334 DISEASES CLASS III. 2. i. 5. 



ering it with fnow or iced water for a few minutes, and then 

 covering it with warm flannel, and this frequently repeated, 

 might, by accumulation of fenforial power, contribute to reftore 

 it to a ftate of voluntary excitability. As this accumulation of 

 fenforial power, and confequent glow, feem, in the prefent cafe, 

 feveral times to have contributed to reftore the numbnefs or ina- 

 bility of thofe mufcles, which at length became paralytic. Sec 

 Clafsl. 2. 3. 21. 



M. M. Ether externally. Friction. Saline warm batl 

 Electricity. Mercurial ointment. See Clafs I. 2. 4. 8. 



5 . Raucedo paralytica. Paralytic hoarfenefs confifts in the 

 moil total lofs of voice, which fometimes continues for mont 

 or even years, and is occafioned by inability or paralyfis of tl 

 recurrent nerves which ferve the mufcles of vocality, by oj 

 in;? or clofing the larynx. The voice generally returns fuddenly, 

 even fo as to alarm the patient. A young lady, who had man] 

 months been affected with almoft a total lofs of voice, and h; 

 in vain tried variety of advice, recovered her voice in an inftant 

 on fome alarm as me was dancing at an aflembly. Was this 

 owing to a greater exertion of volition than ufual ? like 

 dumb young man, the fon of Crcefus, who is related to ha> 

 cried out, when he faw his father's life endangered by the fwoi 

 of his enemy, and to have continued to fpeak ever afterwarc 

 Two young ladies in this complaint feerned to be cured by elec 

 trie (hocks patted through the larynx every day for a fortnight 

 See Raucedo catarrhalis, Clafs II. i. 3. 5. 



M. M. An emetic. Electric (hocks. Mu (lard-feed, a lar 

 fpoonful fwallowed whole, or a little bruifed, every morninj 

 Valerian. Burnt fponge. Blifters on each fide of the Jaryn: 

 Sea-bathing. A gargle of decoction of feneca. Friction. Fi 

 quent endeavours to Ihout and (ing. 



6. Veftca urinaritc paralyfis. Paralyfis of the bladder is fr 

 quently a fymptom in irritative fever ; in this cafe the patiei 

 makes no water for a day or two ; and the tumor of the bla( 

 der diilended with urine may be feen by the (hape of the abd< 

 men, as if girt by a cord below the navel, or diftinguifhed 

 the hand. Many patients in this fituation make no complaint 

 and fuffer great injury by the inattention of their attendants 

 the water rnufb be drawn off once or twice a day by means of 

 catheter, and the region of the bladder gently prefled by tl 

 hand, whilft the patient is keot in a fitting or erect pofture. S( 

 Clafs II. 2. 2. 6. 



M. M. Bark. Wine. Opium, a quarter of a grain evei 

 fix hours. Balfam of copaiva or of Peru. Tincture of cai 

 tharidss 20 drops twice a day, or repeated fmall blifters. 



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