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discharged by puncturing with a trochar, it burst internally, and 
he died. I had one case of cancer of the upper lip, although the 
disease is said rarely to occur in that part. This case had all the 
marks of a true cancer; I dressed it every day during the whole 
time I remained in Coomassie, but the effect flattered and dis- 
appointed me by turns. 
The most importunate man for medicine, especially of an in- 
vigorating kind, in the whole Ashantee country, was old Apokoo, 
the treasurer and chief favourite. He was afflicted with inguinal 
hernia: I wrote to Cape Coast for a truss, which 1 applied, and 
it gave him immediate rehef and satisfaction. He would take the 
most nauseous drug with pleasure. I generally gave him bark 
and peppermint water, wMch he regularly either sent or came for 
every day, during the two last months of our residence, and 
earnestly requested me to leave plenty of medicine with Mr. Hutchi- 
son, the British resident there. Most of the chief men were very 
earnest in their solicitations for me to give them stimulating medi- 
cines. I always assured them that it was impossible, that the 
Enghsh never used any, and that nothing astonished me more 
than that they should ask for such things. Their answers were, 
" they knew that the English had good heads and knew every 
thing, and must know that too, but I did not wish to give them 
any/' 
A List of the Diseases which I have seen in the Ashantee country. 
Febris remittens - 2 cases Scrophula - - many cases 
Hepatitis - - 1 Syphilis - - many 
Dysenteria mucosa 6 Gonorrhoea - - 2 
Cohca - - - 1 Stricture - - 3 
Anasarca - - 3 Cataract - - 2 
Ascites - 3 Staphyloma - 5 
