Nitrite of Amyl in Ague, &C.

The drug itself is inexpensive, and goes a long way; it would require a large number of cases to get through an ounce during the year, and its price is only about one quarter that of quinine. I now use nitrite of amyl mixed with an equal part of oil of coriander, to render it less volatile, and at the same time to cover what is, to my sense of smell, a most disagreeable odour. I find it acts better in this way, owing, no dcubt, to a more gradual and complete action, much less being lost during inhalation. It certainly is the most powerful diaphoretic I have ever seen; and I now use it in all cases of fever to produce diaphoresis, which it does, as a rule, in a few minutes. The following is a short summary of the cases of which I have notes Case I. Private IV. T, \08th Regiment.?This man had attacks of ague daily for three days previously, and came to hospital in the cold stage, at 7-30 a.m. Nitrite Amyl ij, administered on lint. The man was free from all traces of the attack in a few minutes?no hot stage followed, and he has had no recurrence since.