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An account is given of an English lady who had been an invalid for 

 years, and had tried nearly all sorts of medicine and doctors without 

 benefit. She wished as a last resort to try Homoeopathy. A Homce- 

 opathist was therefore sent for, came, and prescribed; but as he had 

 not the medicine with him which he wished to give, he said he would 

 send it by mail. A short time after his departure there came a 

 package of what the woman supposed to be the medicine she expected. 

 She took it and recovered. It was afterward learned that instead of 

 the medicine she had taken some sort of percussion caps, which were 

 intended for the husband's hunting expedition. But her faith had 

 saved her. 



Dr. Abercrombie relates the following: A woman who had been many 

 years a paralytic recovered the use of her limbs, being much terrified 

 during a thunder storm, as she was making violent efforts to escape 

 from a chamber in which she had been left alone.— A man affected 

 in like manner recovered as suddenly when his house was on fire. 

 Another who had been ill six years recovered during a fit of anger. 

 A friend living in the city related to me recently the case of a woman 

 who regained the use of her legs in the alarm and excitement of a rail- 

 road accident; she was previously unable to walk, and her legs were 

 quite useless. 



Sir Humphrey Davy relates this cure of a paralytic: He placed a 

 thermometer under the tongue simply to ascertain the temperature, bat 

 as the patient at once experienced some relief, the treatment was con- 

 tinued for a fortnight, when it ceased to be required, for the patient 

 was well. 



Tissot records the following: A man of letters reached an advanced 

 stage of consumption, when he consulted a physician. At this period 

 he happened to obtain fresh literary distinction, and was fortunate in 

 other ways; the consequence being that he was greatly delighted. 

 The physical effect was that his pulmonary affection was suspended, 

 and remained stationary a long time. 



Dr. Rush refers to a case of a young woman who had taken the 

 usual remedies for abdominal dropsy without any benefit. Dr. Hull 

 was consulted, and immediately proposed that the operation of tap- 

 ping be performed. To this she objected, but so great was her fear 

 of the operation, which the proposal of it had excited, that it brought 

 on an excretion of the water, and in a few days she was perfectly 

 recovered. Other very similar cases might be cited, one of which 

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