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before I saw him, he was seized with vomiting and 

 pain in the bowels. On the second day, he was 

 seized with chill and fever, attended with pain in the 

 back, head, &c. : he was costive, his skin hot ; with- 

 out thirst, his tongue furred, attended with delirium. 

 There had been no remission for more than twenty- 

 four hours when I saw him. In the afternoon, I 

 drew six ounces of blood, and ordered a draught of 

 antimonial wine and laudanum at bed-time, and the 

 next morning gave him a cathartic of the root of the 

 Podophyllum peltatum (May-apple), &c, which 

 brought on a complete intermission. 



The decoction of the Prinos was now ordered, 

 which entirely prevented a return. He took three 

 drams, in six ounces of water. 



The second case was that of a woman with quoti- 

 dian fever, fixed pain in the side ; hot skin, small 

 hard pulse, costiveness, and painful respiration. A 

 purgative of the May-apple, &c, was exhibited, and 

 afterwards tonics, such as the bark of the Cornus se- 

 ricea, camphor, laudanum, &c, were given, for one 

 week, with no material advantage : a chill came on, 

 at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the fever lasted 

 several hours. The pulse became softer. 



I now ordered one dram of the pulverised bark of 

 the Prinos, to be given every hour, during the apy- 

 rexia. She took only three powders, and suffered no 

 relapse. 



