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are stated to be efficacious in the climate in 

 which they are administered, but of the infallible 

 effects of which, we have had no certain confir- 

 mation. 



The third is the Carnatic or Tanjore pill, an 

 East India preparation, in which arsenic, mer- 

 cury, and some Asiatic vegetables with which we 

 are not acquainted, take the lead. 



The fourth. Sea bathing, amounting almost 

 to drowning. 



The fifth. Mercurial frictions, so as to produce 

 an active ptyalism to be long continued. 



The sixth. Scarifications of the parts followed 

 by the actual cautery, or by strong caustic appli- 

 cations well rubbed in ; or the destruction of the 

 part by caustics, and then keeping up the irrita- 

 tion by strong mineral solutions. 



The seventh. Extirpation of the part, and keep- 

 ing up a discharge by active applications. 



The eighth and last. Tying a ligature above the 

 wounded part to retard the return of the blood to 

 the heart, and then to destroy the part by caustics. 



In the treatment of the disease itself, when it 

 actually takes place, we are still at a greater loss 

 how to proceed ; and its symptoms too often 

 advance with wonderful rapidity, unchecked by 

 our feeble efforts, and setting all medical skill 

 and ingenuity at complete defiance. Cases 

 however are upon record, in which recovery 

 has followed the attack ; but these are so few, 



