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summer, has been about two feet higher than com- 

 mon : but I do not perceive, that this excess of water 

 causes any visible change in the appearance of the 

 Falls. Many travellers of the first respectability, from 

 the United- States, and Europe, have visited them this 

 season. 



Mr. James W. Stevens. 



XIV. Case of Tetanus, cured by Mercury. Commu- 

 nicated to the Editor, by the late John R.Young, 

 M. Z).* of Hagerstozvn, in Maryland. 



I HAVE had a case of Tetanus, which to me 

 has been extremely interesting, because concerning 

 this disease I have heard such a variety of opinions, 

 that I knew not which to credit, or what plan to pur- 

 sue. It is, therefore, interesting to me, inasmuch as 

 it confirms me completely in the treatment I shall 

 hereafter rely on. 



The case I allude to occurred, from a bruised fin- 

 ger, in a boy about twelve years of age. The injury 

 was so great, that I thought it proper to take off the 

 finger. The wound appeared to do well, for six or 

 seven days, when he was seized with the usual symp- 

 toms of Tetanus. For the first day arid night, I 

 gave him large and frequently- repeated doses of opium, 

 but by the next day, I was discouraged from conti- 



* Some account of this truly ingenious and amiable young man 

 will be given in a future number of ibis Journal. Edituu. 



