36 On the Use of Cod-fish. 



The medicine is said to produce no very sensible 

 effect : or, rather, it is found to do good when no 

 very sensible effect has been produced. Sometimes, 

 it pukes ; but this operation is not necessary to en- 

 sure the good effects of the medicine. On the con- 

 trary, it is thought to be less effectual in relieving the 

 symptoms of the disease, when it has puked. 



This mode of treating croup (the spasmodic form 

 of the disease) is, so far as the Editor knows, entirely 

 limited to Virginia, and especially to the county of 

 Culpeper. The Editor will gladly receive any fur- 

 ther information on the subject. In the meanwhile, 

 he thinks it proper to observe, that he records the 

 preceding information, as he will often be found to 

 record real or supposed medical facts, with hesitation, 

 and with doubts. . 



The Editor. 



XI. On the use of Cod-fish, in the disease of Broncho - 

 ccle, or Goitre. In a letter to the Editor, from 

 Mr. James Geddes. 



I MENTIONED, I think, that the people of 

 Manlius* make use of Cod-fish, as a remedy for this 

 complaint. These people become more and more 

 confident of the eilicacy of this remedy. But, notwith- 



* One of the military townships in the State of New-York. 



Eon <'R. 



