Occasionally, but chiefly when the patient represented the vomited fluid as being sour, a solution of carbonate of soda in water was substituted for plain water, as a portion of drink. Sinapisms were sometimes applied; aromatics were now and then, though seldom, prescribed; and in two cases, where with moderately firm pulse, spasms were universal and excessively severe, blood was taken from the arm. Pans with hot water were often applied to various parts of the body, but could seldom be long borne, or kept in place, from spasms or other causes of restlessness in the patient. One remarkable and gratifying effect of the turpentine draughts consisted in what may be called their acceptability to the stomach. While aromatic and cordial mixtures were instantly rejected, they were generally retained for considerable periods. The turpentine injection had similar effects on the intestines, allaying irritation and checking discharges. With few exceptions they arrested the flux for a time, in most instances for a considerable time. So powerful, in fact, was their restraining power, that they did not require to be often repeated. Their controlling influence was unquestionably great. Many years ago, while serving in the West Indies, and often looking anxiously but in vain, for the constitutional effects of mercury in the precipitous fever of that region, the writer was led to inquire whether some accessory agent might not be found to accelerate and determine the action of the mineral; and turpentine, from its penetrating properties, rapidly entering the circulation, exciting the capillaries, and stimulating the kidnies, presented itself as probably possessing the desired qualities. It was tried, and did not altogether disappoint expectation. It was thought afterwards that it did not only precipitate mercurial action, but increased its remedial power. A paper on the subject was printed in the “London Medical and Physical Journal,” especially in reference to the treatment of neuralgic affections, in 1830.