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frequently used by the Hindoos, but in some instances, grounded on a theory 
entirely Native, such as its increasing the air of the body — for, like their Euro- 
pean colleagues of the olden time, Native physiologists have it, that the human 
body is formed of five elements, viz. earth, water, air, ether, and light or energy. 
Indeed the probability is, that this theory 7 is originally purely 7 Asiatic, whence it 
extended to Greece, &c. We are further told that the Cheraytta is an anti-bilious 
remedy, as well as a febrifuge. It is prescribed in the form of cold infusion, to be 
taken in the morning. 
The case of a bone sticking in the gullet, where it remained firmly 7 impacted, 
until removed by operation, is interesting in more points of view than one. Up 
to a very recent period, wounds of the (Esophagus were deemed mortal. The case 
before us is, among several, a happy illustration of the contrary 7 , as well as of the 
beneficial effects of pi'esence of mind, on occasions urgently demanding its exer- 
cise. The patient in this case was Mr. Dodsworth, a y 7 oung gentleman, about 
seventeen years of age, who, while breakfasting upon fish and rice, on the 27 th of 
November last, swallowed a bone, which stuck cross-wise in the gullet. During 
the whole of that day, and succeeding night, he suffered severe pain, and in conse- 
quence of having swallowed some tough meat, in the hopes of forcing the bone 
into the stomach, an opposite effect had been produced, the sharp point having 
been forced deeper into the throat. Mr. Lowther (Collector of Boolundshuher,) 
received a note on the following day, representing the condition of his y r oung 
friend. On examination, he found that the point of the bone had protruded 
through the gullet “ into the fleshy part of the left front of the neck. As surgi- 
cal aid was not within reach, and as the accident had now been of thirty-two 
hours standing, Mr. L. felt that no time was to be lost. Backed, therefore, by the 
concurrence of a friend, respecting the expediency 7 of making an incision external- 
ly, in order to extract the foreign body — he proposed the measure to the patient, 
who readily consented. Mr. L. accordingly procured a bistory, with which he 
made an incision down to the point of the bone, and in the course of two or three 
minutes, with the assistance of Mr. Ewer, extracted the bone with a forceps, to the 
great lelief of the patient. The extracted body was the rib bone of a small sized 
ooe, and in its curved form measured about an inch and a quarter. Adhesive 
p aster was applied to the wound and opening medicine, with slop diet, prescribed. 
;. n f °VV ? ays tbe Y? und healed b y the brst intention. We need scarcely advert to 
he highly' creditable degree of decision evinced on the occasion. 
Mr. Rogers’s case of Hydrophobia, was in a Sepoy. The disease, which had the 
usual characteristics, appeared some three months after the man’s being bitten by a 
UO? in flip lirmpr narf nf lofV U,. , . . J , 
tl P " 1 s th d e esi tt rd Part ’ 7 hCn r .Hydrophobic ’ symptoms firet manifested 
themselves, is described as of a small cicatrix on the outer side of the left le"-, 
the ^ev^ of 'the^ldn ° W Th e hCad ° f the SDaaller bone (^ula) , slightly elevated above 
pressure 1 jtll 1 "T™ a PP e . aran « of inflammation or ulceration, an<l 
three days af te ; admission! occasl ™'“« any uneasiness. The patient expired 
SlES 
Pthisis (consumption) he lias annliedtli'e 1 !™ 18110 " of . the llln R s )> and in confirmed 
incites Luare, re tire ctesttve™ lumr J c * asUc ! as a of about two 
time, a dram of Paregoric Elixir -it belTfi and c T emn £> exhibiting, at the same 
three or four times a day. The effect of sucb'nVT five grains of Squi11 P ‘ U 
taneous. The fluid is discharged in about S ‘ ates ’ “ al “? st 
caustic, by small punctures-and n three davs STth^ * •“ , appl ‘, Cation of Ue 
the same place, if necessary. Mr. BosweM hi a I’ p l;cation be repeated m 
the course of cure makirnr the intom 1 1 0n more than thirty blisters in 
In Rheumatism ^ 4 d X-aLis ZZv ‘“* er 07 shortCT > «* the case required, 
benefit. In DyrentoT hTafwavs mesT 10 ", h , aS been followed by evident 
feet, as a stimulant 'in restorine the Js a . valuable adjuvant. It has great ef- 
wh’ch it possesses over Cantharidfs, appear ’to be °th !!*> • ThC ad . vantageS 
ate and more powerful. It is alwavn 9L1 1 i° Je ’ tbat lts actl on is more lmmedi- 
no dressing. ^ luxle, easy of application, and requires 
