6o Geography of the Gaboon. 
odicity in the attacks, and lays great stress 
upon this point of chronothermalism. He recog¬ 
nizes the normal stages, preparatory, invasional, 
reactionary, and resolutionary. Like Drs. Living¬ 
stone and Hutchinson, he holds fever and quinine 
“ incompatibles,” and he highly approves of the 
prophylactic adhibition of chinchona used by the 
unfortunate Douville in 1828. Experience in his 
own person and in numerous patients “ proves all 
theoretical objections to the use of six grains an 
hour, or fifty and sixty grains of quinine in one 
day or remission to be absolutely imaginary.” He 
is “ convinced that it is not a stimulant,” and with 
many apologies he cautiously sanctions alcohol, 
which should often be the physician s mainstay. 
As he advocated ten-grain doses of calomel by 
way of preliminary cathartic, the American mis¬ 
sionaries stationed on the River have adopted a 
treatment still more “ severe ”—quinine till deaf¬ 
ness ensues, and half a handful of mercury, often 
continued till a passage opens through the palate, 
placing mouth and nose in directer communication. 
Dr. Ford also recommends during the invasion or 
period of chills external friction of mustard or of 
fresh red pepper either in tincture or in powder, 
a good alleviator always procurable ; and the in¬ 
ternal use of pepper-tea, to bring on the stages of 
reaction and resolution. Few will agree with him 
that gruels and farinaceous articles are advisable 
