Goodisson, William: A historical and topographical essay upon the islands of Corfu, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaka and Zante: with remarks upon the character manners and customs of the Ionian Greeks : descriptions of the scenery and remains of antiquity discovered therein, and reflections upon the Cyclopian ruins, illustrated by maps and sketches (London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1822)

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of these countries, or from habitual and long con-
tinued costiveness unattended to by the soldier,
or both circumstances conjoined, is worth investi-
gating. It is impossible to ascertain if the natives
be subject to this disorganization, as the sectio
cadaverum is seldom or never performed by them.
The free use of oil might correct the astringency of
the wine and protect the bowels against its effects.
There are hardly any other diseases that occur dur-
ing the operation of the marsh effluvia, that are not
modified thereby. This is perhaps not a new observa-
tion ; it is however useful for people to know, who
are destined to reside here and in other similar
situations: a few instances of the effects of this
combination may not be deemed irrelevant, and to
a certain class of my readers not uninteresting.
Wounds and contusions at these seasons are often
attacked with erysipelatous inflammation ; an abscess
deemed critical of fever, has been attacked with a
dangerous erysipelas oedematodes. Ulcers of the
cornea are very intractable here, and more often suc-
ceed under treatment by bark, than by other remedies,
or, than by the same remedy used in other places ;
in scrophulous habits they are almost incurable: dis-
eased lining of the palpebrae, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the conjunctivae, are equally uncertain and
baffling; they sometimes yield, as well as a great
many other chronic diseases, to the use of the bark.
Pneumonia, although prevalent to a great extent, and
most unscientifically treated by the native practi-
tioners, does not often terminate in phthisis, a dis-