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She awe annexed batches of *erftaaa 1 Igarly ©ailed 

 Ver beia are I suppose the kisd -*hioh nr« Sutler eentiona la 

 the flsiaabian Magaaiae for Kay 1W ^ being tts«ti ¥®ry aueeeaii- 

 fully is soae dieordsrs ahlah prevailed In the American Anaju 



I have is seas other plaees also isefc *i*H a reoowasen* 

 datioa of vervain for eons complaint, out I an sot exactly recol- 

 lect where or a feat; bat as I observe froa the ©pecles that is 

 reeosaeen&ed, that Gsntlenaa must h&va Bats a nletake asl stepped 

 into the saae Srror salsa. I oasa cid Myself, it isay be wis® to 

 note ssy experiences oa this head* 



la October 1T8S I wait sfciparsokad on the Jersey Coast 

 t.nd landed oa a desert Island about five miles fros the smia land* 

 Zhe bleakneae of oar situation added to the ?ialenae of the 



32 Fatigue gave ee a Sever© *c«* aa 1 ere* experlsiiasd, although 

 I have had that ©oisplaiat several times both la Suaspe and in 

 aoarioa • 



On e# reaching the a?*ia jfioad ia a C&nos, X landed at 

 the House of one keadlsad on Oaaa Bay la a violent -favor; the 

 Maa who was a plain f&r&er m&@ but little of kj 6ia©*ear, and 

 tola ase it was too lata to adalalstsx a remedy that night, but 

 if 1 sould breakfast with hie tha neat .Morning and stay till sy 

 fit caae oa, he weald undertake to our© i&6 i anas lately. 



Xhe severity of the fever induced as to inquire ©or® 

 sbi»ut the rerson ahoee simple aprearuno* bespoke no very extea- 

 sivs Medical knowledge; Hoover, being satisfied atta hia ufear- 

 aeter, and assuree that he bad oured *»ny eases of long standing 

 I 9hh deteralned to risk his experiment although ha w>n anabla 

 to account for any certain operation or desexibs the qualities 



33 of hia Medicine. Observing that he only stepped oat of hia 

 aoaee for one single i^eot, t»ad eeeinf where he threa the iopa ox 

 tha Plant, I prepared to «ataaina it and found it to be the 

 (vareeaa) Vervain #1 oa tha Anaexof Sketch* 



^»o I »aa f notwithBtanoing e^ dateralnatioa, ooKwaaat 

 fcvorae to taking hia uaual doae, Ifir. l*adlaffi gave aa bat one ran 

 Cup fal 1 of the decaotlon of this hoet ah oat the strength and 

 apiear^ace ef ooderate Coffaa, ^aet as the cold fit oana on; 

 and cover* d oe up ia u ^ra bad telling ©e that M lf thia old not 

 operate as he waa doubtful I hod not tnken it strong enough fo* 



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Case! 1 alght repeat it next day at the eaae appa&raaca of 



the cold fit, and it would certainly cure aa af factually 



Ihia firot do*e threw a© into a £«»«.« <slu*bex and 

 profuae sweat ahich oootinuad until a one hours after flight caaa 

 eaj ay ^ever abatac but I felt ouah weakened. 



34 - is next flay X made a stronger ^aaootloa ftron the aasa 



aaot and took a Zaa Cup a a hblf full covering eyaelf ae before 



