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tion, or in substance, it acts as a powerful 

 tonic. In order to evince its tonic effects, it 

 was given in these cases of 



Intermittent Fever. 



Case I. Francis C y, born in Ireland, 



aged forty-nine, was admitted in the New- 

 York Alms house, Oct. 1, 1812: is naturally 

 of a fair complexion ; at present is very much 

 debilitated, and affected with a quartan inter- 

 mittent, which generally attacks him at four 

 o'clock in the morning, and continues until 

 eleven o'clock, a. m. ; complains of considera- 

 ble pain in his extremities ; pulse rather fre- 

 quent ; bowels regular ; tongue furred ; appe- 

 tite very bad. 



These attacks began eight weeks since, but 

 have always put on the appearance of a regujar 

 quartan, and have varied but little in the time 

 of attack. He was employed on a farm in 

 Westchester, in a marshy situation; has not 

 as yet taken any medicine for his complaint. 



