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this, a scrofulous abscess, communicating with the head of the left 

 tibia, or large bone of the leg, at the knee joint. A more unpromising 

 case I never took in hand. It appears she has had the most eminent 

 advice for the last three years, but nothing did good ; the best cod- 

 liver oil, vaunted as a "specific," was too nauseous, and, though tried, 

 of no service. She therefore, with slight preliminary treatment and 

 regulated diet, commenced to take the dugong oil in small doses, in- 

 creasing gradually; the oil being agreeable required nothing to disguise 

 it, and, to use her own words, after taking a i'ew doses she felt sure she 

 should be benefitted by it. In all cases I carefully weigh the patient, 

 and the result in this young lady was one quarter of a pound increase 

 after taking small doses the first week. Every week after, on increasing 

 the dose of oil, her weight multiplied, and at the end of two and a half 

 months she had gained six pounds and a quarter, looked plump, com- 

 plexion healthy, with clear bloom on cheeks, scarcely any cough, 

 tmnours softer and smaller, less discharge from the abscess at the knee 

 joint, able to get out and walk well, — in fact her family were quite sur- 

 prised at the decided improvement. She still continues the oil without 

 the slightest repugnance, and this- remarkable amendment is the result 

 of taking a pint and a half of the dugong oil. This case is highly 

 satisfactory, having watched her with great interest, and I have her 

 family's permission to make this statement. She will in the course of 

 a short time be a healthy, stout young person. 



Through the kindness of Sir John Forbes, M.D., Physician Extra- 

 ordinary to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Physician in Ordinary 

 to Her Majesty's household, and Consulting Physician to the extensive 

 Hospital for Consumption, at Brompton, — also with the friendly assist- 

 ance of R. Payne Cotton, Esq., M.D., Visiting Physician of the Hos- 

 pital — I was permitted to choose a patient in their establishment for 

 the trial of the oil, and Dr. Cotton kindly undertook to observe all my 

 suggestions in the use of the same. 



The case w^as one considered very suitable by the Physicians, and 

 having diagnosced the patient (a male), the medical gentlemen present 

 agreed with me that it was a serious case of advanced consumption. 

 The symptoms were constant cough, with purulent expectoration 

 tinged with blood, great difficulty of breathing, profuse night perspira- 

 tion, and diarrhoea. The poor man was much emaciated, and evidently 

 could not last long in his present state. Some time before coming 

 under my treatment he had tried the best cod-liver oil, but found it 

 too nauseous, and, he remarked, did him no good. The patient was 

 weighed, and placed on a certain class of diet. He did not know at 



