Take 64 grains of white arsenic reduced to a very fine powder, and the same quantity of vegetable alkali; mix these together; add half a pound of distilled water, and let it boil slowly until the arsenic is completely dissolved: half a pound of compound spirit of lavender is then to be added to it, and as much more distilled water as makes the whole solution amount to a pound. The dose of this is from two to ten drops, given in milk, once, twice, or even thrice in the day, according to the age and strength of the patient. Eight days’ administration of the medicine in this way will be generally found sufficient for a cure of this complaint. Vomitings and gripings are the troublesome symptoms now and then produced by this medicine: they disappear, however, on discontinuing the drops, or only require a gentle opiate, or some warm cathartic (aperient), such as the tincture of rhubarb. I would by all means recommend those who are living in or near a town, to have the solution of arsenic made by a chemist of known respectability, and to keep it securely locked up, with _Poison_ on its label. The food of the patient must be of a light and nourishing description, such as sago or arrow-root; but when the fit is off, he may partake of animal food, and a spare quantity of wine. The passions of the mind exercise a wonderful influence on ague; the writer has known the disease instantaneously removed by a sudden shock, and whether of surprise, fright, joy, or grief, appears immaterial; as long as it exercises a sudden and violent effect on the nervous system, the cure is complete. APOPLEXY. Apoplexy is a disease which arrests all voluntary motion, and deprives a person of consciousness, as though he had been struck by a blow. Sometimes a person is warned of the approach of apoplexy by various symptoms, such as giddiness, drowsiness, loss of memory, twitching of the muscles, faltering of the speech, &c.; but most frequently he falls to the ground without any warning, and lies as though in a deep sleep. While so lying he breathes heavily, with a _snorting_ kind of noise, and with considerable muscular action of the features. The face is red and swollen, the veins distended, the eyes protruding and bloodshot, remaining half open or quite closed, and a foam frequently forms about the mouth. Apoplexy mostly arises from accumulation of blood in the system, but it may be the result of an enfeebled constitution, and general want of vitality.