tion from the liver to the membranes of the joints of the
extremities, or to the skin of the face, by preventing the necessary torpor
of these parts previous to the inflammation of them; in the same manner as
cold fits of fever are prevented by the same medicines; and, as I believe,
the returns of the gout have sometimes for two or three years been
prevented by them.

One of these patients died of the apoplexy in a few hours; and the other of
an inflammation of the liver, which I believe was called the gout, and in
consequence was not treated by venesection, and other evacuations. From
hence it appears, that the daily use of hop in our malt liquor must add to
the noxious quality of the spirit in it, when taken to excess, and
contribute to the production of apoplexy, or inflammation of the liver.

III. CATALOGUE OF THE SORBENTIA.

I. Sorbentia affecting the skin.

1. Acid of vitriol, of sea-salt, lemons, sloes, prunus spinosa, crabs,
pyrus, quince, pyrus cydonia, opium.

2. Externally calx of zinc, of lead, of mercury.

II. Sorbentia affecting the mucous membranes.

1. Juice of sloes, crabs, Peruvian bark, cinchona, opium.

2. Externally blue vitriol.

III. Sorbentia affecting the cellular membrane.

1. Peruvian bark, wormwoods, artemisia maritima, artemisia absynthium,
worm-seed, artemisia santonicum, chamomile, anthemis nobilis, tansey
tanacetum, bogbean, menyanthes trifoliata, centaury, gentiana
centaurium, gentian, gentiana lutea, artichoke-leaves, cynara scolymus,
hop, humulus lupulus.

2. Orange-peel, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace.

3. Vomits, squill, digitalis, tobacco.

4. Bath of warm air, of steam.

IV. Sorbentia affecting the veins.

1. Water-cress, sisymbrium nasturtium aquaticum, mustard, sinapis,
scurvy-grass cochlearia hortensis, horse-radish cochlearia armoracia,
cuckoo-flower, cardamine, dog's-grass, dandelion, leontodon taraxacon,
cellery apium, cabbage brassica.

2. Chalybeates, bitters, and opium, after sufficient evacuation.

3. Externally vinegar, friction, electricity.

V. Sorbentia affecting the intestines.

1. Rhubarb, rheum palmatum, oak-galls, gallae quercinae, tormentil,
tormentilla erecta, cinquefoil potentilla, red-roses, uva ursi,
simarouba.

2. Logwood, haematoxylum campechianum, succus acaciae, dragon's blood,
terra japonica, mimosa catechu.

3. Alum, earth of alum, Armen