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According to Merat, the Swiss and Dutch, were in the 

 habit of injecting the smoke, in this way, to persons 

 asphyxiated by submersion. Clysters of tobacco water 

 were frequently used in the last century in cases of obsti- 

 nate constipation. For catarrh and bronchitis it was 

 also recommended, and then mixed with brandy ; Ne- 

 ander applauds its use in this way as a most effective 

 emetic, which we do not for an instant doubt. Tobacco 

 wine was thus made : — Leaves of tobacco 1 oz ; 

 Spanish white wine 1 lb. Macerate for seven days, and 

 strain through paper. Under this form tobacco has 

 been used as a diuretic in dropsy. Dose 30 drops, 

 gradually increased to GO or 80, twice a da} r . The 

 London Medical Gazette vol. ii. records several cases 

 of epidemic scarlatina, which was very prevalent in 

 some parts of Germany a few years ago, being entirely 

 cured hy the doctors' administration of powdered 

 tobacco; in doses of a quarter of a grain to two grains a 

 •day, according to the age of the patient ; and which 

 saved fifty patients a week, when belladonna, prussic 

 acid, and other remedies, had been tried in vain. Sir 

 Astley Cooper has declared it to be the most powerful 

 and successful agent we possess to reduce hernia ; but 

 it will not be necessary or agreeable in a non-medical 

 book to recapitulate all its uses ; we will therefore 

 conclude in the words of Dr. Cleland :" In the treatment 

 of lapsus uvulae, ranula, polypus nasi, carbuncle, 

 pernio, sciatica, urinary calculus, hemicrania, mammary 

 engorgment, worms, ileus, surditas, and a multitude of 

 other diseases ; tobacco has, like every other remedy, 



