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JOHN FAUST. 
“ I called the following day and found that the pains and flow 
had ceased, and she was feeling much better. I now gave the 
viburnum every two hours, with directions to take rest fora num¬ 
ber of days. 
“ She continued quite well, not meeting with any symptoms, 
other than those she had experienced in her former pregnancies, 
except that there was no perceptible change in her size or form, 
as she advanced in gestation. 
“ She made the necessary arrangements to be confined about 
the 12th of October, but on the 17th of September previous, 
after washing her kitchen floor, she was suddenly taken in labor, 
and in about four hours was delivered of a foetus, which as near 
as I should judge, could not have been more than three and one- 
half months advanced. From the condition and history of the 
case, I am convinced that the foetus was retained in utero from 
April 25th until Sept. 17th, without any perceptible change in 
its development. 
“ The mother was kept in bed ten days following confinement, 
during which time the lochia was about the same in quantity and 
quality as is generally met in such cases; but her complete re¬ 
covery was protracted to nearly three months. 
“ I have'since met with five or six other cases of the same 
class, which have yielded promptly to the action of viburnum.” 
Dr. Farnham related the case of a lady who had aborted six 
times, and had been subjected to a variety of treatment. The 
accident always occurred before the third month. Being put 
upon viburnum prunifoliuin she went on until the sixth, month. 
Then, at a time corresponding to a menstrual epoch, death in 
her family caused her to be hurried out one stormy night and 
taken quite a distance in a carriage. Premature delivery took 
place, the child being born alive and living twelve hours. In the 
next pregnancy no other remedy was used, and no local treat¬ 
ment employed. She was told to rest four days at the periods 
corresponding to menstrual epochs, and to attend to ordinary 
hygiene. She went on to full term, and gave birth to a child 
weighing twelve pounds. Having had excellent results witii 
viburnum prunifoliuin, he had used that to the exclusion of the 
viburnum opulus. 
