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XXII. Dissection of a Remarkable Tumor of the Re- 

 spiratory Organ, fcfc. In a letter to the Editor, 

 from Dr. Isaac Heylin, of Philadelphia. 



Dear Sir, 



THE following case is transmitted for insertion 

 in your very valuable Journal, provided you conceive it 

 of sufficient importance, and likely to subserve the in- 

 terest of medical science. 



Respectfully yours, 



J. Heylin. 



On the tenth of March last, Mr. Donnely applied to 

 me to vaccinate his son Charles, an infant, eight months 

 old. On my first visit, I was surprised to find a child la- 

 bouring under a very great difficulty of respiration, who, 

 in every other respect, appeared in the enjoyment of per- 

 fect health. The mother informed me, the child had, as 

 she supposed, taken cold about two weeks previous, 

 for which simple means had been advised, without pro- 

 fessional aid being applied for. As the difficulty of res- 

 piration appeared to be increasing, I was desired to pre- 

 scribe something for its relief. 



Conceiving, from the mother's statement of the case, 

 that it might have experienced on attack of croup, 

 which, through the efforts of nature, aided by a good 

 constitution, it had struggled through, the present diffi- 

 culty of breathing might be owing to a small portion of 

 membrane remaining attached to some part of the trachea, 

 I advised small doses of vin, antimon. and ox. siglot. to 



