On a Case of Presumed Delhi Boil

as cholera and other diseases, which in former times were considered of truly eastern character, have made their advent in western climes, so may the Delhi plague (now isolated as it were within a narrowed limit) sometime enlarge its bounds and travel towards us. Dr. Frazer, in a report published in the Statistical, Sanitary, and Medical Reports of the Army Medical Department for 1860, p. 452, describes this malady under the title of the " Delhi Boil," the name by which it is known to Europeans in India. I am sorry I can claim no special practical knowledge of the diseases of India, and therefore cannot attempt to throw any light upon the subject, but my object will be gamed by bringing it under the notice of the Society. The case to which I allude is that of a child, now two