is of a dirty, viscid appearance, when fair, unnaturally clear; a bluish ring round the eyes, which though large, clear, and sometimes black, are more generally light blue, with swollen or puffed eyelids, long lashes, upper lips thick and projecting, and the general expression of the countenance voluptuous case, with want of decision and energy; the first teeth are small, subject to decay, and the second white, liable to split, and often become prematurely decayed. COUGH. A cough is an effort of nature to relieve the lungs and air passages from any obstruction of mucus, phlegm, pus, or other sources of irritation in the parts. There are, consequently, many varieties of cough, according to the nature and situation of the disease or affection that excites it: as the cough in consumption, that from bronchitis, the stomach cough of children, hooping-cough, &c., beside which there is the common cough of an ordinary cold, which this article especially refers to. The ordinary cough is, in the first instance, generally hard and dry, becoming, after a day or two, more relaxed and attended with free expectoration, which, after passing through some changes of character, as regards quantity, colour, and substance, usually cures itself. When the febrile symptoms that attend a cold and cough are too slight to demand treatment, the best cough mixture that can be taken is one composed of equal parts of the syrup of squills, syrup of tolu, paregoric, and ipecacuanha wine, of which a dessert-spoonful may be given every four hours. When the cough is attended with great difficulty and tightness, a “warming plaster” should be applied to the chest, and the following expectorant mixture, employed to promote relaxation of the parts:— Take of Milk of Ammoniacum 6 ounces. Dover’s Powder ½ drachm. Mix in a mortar, and add Oxymel of Squills 1 ounce. Spirits of Sweet Nitre ½ ounce. Syrup of Tolu 1 ounce. Mix. One table-spoonful to be given three times a day, and two on going to bed. ASTHMA.