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heart, back, and limbs. For the last two years has raised some 

 blood from lungs at different times. Before raising blood, would 

 get hoarse, have a chill, followed by fever, which was accompa- 

 nied by the raising of blood. Blood thin and watery, and con- 

 tained many spores and rigid filaments of the C. syphilitica. The 

 plants and spores represented in Fig. 7 were figured from speci- 

 mens found in the blood of this patient; they were present in all 

 stages of development. Placed her under the following treatment: 

 I|r. — Dilute citrine ointment 5Jss; Venice turpentine ^ss.— M, 

 S. — Apply to sores morning, noon, and night. I^. — Quiniae sulph. 

 3ij; acid, nitro-mur. dilut. §vj, — M. S. — Put a teaspoonful in 

 half a pint of warm water, and wash the body and limbs all over 

 every night on retiring, and then wipe dry. R. — Potass, iodid. 

 5vj ; tr. cinchona comp, gvj; sulphur giij. — M. S. — Take a teas- 

 poonful before each meal. ^. — Pil. hydrarg. prot. iodid. y^ gr. 

 each. No. xxx. S. — Take a pill two hours after each meal. Bf. — 

 Potass, acetat. ,fjss; potass, nitrat. ^ss; amnion, hydrochlor, giij; 

 aq. camphor. Jvij- — M. S. — Take a teaspoonful in a glass of water 

 night and morning. She improved rapidly till she left town, about 

 six weeks after she first called. Ordered her to continue the 

 medicine. The last I heard from her she was progressing finely. 

 Case IV. — Mr. E., miller, called May 7, 1867. Has secon- 

 dary and tertiary syphihs. The septum of nose is entirely eaten 

 away, and the parts ulcerating and offensive. Is very hoarse; 

 scarcely able to speak so "as to be understood. Tonsils and fau- 

 ces covered with ulcerating patches. Has severe neuralgic pains 

 in forehead, and suffers much with deep-seated aches in shin- 

 bones. Blood full of the filaments and spores of the C. syphili- 

 tica. The mass of filaments and spores, represented at Fig. 8, is 

 from the blood of this patient. Placed him on the following treat- 

 ment: I|f.— Pil. hydrarg. prot. iodid. % gr. each. No. xxx. S. — 

 Take a pill two hours after each meal. B^. — Potass, iodid. gvj ; 

 tr. cinchona comp. §vj ; sulphur giij. — M. S. — Take a teaspoonful 

 before each meal. I^-. — Quiniae sulph. 5ij; acid, nitro-mur. dil. 

 ^vj. — M. S. — Put a teaspoonful in half a pint of warm water, 

 and wash the body and limbs all over every night on retiring, 

 and then wipe dry. B^. — Tr. iodinii ^jss. S. — Paint over temp- 

 les, back of ears and neck, and over shins every day. i|f. — Dil. 

 citrine ointment ^j ; Venice turpentine 3ijss. — M. S.— Apply to 

 nasal cavity with a soft brush every morning, noon, and night. 



