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seldom exceeded twenty-five drops. To a 

 patient of ten years old he gave fifty drops ; 

 to a child five years old, twenty drops ; but 

 to patients under that age he never ventured 

 to prescribe it. 



The first effect of the infusion is a tran- 

 sient heat of the stomach and throat, as if 

 the patient had taken a dram. The next 

 general effect in a moderate dose is diuretic, 

 with or without a slight vertigo and giddi- 

 ness, and frequently nausea. In painful 

 cases, it proves anodyne, and in some cases 

 occasions drowsiness and sleep ; in others 

 drowsiness, with a sense of heat and restless- 

 ness. 



Dr. Fowler gave this medicine in one hun- 

 dred and fifty cases; in ninety-three of which 

 it proved diuretic ; and in forty of them 

 cathartic. Seventy-nine of these patients 

 complained of vertigo ; and in fifty-two of 

 the number it excited nausea. 



After all, it appears that the internal use 

 of tobacco should be very limited, and can 

 only be safe in the hands of skilful and 

 attentive practitioners. Tobacco is often 

 used externally in unguents, for destroying 

 cutaneous insects, cleansing old ulcers, &c. ; 

 and is ffenerallv nnd successfullv used for 



