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onnce of sugar aud eiglit ounce8 of rosewater; then strain again, ami repeat 

 the process a Tlsird time. This will give thirty-two ounces of fluid, to wliich 

 add t^^enty grains of bichloride of mercury dissolved in two ounces of 

 alcohol. Shake the whole for five minutes, and the lotion will be ready for use. 



Convubiions. — Dr. WiUiamson reports an interesting and remarkable 

 case in which he saved the life of an infant in con^-nlsions by the use of 

 chloroform. He commenced the use of it at nine o'clock one evening, at 

 which period the child was rapidly sinking, numerous remedies having been 

 already tried without effect. He dropped half a drachm of chloroform into 

 a thin muahu handkerchief, and held it about an inch from the infant's face. 

 In about two minutes the convulsions gave way, and the child fell into a 

 sleep. By sUghtly releasing the child from the influence of the chloroform, 

 he was able to administer food by which the child was nourished and 

 strengthened. The chloroform was continually administered in the manner 

 described, from Friday evening at nine o'clock until Monday morning at 

 mne. This treatment lasted sixty hours, and sixteen ounces of chloroform 

 were used. Dr. WUliamson says ho has no doubt that the chloroform waa 

 instrumental in saving the infant's Ufe; and that no injurious effects, how- 

 ever trivial, from the treatment adopted, have 8ubse<iuently appeared. 



Mninp4. — Tliis disease, most common among children, begins with aore- 

 ness aud stifl&ieas in the side of the neck. Soon a swelling of the parotid 

 gland takes place, which is painful aud continues to increase for four or five 

 days, sometimes making it difficult to swallow, or open the mouth. The 

 swelling sometimes comes on one side at a time, but commonly upon l>oth. 

 There is often heat and sometimes fever, with a dry skin, quick pulse, 

 furred tongue, constipated bowels, and scanty and high-colored urine. The 

 disease is contagious. 



TreatmerU. — Keep the face and neck warm, and avoid taking cold. Drink 

 warm herb teas, and if the symptoms are severe, four to six grains of 

 Dover's powder; or if there is ct«tivenes8, a slight physio, and obser^-e a 

 very simple diet. If the disease is aggravated by taking cold, and is very 

 severe, or is translated to other glands, physic mvist be used freely, leeches 

 applied to the swelling, or cooling potiltices. Sweating must be resorted to 

 in this case. 



To Ascertain the State of tl»e Lungs. — Draw in as much breath as 

 you conveniently can, then count as long as possible in a slow and audible 

 Toice without dra'n-ing in more breath. The number of seconds must be 

 carefully noted. In a consumptive the time does not exceed ten, aud Is fre- 

 quently less than six seconds; in pleurisy and pneumonia it ranges from 

 nine to four ecconus. When the lungs arc sound the time will range as high 

 as from twenty to thirty-five seconds. To expand the lungs, go into the air, 

 stand erect, throw back the head and shoulders, and draw in the air 

 through the nostnls as much as possible. After having then filled the 

 lungs, raise your arms, still extended, and suck in the air. Wlien you have 

 thus forced the arms backward, with the chest ojien, change the process by 

 which you draw in yoTir breatli, till the lungs are emptied. Go through the 

 process several times a day aud it will enlarge the chest, give the lungs 

 better play, and serve very much to ward off consumption. 



Ilysteries — Tm's complaint is confined chiefly to females. A fit of 

 hysterics Is generally the result of seme natural and immediate cause, and 



