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Remedy jor the Group. old number of inc Journal of Medical Science, contains communication from the pen of n datin. guisbed physician, from which we extract the following.

 During my residence in New York, where my children were ,ssrj' ,ssrj' frequently att- 1acked with severe and dangerous fits of cronp, to which they had been particularly liable, l was informed by my friend, Df. F. Nanderbufg, of very simple and eff. cacious method of anesting, at once, all the symptoms of this distressing and frequently fatal disease. Whenever children are threat. ened with an attack of cynaaehe traeheals. he directs plaster of dry Scotch snuff. varying n size according to the age of tho patient, to be applied directly aefass the top of the thorax, and retained there until all the symptoms disappear. He stated that he found the remedy 10 be always eff. leetual when applied in the first or second stages of the malady. If q child is heard to breathe hoafsely, or cough, with any of the dreaded ringing sound of cfoup, il Is only necessary to npply the snuff plaster, and we feel under no farther anxiety Instead of being obliged to watch with the child ali tue rest of the night, when once the snuff is ap- piled, we 90 to rest again. with feeling of entire security, winch we have never had the least cause of regret.''

 In eorroboration of the above, Dr. Shut. Jeff of Boston, says

 II have used the snuff in several cases of the croup, and (with the aid of five grains ot the powder of ipecac and fifteen of calomel, Tn commencement for an emetic,) have in no case failed in performing cure. It is mixed with goose oil or lard, and spread on flannel sufficiently large to cover the neck and breast as low as the pit of the stomach.n