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including 1 belladona, had been tried in vain. The paroxysms were very fre- 
quent and extremely violent, so that the fagces and urine used sometimes to 
be expelled involuntarily. An accident of this kind occurred one evening 
during' the absence of the father ; and, to remove the ill smell thereby 
occasioned, the bed-room was fumigated, and that to such an extent that 
the child was enveloped in smoke. Contrary to the expectation of the 
doctor, the child had not another attack that night; the cough became 
much milder, and the repetition of the same treatment soon cured it. This 
encouraged him to try it in other cases, and he invariably found the pa- 
roxysm greatly relieved by it, if not completely stopped. The fumiga- 
tion was made with the common species fumales of the Pharmacop. Sles- 
vico-Holst. (Olibani libr. duas, Benzoes, Styr. Calamitae, sing. libr. 
dimid., Flor. Lavendul., Rosar. rub., singul. unc. quatuor.) He [we 
think very justly,] considers the benzoin to be the most efficient ingre- 
dient. British and Foreign Quarterly Review, No. 2. 
Hydrochlorate of Quinine. — Dr. Spielman asserts, that, the muriate of 
quinine is a more speedy and effectual remedy for intermittent fever than 
the sulphate. It is more soluble also than the latter. The dose is from 
half a grain to a grain. Airier. Jour. Med. Sci. Journ. des Conn. Med. 
New Vermifuge. — Mr. Oxl ey recommends the seeds of the Quis- 
qualis Indica, Rumph. (Herb. Amboin. v. 71.,) as a vermifuge worthy 
the attention of the profession. Four or five nuts pounded and given in a 
little jam or honey, are, he says, a sufficient dose. He has known twenty- 
nine lumbrici discharged after a single dose. 
Ibid. Trans. Med. and Phys. Society, Calcutta, vol. vii. 
