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and fuffered other evacuations in the courfe of the two fucceed- 
ing days, without the fmalleft amendment. I was then fent for; , 
and from the above recital of the cafe was fatisfied that there was 
no fra€ture. The pulfe, as in fuch cafes, were flow and full; he 
moaned much, and frequently put his hand to his head. Expe- 
rience had taught me that profufe evacuations anfwer no good 
purpofe in thefe maladies, fo I gave him medicines of the ner- 
vous tribe, with a cold infufion of the bark; and for his diet, 
veal broth, beef tea; and fometimes wine whey. In two days 
after his pulfe became firmer, but his reftleffnefs and anxiety 
increafed towards evening. About one next morning he grew 
perfectly outrageous, fo as with difficulty to be kept in his bed, 
and I was called up. On refleGiion nothing feemed to me fo 
proper to calm thefe fymptoms as fedatives. I fent immediately to 
the apothecary’s, gave him myfelf a dofe; and finding him calmer, 
in half an hour, I left him, with dire€tions that at what time 
foever it returned the dofe fhould be repeated. At five in the 
morning the medicine was again given. He remained compofed, 
was much better, and vifibly clear in his intellects. In a word, 
I left him perfe€ly reftored the third day after ; the wound in 
the head healed in fome days after, and he recovered. 
From the preceding fats and obfervations the following pro- 
pofitions may be deduced. 
1. THar many fraQtures of the fkull do not require the ap- 
plication of the trephine. 
2. THAT 
