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inanimate fubftance being increafeu or diminished by ano¬ 
ther at a diStanceafrom it, of the bardnefs of fteel for in¬ 
stance, being diminished by the fpftnefs of lead ! But we 
beg Mr. Perkins’s pardon. The merit of his traCtors con- 
iiits in their putting money into his pockyt; and that merit 
might certainly be injured by the ufe of counterfeits. Hence, 
with great propriety, lie informs the public, that every ge¬ 
nuine Jit is {tamped with the words Perkins’s patent 
tractors, accompanied with a receipt for the five gui¬ 
neas, numbered and Signed in the hand-writingof the pa¬ 
tentee. From-thefe fafts we infer (and he mult acknow¬ 
ledge the inference to be jult), that the virtue of the trac¬ 
tors refides in the patent, restricting the making of them 
to Benjamin Douglas Perkins, and not to the metal of which 
they are made. This is indeed molt obvious j for he can¬ 
not be fuch a Stranger to the Slate of chemical Science in 
this country, as to fuppofe that his traCtors may not be 
nnalyfed into their component principles, and of courfe 
that others may pot be made pofleSling all their virtues ex¬ 
cept fuch as reSuit from the patent. 
4. Since it is obvious that the imagination is capable of 
producing very important changes in themervous and vaf- 
cular fyltems, independently of the operation of medicine; 
the phyfician will infer, that this faculty may be employed 
as a powerful adjuvant in his hands, and that by a com¬ 
bination of the moft aCtive remedies of both body and 
mind, he may extend the ufefulnefs of his art to the ut- 
inolt bounds. A veiy able phyfician, Dr. Lind of Haflar, 
long ago deduced this inference from an interesting occur¬ 
rence at Breda, related by Vander Mye. “ An important 
leffon in phyfic,” he fays, “ is here to be learned, namely, 
the wonderful and powerful influence of the paflions of 
the mind upon the State and diforders of the body. This 
is too often overlooked in the cure of difeafes; many of 
which are fometimes attempted by the foie mechanical 
operation of drugs, without calling into afliltance the 
Strong powers of imagination, or the concurring influ¬ 
ences of the foul. Hence it is, that the fame remedy will 
not produce the like effeft, even in the fame perlbn, when 
given by different hands.” (See Lind’s Treatife on Scurvy.) 
The hiltory given by Vander Mye is Strongly illustrative of 
a very laudable fpecies of juggling. 
During the iiege of Breda, in 1625, the garrifon was 
afflifted with the feurvy in a moil dreadful degree. “When 
the prince of Orange heard of their diltrefs,” Says this 
phyfician, “and understood that the city was in danger of 
being delivered up to the enemy by the Soldiers ; he wrote 
letters addrefled to the men, promising them the mod 
fpeedy relief. Thefe were accompanied with medicines 
again It the feurvy, laid to be of great price, but of Hill 
greater efficacy : many more were yet to be lent them. 
The effects of this deceit were truly altonifliing ! Three 
Small phials of medicine were given to each phyfician, not 
enough for the recovery of two patients. It was publicly 
given out, that three or four drops were fufficient to im¬ 
part a healing virtue to a gallon of liquor. We now dif- 
played our wonder-working battains ; nor were even the 
commanders let into the fecret of the cheat put upon the 
foldfers. They Stocked in crowds about us, every one fo- 
liciting that part may be referved for their ufe. Cheerful¬ 
ness again appears on every countenance, and an univer- 
fal faith prevails in the fovereign virtues of the remedies. 
The herbs now beginning to Spring up above the ground, 
of thefe we make decoftions, to which wormwood and cam¬ 
phor were added, that by the prevalent flavour of thefe, 
they might appear medicines of no mean efficacy. The 
Stiff contracted limbs were anointed with wax, melted in 
rapefeed or linfeed oil. The invention of new and untried 
phyfic is boalted ; and amidlt a defect of every neceflary 
and ufeful medicine, a Strange medley of drugs was com¬ 
pounded, TheeffeCt, however, of thedelufion was really 
aStonifhing; for many were quickly and perfectly recover¬ 
ed. Such as had not moved their limbs for a month be¬ 
fore, were l’een walking the ltreets found, Straight, and 
whole. They boalted of their cure by the prince’s renie- 
L I N G. 
dy ; the motion of their joints being relfored by a Simple 
friction with oil, and the belly now of itlelf well perform¬ 
ing its office, or at leaSt with a fmall afliltance from medi¬ 
cine. Many who declared they had been rendered worfe 
by all former remedies, recovered in a few days to their 
inexpreffible joy, and the no lei’s general furprile, by taking 
(alrnolt by haviiig brought to them) what we affirmed to 
them to be their gracious prince’s cure.” 
