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griped, and not inclined to suck, as usual ; where it 

 started, and was somewhat convulsed, I suspected te- 

 tanus was forming. In such situations, I removed 

 occasional causes, and immediately emptied the sto- 

 mach, by Vinum antimoniale, and the bowels by a 

 smart injection. I ordered one grain calomel, in a 

 tea spoon, with syrup ; and, if it did not operate, by 

 stool, in three hours, a repetition of the dose. This 

 often succeeded ; and, as I thought, prevented the 

 locked jaw. 



■* But, when the disorder was once formed, I never 

 saw it cured, except in one instance. The Negress 

 was my own ; and, with her consent, I plunged her 

 infant in cold water. It grew as stiff as a board. A 

 Mulatto lady rubbed it till it became warm and flexi- 

 ble. The child had no more tetanus. The Mulatto 

 lady took the merit of the cure !" 



" I have conversed with several gentlemen from the 

 Windward Islands on this subject. Some allege they 

 have succeeded by the application of a poultice of pow- 

 dered bark to the umbilical region ; and, of late, I 

 have heard a report, that a drop or two of the oleum 

 terebinthinse to the navel itself is a sovereign cure ; 

 but upon what principle I cannot conceive." 



On the 15th of March 1794, he again writes to 

 Dr Garthshore : — " Sir Joseph Banks's splendid 

 present has arrived. I send you by Mr Seton a let- 

 ter for the Baronet, with a rare Iceland specimen ; 

 and ' The profitable Arte of Gardening, Englished by 

 Thomas Hile, Londoner — imprinted anno 1574,' 

 which I will thank you to deliver." 



