164 On the Use of Kino. 



IX. On the Use of Kino in the disease of Leuchorrhcea, 

 or Fluor Albus. Communicated to the Editor by 

 Mr. Samuel Akerly, of New -York. 



I. IN the winter of 1805 — 6, while attending 

 Dr. Barton's lectures on the Materia Medica, I copied 

 into my note-book the following words : " Gum kino, 

 dissolved in lime-water, has been used in fluor albus." 

 I think the Doctor did not dilate on the subject at the 

 time, nor add any proof of its efficacy from his own ex- 

 perience. — See the Note. 



When a case occured for my prescription, after my 

 appointment of house physician to the New- York Hos- 

 pital, the first thing that occurred to my mind was, the 

 above, taken from my notes. I accordingly made trial 

 of its efficacy, with success. 



Matilda Blonk, a married woman of 24 years of age, 

 hap! been afflicted with fluor albus for some months. 

 When she came to the hospital, on the 12th of April, 

 1806, the discharge from the vagina was not very great, 

 but it sometimes appeared of a dark or greenish cast. 

 It had now likewise become offensive in smell, and she 

 sometimes had the disagreeable sensation of passing 

 wind through the vagina. This latter, perhaps, was 

 hysterical, and altogether imaginary. 



In this state I prescribed the following as an injection, 

 without any internal remedies : 



