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the happiest effect that could be desired. The action of the 
first dose, which was a drachm, (dos adarmes, i. e. two half 
drachms,) was extraordinary, operating copiously in both 
ways, and causing in each great perspiration and much lan- 
guor. The girl vomited much more than the boy. They 
went on taking the remedy, in increased doses, and the result 
has been that both are remarkably better, but the boy particu- 
larly, who before could not feel a burning coal put close to his 
hand, but he now feels the bites of fleas; the swelling of his 
legs has gone down, the ulcers on them have healed, the fin- 
gers have become flexible, the dark patches on the skin and 
the enlargement of the features have disappeared, the pronun- 
ciation is clear, and he has so much recovered the use of his 
limbs that he saddles and mounts his horse by himself. In 
the girl, the marks of the disease have not yet wholly disap- 
peared; she is, however, much improved, and menstruation 
has made its appearance, which gives me hope that her cure 
will be effected." With respect to these two cases, M. Mar- 
cucci adds "that not willing to rely altogether on the account 
he had received from Senor Borrero, he went to see his chil- 
dren, and was satisfied that they had both received very con- 
siderable advantage, although traces still remained in their 
countenances of the frightful malady with which they had 
been stricken." 
Possessed of the above highly important information, Mon- 
sieur Marcucci made immediate preparation for proceeding to 
Riobamba, but the revolution that had already invaded the 
province of Chimborazo, and was advancing into that of Asuay, 
detained him in Cuenca a fortnight longer. The roads being 
at length free, he left that city, and passing over chains of 
mountains covered with eternal snow, wading at times through 
mire, crossing dark and dismal deserts, and climbing almost 
inaccessible heights, surmounted with others which one gets 
over only at the risk of breaking his neck, after eight days of 
unceasing exertions he reached Riobamba, a small town at the 
foot of the great Chimborazo. During this journey from 
Cuenca he had to stop at the small town of Canar, where he 
