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The second case happened in 1784-. A young Negro wo 

 man. twenty years of age, was seised (.lul\) With a paiji. m 

 her jaws, and at times she could not open her nioulli to take 

 in any solid food. I found that two or three times ft day sin: 

 had spasms iu her jaw and neck*, hut to no great height. She 

 had taken a purge, and afterwards twenty drops of laudanum 

 three times a day. Suspecting the locked jaw, I asked her 

 if she had suffered any hurt ; she said she had not, hut that 

 she had carried a heavy basket of her own provisions to mar- 

 ket on a very hot day. Without loss of time I ordered the 

 cold affusion, and repeated it three times a day. This had 

 the desired effect, and in a week's time she was completely 

 cured, and is now the mother of many children. 



The third case was a chronic tetanus, and the only one I 

 saw. A new Negro boy, about ten years of age, belonging to 

 the late Dr Ukown at Falmouth, Trelawny, Jamaica, was 

 employed as a waiting-boy. He was observed to start fre- 

 quently, and make faces as boys do sometimes by imitation. 

 After some time the spasms increased, and in the fits his jaws 

 were shut. In common his mouth was drawn backwards; 

 he could not walk or stand up without the help of a stick, 

 and looked very like an orang-outang. I chanced to be at 

 my relation Dr Brown's house, and pronounced the case to be 

 locked jaw. Two buckets of cold water were suddenly dash- 

 ed on his naked body, when the fit was on him. He was in- 

 stantly relieved. This was repeated in the evening. Next 

 morning the boy was missing. He had walked down to the 

 sea, and threw himself from the wharf into the water. He was 

 a good swimmer, was called out, and rubbed dry with a cloth, 

 and walked briskly home. He was permitted every day to 

 plunge into the sea, morning and evening ; and in five days 

 was perfectly free of all complaints. 



I subjoin a memorandum of a case of tetanus cured by me 

 by the cold affusion many years ago. It was drawn up by 



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