In faft, although a great number of thofe pa-
tients were afiiid^ed with the very worft fymp-
toms of the diforder; and although many of

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them did not apply till the difeafe had gained its
utmoll; virulence, yet, under both thofe difad-
vaBtages, oat of near three hundred who toot
(he volatile alkali, but two died. Both were
very young children : — in both the parts about
the throat and nofe were extremely fwelled and
ulcerated; — in neither of them was the folution
given in I'uch quantity as was likely toiucceed : —
in both the virulency of the infeiftion was ex-
treme, and far advanced before relief was applied
for; one of them having been fix days before
application, and the throat was become lb foetid,
and the child fo generally and conilantly con-
vulfed, that I declared its recovery impoffible;
and only gave the medicine to fatisfy the pa-
rents, without any expectation of its being of
benefit to the child. ,

In recent cafes, the firft or fccond dofe very
frequently entirely deflroyed every appearance of
diforder: in moil cafes its beneficial influence
was more or lefsfenfibly perceived from the very
firfl ; and the fatisfadtion which my patients i
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fnc of its operation, was not lefs than ray con-
fidence in its powers, and my heartfelt pleafure
at its fuccefs.
