face rather dark, much resonance of lower lobes, dullness of right upper lobe. This man had repeated doses of the hemp, but from the 10th, when I began with it, to the 19th, when he was taking fl. Dij doses every night and morning, there was no satisfactory effect; on the 19th, he reported he had a good night, with relaxed bowels in the morning. The same doses continued, produced equally good effects. He died at the end of a fortnight after admission, having had to the last relief from cough, &c., and ultimately such an euthanasia as medicine is capable of affording. CASE VIII. A female shoe-binder, fifty-nine years of age, admitted February 6, for rheumatic gout. She had Left hand been for years subject to the complaint. and both knees swollen and tender, little fever, bowels open, pulse rather quick. This patient had considerable relief in a few days in her hand and knees, from an effervescing solution of colchicum and tartrate of potash, which purged her moderately and stimulated the kidneys. But she had no rest at night, from pain in her extremities principally. I then ordered for her the hemp in doses gradually augmented, from a dozen drops of Squire's tincture to twice and thrice that quantity, and her reports were as follows:-13th.-Had slept very well from her first dose. 15th.-No sleep, owing I think to disturbances in the ward by a delirious patient. 17th.--Slept nearly twelve hours. Tongue clean. Bowels open. 18th.-Similar report to the last. 20th.-Two last nights both good. Complaining now most of weakness in her limbs. After this, owing to the supply of hemp being out, she had none for two nights, when she had no rest from pain of her limbs. 27th.-Two last nights slept well after hemp draughts. 28th. An exacerbation of rheumatism in her left hand and shoulder-pulse quick, tongue coated—I ordered antimonial mixture with hemp tincture, m xx 4tis. horis. For this I substituted, next day, March 1st, effervescing solution of tartrate of potash with 20 drops of hemp tincture every four hours this medicine soon purged and gave relief. On the 3rd, she reported herself much better; had rested very well; her hand was better. On this plan she continued for about three weeks, when she was discharged in her usual health. CASE IX. A tradesman, about fifty years of age, consulted me for a chronic cough. On examination, I found unequivocal evidence of tuberculation of the right lung. His rest was disturbed by cough, so that he could not follow his trade, from weakness. I gave him a mixture of alkali, gum, diuretics and tincture of hemp (m x to xx), four times a-day-a blister also was placed between his shoulders. Speedy advantage was derived from this plan; the cough became less troublesome, the breathing easier, and the general feeling of comfort improved, while no inconvenience of any kind was experienced in the digestive functions. This patient is still under the remedy, with uninterrupted benefit. CASE X. A tailor, twenty-two years of age, admitted 7th of February, with cough of some months standing,— the sputa had been bloody; there was depression, with dullness, and imperfect expansion of the right subclavian region-had lost much flesh latelycough prevents sleep. This patient took small doses of opium in different forms, with little advantage, until the 12th of February, or fifth day of treatment, when I began with 20 minims of the tincture of hemp: he experienced improvement. On the 15th (eighth day), he reported a better night, with more appetite (in consequence, possibly, of more refreshing sleep); notwithstanding gr. doses of tartar emetic 4tis. horis, given on account of active congestion or pneumonia of the right lung. I ordered a mixture of tragacanth, liquor potassæ, and tincture of hemp (m x), 4tis. horis—this was continued, with 3fs of the tincture, at bed-time, till his death. March 6th.-Up to the last moment he experienced relief from the hemp-viz., sleep at night, and quiet from cough by day, without any derangement of stomach, &c. CASE XI. A female, twenty-four years of age, admitted March 2nd, for chronic cough—she had been unwell for two or three months, but never was strong; she had had cough since childhood, when she had hooping-cough; her cheeks were flushed-pulse about 120-tongue coated as if covered with rhubarb-bowels habitually confined-slept ill from pain of side and cough; her left lung was generally dull and inexpansible, and without normal penetration by air in breathing; she complained much of pain in the left side in breathing, coughing, &c.; her sputa had traces of blood. There was no amendment on the third day, and she wanted to go home. I then changed her medicine for effervescing solution of tartrate of potash (3fs) and tincture of hemp (mx), 4tis. horis. Next visit the fourth day of treatment-things seemed much altered for the better the medicine had acted on the bowels. She had an excellent night, and expressed herself as feeling much better. Tongue cleaning-pain of side much relieved-want of resonance, penetration, and expansion in the left lung not materially altered -the active congestion was abated, but consolidation continued, and her amendment was in time and kind such as could happen only in a nervous subject of tuberculated lung, upon which congestion had incidentally supervened, and was again receding, leaving the lung, in point of density and degenera tion, in nearly the same condition as before its accession. This patient was discharged in comfortable health on the eighth day. CASE XII. A lady, past fifty, generally in pretty good health, took some medicine of an aperient nature, on account of indigestion. Owing to some error as to quantity, or to some unusual susceptibility at the moment, the medicine acted violently, causing much pain and discomfort. For this she, of her own accord, took a dose of Squire's tincture of hemp, equivalent to about a grain of the extract; very soon after taking the medicine she experienced relief, passed the evening without further inconvenience, and had a particularly good night, not followed by indigestion, headache, or other unpleasant effect next day. Soon after, the same lady was attacked with influenza and swelling of the face, when she had again recourse to the hemp tincture-15 minims of which gave her uninterrupted rest for seven or eight hours. This lady has not for many years been able to use opium in any form, on account of racking headache and other distressing effects invariably produced by it, even in very small doses. She experienced no inconvenience from the hemp on either occasion. CASE XIII. A medical practitioner, long in the habit of using |