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 QUINCY QUINTANA 155 of the Boston Athenroum " (Cambridge, 1851) ; " The Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston during two Centuries " (Boston, 1852); "The Life of John Quincy Adams" (1858); and "Essays on the Soiling of Cattle" (1859). See his life by his son Edmund Quincy (1867), who has also edited his " Speeches de- livered in the Congress of the United States " (8vo, 1875). III. Edmund, an American author, son of the preceding, born in Boston, Feb. 1, 1808. He graduated at Harvard college in 1827. He has published "Wensley, a Story without a Moral" (Boston, 1854), and a "Me- moir of Josiah Quincy" (8vo, 1867), and has been a frequent contributor to literary period- icals and political newspapers. He was long prominent among the Garrisonian abolitionists. QUINCY, Qnatremere de. See QUATBEMERE DE QUINOT. QUINET, Edgar, a French author, born in Bourg, department of Ain, Feb. 17, 1803, died in Paris, March 27, 1875. He studied Ger- man literature in Germany, and spent some time in Greece. He was professor at Lyons from 1839 to 1842, when he became the first incumbent of the new chair of the languages and literature of southern Europe at the col- lege de France. In 1846 he was suspended on account of his inflammatory lectures, but he was triumphantly reinstated after the rev- olution of Feb. 24, 1848, in which he took a part, and was returned to the constituent and legislative assemblies. In January, 1852, he was banished, and lived abroad till 1870, when he resumed his professorship. In 1871 he took his seat in the national assembly, and opposed peace with Germany and all cession of territory. He wrote much on the literature of Germany, France, and southern Europe, several books of travel, and many remarkable political pamphlets. His principal works are : Ahasverus (1833) ; Des Jesuites (in conjunction with Michelet, 1843) ; Les esclaves, a dramatic poem (1853) ; La revolution religieuse au XVII' siecle (1857) ; Merlin V enchanteur (2 vols., 1860); La revolution (2 vols., 1865; 5th ed., 1868) ; La, creation (2 vols., 1870) ; and V Es- prit nouveau (3d ed., 1875). His wife, a Mol- davian lady, in 1868 published Memoires d'exil. QUIN1C ACID. See KINIC ACID. QUININE, or Quinla. See CINCHONA. QUINSY (tonsillitis, amygdalitis, or cynanche tonsillaris ; Fr. esquinancie), common inflam- matory sore throat. Though called tonsillitis, the inflammation is rarely coniined to the ton- sils, but involves the pharynx, the soft palate, and the uvula, and sometimes extends to the root of the tongue. It commences with a feel- ing of dryness and discomfort about the throat, and with pain in swallowing. The mucous membrane lining the throat is reddened, and the tonsils are more or less swollen. As the disease advances, the inflamed parts, at first preternaturally dry, become covered with vis- cid mucus, and the distress of the patient is greatly enhanced by the efforts which he is tempted to make to remove this secretion. In many cases suppuration occurs in one or both tonsils ; when this takes place those organs are often enormously swollen, and together with the obstruction of the inflamed palate may ren- der breathing difficult and painful. In such cases the febrile reaction is strongly marked, the skin being hot, and the pulse full and fre- quent; the patient is unable to take nourish- ment, and the voice becomes thick and char- acteristic of the disease. The pain, exceed- ingly acute when the patient attempts to swal- low, or to clear his throat of the viscid mat- ter which adheres to it, often extends to the ear, and is sometimes .attended with partial deafness. The bursting of the abscess in the tonsil is at once followed by relief ; the mat- ter has a nauseous taste and often an exceed- ingly offensive smell. The disease, though very painful, is attended with little danger ; but the inflammation may by extension in- volve the larynx and thus prove fatal, and cases are on record in which death has oc- curred from the ulceration having involved a branch of the carotid artery. The disease re- quires but little treatment. "Where the mu- cous membrane alone is involved, astringent gargles, repeated five or six times a day, usual- ly give relief and tend to shorten the course of the inflammation. The food should be liquid (soups, beef tea, milk, &c.), and should be swal- lowed in large mouthfuls, which give less pain in deglutition than smaller ones. If an a-b- scess forms in either or both of the tonsils, the greatest relief is obtained from frequent inhalations of warm steam, which acts as a poultice to the inflamed parts. As soon as the location of the abscess can be determined, it should be opened and the pus evacuated, after which there is usually no further trouble. QUINTANA, Manuel Jose, a Spanish poet, born in Madrid, April 11, 1772, died there, March 11, 1857. He was educated at Salamanca and practised law for a time at Madrid; but he soon turned his attention to letters. His tra- gedy of Elduque de Viseo (1801), imitated from "The Castle Spectre" of M. G. Lewis, was not successful. In 1802 he produced a small volume of lyric poems, the patriotic spirit of which immediately brought them into favor; and in 1805 he placed upon the stage his Pelayo, intended to rouse his countrymen to resist for- eign oppression, which was equally well re- ceived. His Vidas de los Espanoles celebres (3 vols. 8vo, 1807-'34), and Poes'tas selectan casti- llanas (3 vols. 8vo, 1808), with critical notes, were prepared with the same patriotic motive. At the outbreak of the rising against the French in 1808 he published his Odas a Expana libre, and, both through the press and as secretary to the cortes and the regency, exerted himself to the utmost in behalf of his country ; but aftef the return of Ferdinand VII. from France in 1814, Quintana was confined for more than six years in the fortress of Pamplona. He was delivered by the revolution of 1820, and after