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air, and perhaps by becoming partly organized, produces cica- 
trization. 
I have said expressly, that it is impossible to obtain a last- 
ing cure of syphilitic or cancerous sores by the mere external 
use of this remedy; in such cases, therefore, we must have re- 
course to a specific treatment capable of acting on the system; 
I have found, that in order to effect the cure of scrofulous ul- 
cers, the monesia must be employed internally, for five-and- 
twenty or forty days, and even longer, according to the case; 
and this in large doses, such as four or five grammes (74 or 
92 grains) of the extract daily, in the form of pill, tincture, or 
syrup. In this way I have succeeded in curing or benefiting 
several scrofulous patients. Here follow two remarkable ex- 
amples: — 
Case 1. — A young man of 17, a printer, born of very healthy 
parents, came to see me in February, 1839, to have the little 
finger of his left hand amputated. On looking at the diseased 
parts, I saw it was a scrofulous affection of only eight months' 
standing. The first phalanx was much swelled, the soft parts 
covering it were livid, and there were three fistulous openings 
in the skin; two corresponding to the dorsal part of the pha- 
lanx, and the third to its palmar surface. They were sur- 
rounded with callous vegetations of a brownish color, and 
communicated with one another by means of subcutaneous fis- 
tulous passages. By introducing a blunt probe into the sores, 
it was easy to reach the bone of the finger, and to ascertain the 
detachment of the skin and the caries of a portion of the pha- 
lanx. The suppuration was serous, yellowish, of a faint odor, 
and contained some flakes of a substance which seemed cari- 
ous. Strong pressure of the diseased tissues occasioned hardly 
any pain. On the back of the hand and left elbow, there was 
also a swelling of the skin and of the subjacent parts, looking 
like the little finger. The swelling and livid patch extended 
from the elbow* to the inside of the bend of the arm; its cen- 
* The original here has con, but this must be a misprint for coudc. — 
Translator. 
