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easily to be fetched from on board. This was at night, he slept, perspired, and 

 waked about 10 in the morning so well, that he went on board directly, and 

 continued his voyage. 



Case iv. — Encouraged by many instances of the first case, Mr. Reid ventured, 

 about 3 years ago, to give half the Tonquin dose, but without the spirits, to his. 

 own child, then about 3 years old, who was seized with the small-pox and con- 

 vulsions. She slept sound, and perspired plentifully after it : the small-pox rose 

 kindly, and she did very well, having never had a single fit of convulsion after, 

 though extremely subject to frequent and dangerous ones before. 



Case v. — About 2 years before, Mr. Ross gave much the same dose to Mr. 

 Reid's servant's child, who was then about 8 months old, and had catchings in 

 her hands, occasioned by a violent teeth-fever. She slept, perspired, and waked 

 perfectly well. 



Case vi. — About the same time, Mr. Gordon, a clergyman, who lived near 

 Greenwich, having come up to London, with a fever on him, became quite de- 

 lirious, if he was not so before he set out. Mr. Ross gave him the Tonquin 

 remedy, which made him sleep and perspire, so that by next morning he was 

 perfectly cured. 



Case vii. — A lady being very subject to violent hysterical convulsions, was 

 seized with a fit, as he sat at supper with her about 3 years ago, by which every 

 part of her body was terribly agitated. Happening to have in his pocket a bolus 

 made of the musk and cinnabar, he bruised it in the palm of his hand, and 

 clapped it to her nose, which suddenly relieved her. He left it with her, and 

 she afterwards told him, that she never went abroad, nor to bed, without it. 



Case viii. — Observing the efficacy of this medicine in curing deliriums, he 

 conceived that it would be of use against maniacal distempers ; and happened to 

 say so, in the presence of a gentleman of Oxford, whose son had been for some 

 time exceedingly disordered in his senses, by a disappointment in love; being 

 unable to sleep, refiising sustenance, and attempting to throw himself out of 

 the windows of a high room where he was confined. The father begged Mr. R. 

 to give him the recipe, and assured him he would make use of it, as the methods 

 formerly tried had proved unsuccessful. He soon returned a letter of thanks, 

 acquainting him, that the medicine had made his son sleep sound for 23 hours, 

 that he had perspired plentifully, and waked in his senses. He had afterwards 

 heard, that he continued well, and, from a skeleton, was grown fat. 



Case ix. — A particular friend went mad about a year and half ago, by too in- 

 tense thinking. He mentioned the preceding case to Dr. Armstrong and Mr. 

 Ferguson, who attended him; and, with their approbation, gave him musk, 

 native and factitious cinnabar, of each a scruple, in about a gill of arrack. In 

 about 3 hours he fell, or seemed to fall, asleep: on which, supposing the medi- 



