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and a half of water, till three gills were boiled away. 

 Of the remaining portion, I took a wineglass full four 

 times a day. Having used this for about three days, I 

 found myself perfectly cured ; and have not, since the 

 above-mentioned period, had a return of the disease., 



case n. 



Mr. A. E. Maple, of Nottingham- Square, being 

 greatly afflicted with haemoptysis, I endeavoured to re- 

 lieve him by bleeding and the internal use of the sugar 

 of lead, so highly recommended by Professor Barton, in 

 his Lectures, &c. My attempts, however, proved una- 

 vailing. I then resorted to my favourite remedy, the 

 Geranium, and administered two drams of the pulverized 

 leaf, in a gill and a half of boiling water, the whole of 

 which he took as soon as it was sufficiently cool for 

 that purpose. It checked the profusion of blood in 

 less than three minutes ; and in five minutes effected a 

 perfect cure*. 



CASE III. 



Mr. J. Campbell, of the same place, on the 23d of 

 June, 1806, divided the tibial artery, just as it passes 

 obliquely across the tibia. It was impossible for me to 

 persuade him to have the artery taken up, and secured 

 by ligature. I immediately applied the pulverized leaf 



* The sugar of lead is, certainly, one of the most quickly-operat- 



>[' all medicines; in hemorrhages especially. Hut I have ne- 



pi r had occasion to observe its effects within a shorter period than 



those which arc here mentioned, as pr< om the Geranium 



maculatum.' Kmroi*. 



