Treatment of Fever by Cobwebs
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Sir,?There is an article on the treatment of fever by cobwebs in the Madras Quarterly Journal for April 1863, contributed by Dr. Donaldson, of the Madras Medical Service. He therein states that an article by him had appeared in the Indian Lancet of April 1st, 1861, where probably Mr. Brown noticed it. He usually gave 5 grains of cobweb every three hours, night and day, during both paroxysm and remission, but in severe cases he has given 10 or even 15 grains. When given during a paroxysm, it " quickly and gratefully relieves the almost insupportable headache and restlessness of
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