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nuing this medicine any longer, It appeared only to 

 mitigate his symptoms, when under its powerful in- 

 fluence. It frequently brought on a sickness, and 

 efforts to vomit, which were extremely distressing : 

 it also induced a suppression of urine. These great 

 inconveniences, and its giving but a temporary relief, 

 determined me to discontinue its use. 



Recourse was now had to mercury, with a deter- 

 mination to give it a fair trial. Calomel was given 

 in as large and repeated doses, as his stomach and 

 bowels would bear ; and mercurial ointment was rub- 

 bed in freely. Under this treatment, he was not the 

 least amended for the first day ; but, on the contrary, 

 appeared rather worse, With a view of obtaining a 

 truce, the warm bath was recommended. In this I 

 was happy to find a palliation as powerful as opium, 

 with none of its ill consequences. He was never put 

 into it without coming out greatly relaxed, and al- 

 ways relieved. The mercury was persevered in regu- 

 larly. 



On the third day after the mercury had been used, 

 it had not affected him, and he was much worse. 

 The exacerbations were frequently so violent, that it 

 appeared very evident to me, that nothing but the 

 bath prevented him from being carried off, in some of 

 them. In this alarming situation, I resolved to try 

 the corrosive sublimate, preferring this preparation to 

 one that appeared inefficacious. I cannot say, that I 

 was without hopes of success, being guided by the 



