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manner  of  treatment  for  a  very  long  time  in  all  the  other  child- 
ren. In  the  above  case  I  resorted  to  glycerine,  both  internally 
and  externally.  A  cure  was  effected  in  three  months.  3.  A 
girl,  seven  years  old,  recovering  from  rubeola,  retained  her  cough, 
emaciation,  and  nervous  irritability.  Dullness  over  apex  of 
left  lung  ;  roughened  breathing.  No  doubt  the  case  was  chronic 
pneumonia.  Glycerine,  as  a  last  resort,  was  ordered  in  teaspoon- 
ful  doses  in  water,  three  times  a  day.  Recovery  in  six  weeks. 
4.  A  strumous  boy,  much  emaciated,  had  hacking  cough  and 
night-sweats.  Pulse  frequent.  Sleep  disturbed.  Abdomen 
tumid  and  enlarged.  Cervical  glands  swollen.  Bowels  irreg- 
ular. Fecal  discharges  clay-colored.  His  case  was  such,  that 
no  one  expected  any  more  than  a  partial  palliation.  After  other 
treatments  had  failed,  I  ordered  glycerine  in  teaspoonful  doses, 
in  which  were  dissolved  four  grains  of  ferri  amnion,  cit.,  and 
one-half  a  grain  of  quinia,  four  times  a  day.  This  he  continued 
for  a  year,  and  was  in  remarkably  good  health  three  years  after. 
Cod  oil,  quinia,  and  iron  had  failed  in  his  case  when  the  glyc- 
erine was  commenced. 
I  always  administer  glycerine  to  children  convalescing  from 
typhus  and  typhoid  fever,  and  find  it  to  contribute  so  remarkably 
to  their  recovery  and  restoration,  as  to  be  observed  by  the  non- 
professional. In  cholera  infantum  I  hardly  ever  fail  to  use 
glycerine,  both  as  enemas  and  per  orum.  The  great  mortality  of 
this  complaint  makes  it  well  worth  the  attention  of  medical 
men,  to  any  form  of  treatment  that  will  tend  to  rob  it  of  its 
fatality.  The  peculiar  condition  of  the  epithelium  of  the  bowels, 
the  great  inanition  and  prostration,  the  nervous  depression  and 
exhaustion  ;  all  depending  on  the  pathological  condition  of  the 
mucous  membrane  of  the  small  intestines,  engendering  an 
erythematous  condition  of  the  epithelial  surface,  and  often  re- 
sulting in  shock  to  the  neivous  centers;  and  hurrying  on  death 
at  an  early  period.  Glycerine,  from  its  affinity  for  molecular  tis- 
sue, spreads  over  the  surface  Of  the  intestinal  membrane,  supplies 
the  deranged  tissues  with  a  plasmatic  element  of  repair,  as  well 
as  by  its  mechanical  and  endosmotic  powers,  on  living  tissue, 
changes  the  local  life  forces,  and  endows  them  with  renewed  vital 
capacity.    This  is  not  fancy.    Observe  its  action  on  the  inflamed 
