34 On the Use of Indigo. 



On reflection, after reading your publication, I was 

 forcibly impressed with the analogy between the 

 symptoms of the two diseases, in which the Indigo 

 has been employed, with apparent success. The 

 most remarkable of these are, the age at which the 

 subjects are liable to be affected ; cough ; discharge 

 of matter from the nostrils* ; soreness of the throat ; 

 difficulty of breathing and of swallowing ; restlessness 

 and fever. I am, 



Sir, your's, &c. 



T. Turpin. 

 Philadelphia, February 4th, 

 1805. 



IV. Facts and Observations relative to the external 

 employment of the Interior Bark of the Tilia Ame- 

 ricana, or American Lime-tree, in cases of Burns and 

 Scalds. In a letter to the Editor, from Thomas 

 Walmsley, M. D., Physician at Chambersburg, 

 in Pennsylvania. 



Dear Sir, 



SOME time ago, I mentioned the Tilia Ame- 

 ricana, as an application to burns, scalds, &c, and 

 supposed it to be entitled to further attention. I 

 have, since that, had considerable experience with 



* The velum pendulum pr.lati is much larger in the horse, 

 even in proportion to its bulk, than in man : in its ordinary situa- 

 tion, it completely obstructs the passage of any thing from the 

 larynx or pharynx to the mouth ; and compels the animal to 

 breathe through his nose exclusively, unless when it is deranged 

 by coughing. 



