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the patient in it for some time. Dr Hamlton of Edinburgh cured a
cancer of the scrotum by the use of the bath in one month, when the cancer
is seated on parts to which the bath cannot be applied as in the rectum,
vagina &c, he made use of a syringe, for some kind of ulcers it is said
to be better than any other (preparation) application. Mr Home thinks
particularly to those of the ancle Joint, or where the ancle is enlarged he thinks
a fomentation or poultice by boiling the fresh leaves is the best form, our article
has been improperly called cicuta. A scrophulous ulcer on the face has been
benefitted by it, grs iij [3 grains] exhibitted internally 2 or 3 times a day in the hands
of Dr Khan he has used it in extract internally and in large doses
in genuine Lepra in the Pennsylvania Hospital and its good effects
were so evident that I should not hesitate to use it, the patient took
it by the hands full, this is not a solitary instance for other authors
mention its utility in leprous affections. Mr Ralston of Amsterdam
has found it an effectual remidy in Elephantiasis which is a variety
of lepra. Dr John Fothergill mentions a case of a verry painfull
affection of the face which was verry sudden and hemlock was truly usefull.
In syphilis it has been used with great advantage in sores succeeding
buboes, the recent expressed juice is the best form, that of cataplasms
is also used. Withering says it is good in ulcers of the lungs, the inspissated