the French West-India Islands. 139 



de poitrine), they may put the patient to the diet of gom- 

 bault bruised and stewed in milk. 



If this little essay, though in many respects imper- 

 fect, does not appear to you quite undeserving of notice, 

 and if your kindness deigns to sustain my zeal, I shall 

 continue, at a more convenient time, to inform you of 

 what I have remarked with respect to several other dis- 

 eases, such as the Tetanus, the fever called Siam dis- 

 ease*, and, finally, the various diseases peculiar to ne- 

 groes, such as the Pian\, the red tetters, or ring- worms, 

 and others which are only to be cured in the blacks with 

 the greatest difficulty. 



VL Experiments and Observations on the Caterpillar 

 which infests the Lombardy -Poplar. In a letter to 

 the Editor, from John B. Davidge, M. D., of 

 Baltimore. 



IN a letter from Dr. Vaughan to you, are senti- 

 ments attributed to me, which, I assure you, never had 

 a place in my thoughts. I have written to the Doctor 

 on the subject, and he appears, from his answer, to be 

 really impressed with the idea, that the construction 

 given by him was the immediate and natural construc- 

 tion. To me, and I believe to all who are acquainted 



* The Malignant Yellow-Fever. Editor. 



t The Frambcesia, or Yaws. The American or negroe names 

 are Efiian, or Pian. The word J'ian, among the negroes, signi- 

 fies the fruit of the strawberry. Editor, 



