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feel convinced that the recovery of the patient was 

 due to the influence of the sulpho-carbolate. The 

 following cases are, however, of interest. A girl, who 

 had a large abscess above the left mamma, con- 

 nected with a carious rib, and whose life was in great 

 jeopardy for a month or more, got quite well. The 

 abscess was opened by Mr. Wood. Air passed from 

 the lungs freely into the cavity of the abscess, and pus 

 from the latter was expectorated in quantities. An- 

 other girl had a large abscess in the axilla, followed 

 by secondary formation of pus very deep in both 

 thighs. About a pint of fetid pus was removed from 

 each abscess, and the cavity injected by Mr. Wood 

 with carbolic acid water. Neither of these were pro- 

 mising cases, but both got well. They were treated 

 carefully, and sulpho-carbolate of soda was given 

 throughout the illness, in twenty grain doses three 

 times a-day. A very bad case of inflammation of 

 the knee-joint following acute rheumatism, and accom- 

 panied by hectic, night sweats, and emaciation also 

 did well, although the patient was in a very critical 

 state for nearly two months. Two cases of pyaemia 

 also recovered, which I feared I should have lost in 

 fact, all the symptoms were as bad as those in other 

 cases occurring in my practice, and which proved 

 fatal. I purposely avoid tabulating these cases or 

 giving minute details, for I am not desirous of deceiv- 

 ing myself or others concerning the treatment of 

 disease, and would rather trust to the general impres- 



