Excerpt from The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery, 1842, Vol. 5 The above mentioned treatment was pursued till within three days ofthe time he fell into my hands; when it was thought by his attendants that the specific action of the mercury had been obtained, and it was accordingly abandoned, substituting for it rhubarb and magnesia, which he was taking at the time he was transferred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.