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the remedy, the doctor replied fire; and the patient asking for an immediate application, the moxa was applied that afternoon to the back of the neck and to the spine. The moxa is a mode of cauterization known to the ancients, but in modern times is chiefly confined to Japan and China, where it is freely applied. It is now rejected as a remedy in civilized countries, and is barely mentioned in the medical literature of the present day, milder applications being found equally effective. Larousse's Dictionnaire Universel, vol. XI.; Holmes and Hulkes's System of Surgery, vol. i. p. 946; vol. III. pp. 640-642. Dr. Hayward at the time recommended Vienna paste instead of the moxa. He had advised against consulting Velpeau, for the reason that he would apply a hot iron to the spine. D r. Brown-Sequard has not treated the moxa at length in any publication; and after applying it to Sumner he discontinued its use, regarding the pain which he saw him suffer as too severe for the human s