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tried. It then seemed clear to me that the internal use of 
monesia had alone produced the improvement, and its use 
was accordingly resumed, taking care to make laxatives a 
part of the treatment. For this purpose the patient had two 
glasses of Enghien water every morning, and an emollient 
clyster. In a fortnight, the good effects of the monesia were 
again perceived; and this was more to be attributed to its in- 
ternal use, as the dressing had been performed with simple 
cerate. 
At present, the swelled glands of the groin are softening and 
disappearing, without any suppuration. Those of the iliac 
fossa are diminishing in size ; the sores have cicatrized, and 
the disease, far from attacking the lymphatic glands of the 
other parts of the body, as is commonly the case, is localized, 
and is much lessened. The patient eats with a good appetite, 
sleeps well, and takes exercise three hours a day, which makes 
us hope for a fortunate termination of the disease. 
Another result which I have obtained from the use of 
monesia, and which has been observed by other practitioners 
likewise, is its action upon the uterus in cases of menorrhagia. 
I will give two instances : 
Case 3. — Madame , of a plethoric constitution, was 
attacked, after the catamenial period, with a flooding, which 
obliged her to keep her bed, and seek for advice. After hav- 
ing employed cold drinks, ligatures on the limbs, cupping- 
glasses, and other revulsives, without success, I made the 
patient take five monesia pills, each containing twenty centi- 
grammes (three grains and three-fifths.) The next morning 
she was very weak; the skin burning, the pulse scarcely per- 
ceptible, the face pale, and the eyes sunken. She had shiver- 
ing fits from time to time, a sensation of weight in the loins, 
transient colic pains, and headach, with sleepiness ; and what 
was more, the haemorrhage did not diminish. I then pre- 
scribed twelve pills of extract of monesia to be taken every 
hour. The discharge stopped the same day and never re 
turned. 
Case 4. — Madame , aged 20, who had been married 
