings of gratitude, the warmeft acknowledgments for 

 the great benefit vou have conferred on me bv adminiftering 

 to me the vital air : irjdecd, when I compare the fituation in 

 which I was at the end of September, when I, as a dying 

 man, came under both your care, to what, thank God, you 

 have brought me now, it fcems to me quite miraculous, and 

 I fliall alwavs look with aftonifliment at the wonderful dif- 

 covery which has been made fo lately of the oxvgcn air. 

 I am, with (incere regard. 



Ever faithfully yours, 



AUGUSTUS ERNEST. 



Ohfcrvation. — When he returned to London, his friends. 

 Lord Romncv, Count Bruhl, &c. congratulated him on ills 

 recovery; but his afthma foon after made him a fecond vifit, 

 and the vital air was again refumed, wlien in a few days it 

 brought on another attack of the gout in both icet, which 

 went off kindly, leaving the patient in excellent health and 

 cxtraordlnarv fpi rits. 



It may be proper to mention, the average dofe of vital air 

 daily given was fix quarts, mixed with twelve of atmofpherit: 

 air, and this was conjoined with the medicines niolt com- 

 monly exhibited upon fuch cafes. 



Mi INTEL- 