5. About the beginning of the prefent year, 1811, Phenis 
Adams, a private in the Somerfet militia, under eighteen 
years of age, applied for furgical aid in confequence of an 
ulcerated wound then appearing in Ins arm. On exami¬ 
nation, it became quite evident that the ulcer was occa- 
fioned by his own contrivance through bliltering. Upon 
liis recovery, which was confiderably protraCted by his 
conduCt, influenced, no doubt, by the hope that his cafe 
would be pronounced incurable, and that confequently he 
would be difchajrged, he deferted from his regiment. Upon 
liis apprehenfion, he was committed to the gaol at Wilton, 
near Taunton, where he was attended by a medical gen¬ 
tleman, in confequence of a wound which he then exhi¬ 
bited on his leg, which there is much real’on to fuppole was 
artificially produced. On the 24th April, he fell down a 
flight of itone Heps ; and fuch was the violence of his fall, 
that he feverely injured a man with whom he came in con¬ 
tact, and was liimfelf taken up with the blood oozing from 
one of his ears. Being conveyed to bed, he appeared to 
have fuffered no material injury ; but, in a day or two af¬ 
terwards he observed to the medical gentleman who attend¬ 
ed him, that he thought he was getting deaf. On the Suc¬ 
ceeding day he made the fame remark, accompanied with 
an observation, that he was confiderably more deaf than 
on the preceding day. Believing this to be a new Strata¬ 
gem to accomplish his purpofe, the gentleman aiked him 
in a low tone of voice, “ Are you very deaf ?” To which 
the man replied, “ Yes, very deaf.” Intimation was then 
given him that his objeCt was understood, and would of 
courfe be defeated. Immediately after this, Adams fell 
into a State qf profound inlenfibility, and fo remained du¬ 
ring a period of four months. From that time, the fufte- 
nance he received was very flight, confining entirely of tea, 
broths, and occasionally oflinall portions of bread and but¬ 
ter. On the 24th of April the accident happened; on the 
25th his pulfe was very hard, and indicated inflammation 
of the brain, upon which he was bled, and the Symptoms 
abated. The following day, in conlequence of his pulfe 
increasing, Ice was again bled; from which period he re¬ 
mained apparently infenfible till after the 20th of AuguSt. 
His head and back were blistered, without producing any 
fenfible effeCt; aperients and enemas were alike unavailing; 
and Strong electrical Shocks produced 110 bodily Senfation. 
His pulfe was generally regular. The pupil of his eye was 
in a Slight degree dilated, but his refpiration was ealy ; nor 
had it been interrupted from the commencement. The Skin 
was uniformly moill, but the bowels torpid. Every mode 
of aroufing him from the infeniible Slate in whicli he lay 
entirely failed. Snuff had been thruft up his noftrils, and 
pungent falts applied, neither of which produced any 
other effect than that of a Secretion from his eyes. On the 
14th of July, it was determined to try on him the nitrous 
oxyd gas ; the operation of which is known to occafion fo 
extraordinary a degree of mental and bodily excitation. 
The tube affixed to the bladder, containing the gas,'was 
applied to the man’s mouth ; but his teeth were So firmly 
clofed, that all efforts to open them proved fruitless. His 
noftrils and lips were then comprelfed, and every means 
taken to prevent his inhaling any air but the gafeous fluid. 
This attempt was perfevered in until his pulfe became in¬ 
terrupted, evidently from his defilting to breathe ; and no 
effeCt in confequence resulted from the-experiment. 
At the beginning of AuguSt this man was removed 
from the gaol, in which he had lain all this while, to the 
parish of Bickenhall, a fmall village feven miles from Taun¬ 
ton. His parents refiding at that place, but, being unable 
to receive him in their own habitation, he was lodged in 
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