90 Account of the Epidemic Diseases, &c. 



d. A worm which destroys the unripe ears of Indian 

 corn. This worm is seen every summer, but was 

 uncommonly numerous and destructive last summer. 

 In some fields scarcely an ear was unaffected. 



I do not pretend to see any connection, after the 

 manner of cause and effect, between these facts and our 

 little epidemic, but, as I cannot assign any cause for it, 

 and as these occurrences were all cotemporary, I thought 

 them' worth mentioning. Evils often seem gregarious. 



1 am yours, Sec, 



Daniel Drake. 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, July 22d, 1807. 



XI. Case of Tetanus, cured by Injections of Tobacco, 

 &c. In a letter to the Editor, from P. K. Rogers, 

 M. D., of Philadelphia. 



Dear Sir, 



I TAKE pleasure in transmitting to you the 

 following particulars, respecting the case of tetanus, 

 which I mentioned at our late conversation. 



March 7th, at nine o'clock in the evening, I was re- 

 quested to visit Miss K. H., about twenty years of age, 

 who was in a state of uncommon agony. Her mother, 

 subject to epilepsy, was seized with a fit a few hours be- 

 fore : and, while Miss H. stood by her unfortunate pa- 

 rent, a witness to her suffering, the chimney of the 

 apartment took fire. Miss H., from excessive emotion, 

 or alarm, became faint and speechless. Her sudden 



