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according to Frerichs, of Braslau, who has only seen 

 one case, it yielded favourably to purgatives and mineral 

 acids ; and, according to Budd, even coma n.ay probably 

 be prevented, or removed, and the life of the patient 

 saved by active purgatives. Leeches, blisters, and the 

 cupping instrument have been applied to the head, and 

 liver; senna, aloes, colocynth, and the sulphate of 

 magnesia have been administered as purgatives; the 

 subnitrate of Bismuth, combined with the aqueous 

 tot ofWm- Fom.has been prescribed to stop vomiting ; 

 and ice, both externally and internally, with alum, 

 gallic acid and similar astringents, to check haemorrl i 

 from the stomach ; and ether, camphor, and musk to 

 rouse nervous depression. 



HtniHMpiithicfdly. Little, I fear, can be said, in a 

 practical point of view, on the Halineniannian mode of 

 combating that terrible, and too fatal disease; as I have 

 been unable to meet witli any \vell-authei. cases 



in the now extensive literature little, however, of 

 ) of our doctrine, beyond the case rec< 

 by me, which unfortunately proved fatal. Much, however, 

 1 am persuaded, may be accomplished by EonUBOpathy, 

 provided a clear and unmistakable diagnosis be made 

 out, coupled with judieiously-selected remedies and the 

 aid of hydropathic appli 



It is, however, in the early stage of the malady, and 

 before delirium, coma and other cerebral symptoms 

 manifest themselves, that most ad\ y be 



expected from this, or any other mode of treatment, 

 however fortified and bolstered up it may be by the 

 of antiquity and the so-called orthodoxy. 



To grapple with a disease so little known in the wide 



