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erties of chlorine, and it has this advantage over the sulphuric or other 
ethers, that itis always grateful. I have known no child refuse it. 
; Yours, &c. E. Ives. 
~ January 2, 1832. 
N. B. The last vial you furnished me, I gave to a female, fifty 
years of age, who has been affected with paroxysms of asthma for 
more than twenty years. 1 have seen the patient but once since the 
medicine was given, when she was evidently better, and said she 
thought the medicine had done her good. Ihave used the ether 
for spasmodic cough, and am so much satisfied with the beneficial 
effects of the remedy in such cases, that I shall use it more exten- 
sively as soon as I shall be able to furnish myself with a quantity of 
it. E. I. 
Dear Sir—I have been much pleased with the effects of the 
“chloric ether” with which I was favored through your kindness. 
The first case in which I administered it was in that of Mr. Coffing, 
who was severely ill with atonic quinsey,—he was unable to swallow. 
. The ether was injected by means of a syringe, with the happiest 
effect. After using the syringe he was able to swallow and took the 
same article internally with benefit. I have also witnessed its bene- 
ficial effects in pneumonic cases. 
Respectfully yours, Naraan B. Ives. 
Professor Silliman, &c. 
I have not yet received the statements of the other medical gen- 
tlemen, but have understood that the chloric ether has generally prov- 
ed grateful, soothing and reviving, and the patients have sent to me 
repeatedly for a renewal of their supply, as the ether is not to be 
obtained in the shops. It appears to have been particularly accepta- 
ble in various maladies induced by the prevailing influenza. Having 
been requested, by some of our physicians, to obtain a supply for 
regular use, I have written to Mr. Guthrie, and received from him 
an answer dated Sackett’s Harbor, Dec. 24, 1831, from which the 
following is an extract: ee 
“T have been confined by sickness most of the time since the 7th 
of October, but am now recovering rapidly, and hope within a very 
few days to be able to go into my laboratory, when I shall prepare, 
and forward to the care of Van Buren, Wardell & Co., New York, 
