The Lumleian Lectures ON TABES DORSALIS: Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians

CASE V. S. C., aged 22, single, a seamstress, was admitted into the Marnchester Royal Infirmaryunder Dr. (afterwards Sir) William Roberts, July 22nd, 1867, suffering from what was then called syphilitic rheuiiatismii.After a course of alkaline carbonates and potassium iodide, these were on August 7th discontinued and the syrup of sarsaparilla in full doses was substituted.st.lb.lb.Weight oni Aug. 7tb.1867 ... 6 2i Aug, 14th , ... 6 7k.; a gain in the week of 4* On Auigust 15th the patient left the hospital at her own request.CASE VI.J. P., aged 49, married, a fustian-cutter, was admitted into the Manchester Royal In-firmary under the care of Dr. H. Simpson, Juily 29th, 1867, suffering from syphilitic cachexia, with a livid papular eruption and evidences of chronic peri- tonitis.He was at first treated with iron, but on August 9th syr.sarsae was substituted for the iron.He was at that time I .. .. On May 11th he became an out-patient.For two weeks he was, owing to an oversight, entirely without medicine.On May 23rd he was ordered 10-gr.doses of pot.iodid.with iron.st.lh.lb.Weight on May 16tlh ... 9 3 §; a loss in the week of 0i,, May 23rd... 9 3* gaiu ,, O0 June 2ind ... 9 3 loss ,, 0* Junc 9tll ... 9 5* gain ,, 2* Junle16tl ... 9 F ,, 0* June 30tlh ... 9 7 gain in 2 weeks of O0The following and last case is one in which improvement was greater wheni treated with potass.iodid.alone than when treated with sarsaparilla alone: CAS E X.