MEDICAL VIRTUES OF THE WILDBAD WATERS.

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In Order to remove tlie exanthemata, her parents imprudcntly had rccourse to an unguent; tliis indeed stopped the crup- tion, but a very short time afiter, the consequences of this injudicious treatment became visible. White swelling ensued, in the articulation of the right knee, against which all re- medies, — not excepting even artificial eruptions, provoked on various parts of her skin — were fruitless. The truth of an important observation was again proved in this casc, viz. That the skin of patients, in whom psora has beeil removcd by application of extcrnal remcdies; remains inaccessible for some time, or for ever, to the contagion of this dis- order. The child was sent to Wildbad, where, after three weeks, a new eruption brokc out, wbich entircly disap- peared, together with the fungous complaint, at the end of the season.

A travelling scrvant, aged 32, of middle size, phleg- niatic tempcrament, and of inditfcrent healtli, had often sutFered of interinitting fevers, the last time at Brussels, during the winter of 1838. At a latter period, a neglccted cold had becn followed by metastasis of the axillar glands of the right arm, the suppuration of which extended to such a degree, that fistuloe appeared in all directions, against which the application of the scalpel proved ineffectual, The patient being quitc paralysed in the impaired limb, and becoming more and more enfeebled, a seton was drawn through the cavity of the abscess, which had degenerated into listulas. Still, no effect was perceived, as the frame of the invalid appeared to have lost all susceptibility of reaction. As a last remedy he was sent to Wildbad, where a few weeks were sufficient, not only to remove bis local complaint, but also to restore his general health.

A girl, twenty-two years of age, had been suffering for years of violent pains in the left leg, in consequence