OF THE MALIGNANT QUINSEY.

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In case of a violent looseness, the size of a nutmegof diascordium, or the japonic confection, may betaken two or three times a day, or oftener if neces-sary.

If a discharge of blood from the nose happens, thesteam of warm vinegar may be received up the nos-trils frequently, and the drink must be sharpened withspirits of vitriol, or tincture of roses.

In case of a stranguary, the belly must be fomentedwith warm water, and emollient clysters given threeor four times a day.

After the violence of the disease is over, the bodyshould still be kept open with mild purgatives, asmanna, senna, rhubarb, or the like.

If great weakness and dejection of spirits, or night-sweats, with other symptoms of a consumption,should ensue, we would advise the patient to continuethe use of the Peruvian bark, with the elixir of vitriol,and to take frequently a glass of generous wine.These, together with a nourishing diet, and ridingon horseback, are the most likely means for recover-ing his strength.

The quinsey is most frequently brought on by ex-posing the throat to a current of air, near an openwindow in a room, or still more in a carriage, espe-cially in cold damp weather, or in the night.

The inflammatory sore throat may generally becured in the mode I have mentioned, yet there arecases where the patient loses the power of swallowing,and dies for want of nourishment. A surgeon, em-ployed in a case of this nature, saved his patient byfastening a tunnel to the skin of an eel, open at bothends, and by means of a flexible probe, pushing oneend down the gullet till it entered the stomach, bywhich channel proper sustenance was conveyed.

In "the malignant quinsey, or putrid ulcerous sorethroat, not a moment should be lost in obtaining thebest medical assistance; the smallest delay may beattended with irreparable injury.

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