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  2. SIMPLE CURE FOR STAMMERING.

    Mr Wakley, M.P., at an inquest he held on Wednesday, (August 27) stated that a few days back the summoning officer told him that it would be useless to call one witness, a lad. because he stuttered 60 excessively that he could ...

    Article : 189 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Medical Times describes the case of J. H., a farmer, who died after several days' extreme suffering, from hemorrhage, vomiting, &c., occasioned by his accidentally getting a small quantity of guano-dust into his throat. ...

    Article : 1,243 words
  4. TI[?] DOLOUREUX

    Mr Gower says that the extract of tobacco will cure neuralgia so that it shall not return, and tins with once using.— ...

    Article : 27 words
  5. OPIUM NOT POISONOUS TO RABBITS.

    At a late meeting of the Academy of Sciences, M. Lafargue of Saint Emilion, communicated to the Academy a cu[?]ious fact, which he recently observed. The indigenous poppy is so far from being poisonous to rabbits, that they ...

    Article : 80 words
  6. KIRATOPLASTIC, OR ANIMAL GRAFTING.

    A Dr Plouviez of Lille, has recently tried some experiments in what the French call Kiratoplastie, which consists of replacing a diseased co[?]ea, by a portion of the cornea taken from another individual, and which, ...

    Article : 174 words
  7. OPERATION FOR THE CURE OF CONSUMPTION.

    The Medical Gazette contains an article from the pens of Dr Hastings and Mr Robert Storks, surgeon, descriptive of a remarkable operation for the cure of consumption, by the perforation of the cavity of the lungs through the walls ...

    Article : 206 words
  8. INSANITY.

    In seventy-two most recent dissection at Bethlehem Hospital, performed by Mr Lawrence, the brain was found to have undergone some structural alteration. In four hundred dissections made by Mr Davidson at the County ...

    Article : 180 words
  9. FEVER AND AGUE.

    The editor of the Pensacola Gazette (an American journal) has been furnished with the following cure for chills and fever by an officer of the United States steamer Union, who vouches for its infalibility:— ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. ANTIDOTES FOR POISONS.

    Deaths from oxalic acid and other poisons are so frequent that the following antidotes should be generally known, in order that they may either of them be immediately applied, as the case maybe, if medical assistance is not on the ...

    Article : 407 words
  11. FEEDING INFANTS.

    The late developement of the teeth is a sufficient indication that solid food is not designed for infancy; as their gradual but general removal, points out what kind is best adapted for advanced life. For the sustenance of the first ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. FRIGHTENING INFANTS.

    A nobleman of the highest rank, after anxiously waiting many years for a son and heir, had at length his wishes gratified. The christening was to be celebrated with great pomp; and to make it more imposing, it was determined ...

    Article : 604 words
  13. HYDROPHOBIA.

    Sir—A member of the medical profession is naturally unwilling to come forward to maintain that there now exists a specific for any disease whatsoever, still I must confess my belief—a belief entertained by the gentry, most of the ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. TO AVOID CATCHING COLD.

    Accustom yourself to the use of sponging with cold water, every morning, on first getting out of bed. It should be followed with a good deal of rubbing with a rough towel. It has considerable effect in giving tons to the skin, and ...

    Article : 172 words
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