352 On the Cure of Scrofula. 



in the neck, which being deemed scrofulous, she went to the sea- 

 side, and bathed in the sea. Mrs. Clenientson, a lady residing 

 in Oxford-street, near the Pantheon, who Iiad been two years 

 under Dr. Br6e for a liver complaint, and when given over by 

 all her friends and relations, was restored to perfect health by 

 the inhalation of vital air; Iieing at the sea-side for pleasure, 

 seeing this young lady, she desired her to persist in continuing 

 at the sea, as ujedically advised ; yet fearing she would return 

 home no better, advised her afterwards to consult me. The 

 father was incredulous; but he consented to her trying the vital 

 air, aided by other remedies ; and he soon became a convert, for 

 the benefit was immediate, and the cure was soon accomplished, 

 and she has remained perfectly well above a twelvemonth. 



Third Case. — Miss Ridley, set. 12, daughter of a shoemaker 

 in St. Paul's Church-yard, had a similar tumour of the neck, 

 which was so large as to affect her speech. The father, knowing 

 of these cases, ajiplied to me for advice for his daughter, when 

 I recommended to her the vital air ; and at the same time 

 .strengthening up the system, she was likewise soon restored to 

 perfect health, and has continued well now above a year. 



Foiirlk Case. — Miss Mary Dixon, daughter of a copper-plate 

 printer, Tottenham-street, iet, 18, had a similar enlargement of 

 the glands, and she underwent the same process : the tumour was 

 dissolved, the vital air took off the pallidness of her complexion, 

 and she enjoys now most excellent health. 



Ohstrvations. — 1. I could add considerably to this list of cures, 

 accomplished bv the aid of the vital air, did I not think it unne- 

 cessarv; for the number here given shows, that the same result 

 might be expected in similar cases. 



2. The usual apj)lications of stimulants to the neck, and in- 

 ternal strengthening remedies, as the burnt sponge and bark, were 

 had recourse to, which before were ineffectual without the vital 

 air. 



3. The quantity of vital air inhaled was from four to six quarts, 

 diluted with three times that quantity of common air. 



4. By measurement the diminution was progressive, and in one 

 case decreased five inches. 



5. All the glands of the neck seemed to participate in the same 

 disease. 



6. It may be asked. Is scrofula hereditary ? My answer is, 

 that I have known children to be scrofulous where no taint what- 

 ever could be traced to the parents, and one child to be found 

 Hcrofidous, when all the others had no such disposition. These 

 are finely strung, as the blood-horse, and therefore more subject 

 to disease ; but this is a peculiar temperam.ent ; the disposition, 

 therefore, may be hereditary, but not the disease. 



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