Having well cleared the bowels by a dose of purgative medicine, I placed a blister over each eyebrow, and directed him to call upon me every day to have them dressed; and I sprinkled upon the raw surface, on each side, daily, the sixth of a grain of strychnia, gradually increasing the quantity to two grains. In the course of a few weeks his sight was very much improved, but he became tired of this troublesome and rather painful treatment, and was again entered, at his own request, on the infirmary books; but the treatment to which we subjected him at this institution was of no service whatever. However, he could see tolerably well for one or two hours. during the day, and could manage to find his way about the streets, without being led by his child as formerly. Wishing to gain a still further degree of vision, he called at my house and expressed his willingness to continue any treatment I might consider necessary. I again employed the strychnia as before, and his sight underwent a marked and progressive amendment; however, he said he could not bear the pain which the application of the strychnia now produced, and he again discontinued his attendance. He afterwards went to the hospital in this town, and remained there about six weeks, but he derived no benefit from the treatment he under went in that institution. His sight is now (as a result of the application of the strychnia) sufficiently restored to enable him to follow the coarser parts of his business. Unwilling to extend my remarks more than is absolutely necessary, I have purposely abstained from referring to the few interruptions to the treat ment, which occurred owing to the too rapid increase of the quantity of strychnia I deemed it necessary to employ, or to the few trifling measures it was requisite to adopt to relieve local uneasiness, and to enable the patient to persevere in the use of the more important remedy. 1 1 Qr. ending Qr. ending June 25. Qr. ending Qr. ending TOTAL. Cases. Died. Cases. Died. Cases. Died.Cases. Died. Cases Died. Leucorrhoea, In the reports of my infirmary practice, which were published in the Midland Medical and Surgical Reporter, I noticed the relative frequency with which some diseases occurred before and after the age of ten years; and, as the present report may be regarded as a continuation of my former ones, I have, in the following short tables, retained the same arrangements, as it regards age, although they may be justly objected to for several reasons. The 3366 cases which I attended in 1832, when arranged according to their occurrence in the one or other sex, and before and after the age of ten, shew the following proportionate numbers : The subsequent tables exhibit the same distribution of the cases of some diseases, both according to the age and sex, and the period of the year in which The maniacal patients were all adults. The fatal case was chiefly remarkable on account of the hallucination. The man believed, or, at least, said, that he was dead; but that, by a special act of Providence, he was still allowed to speak, eat, walk, &c. VOL. I. 2 A |