35S Surgical Cases in the Finshiiry Dispensary. 



jected and retained j some pills of extract cnlocynth with 

 calomel were given, but immediately rejected by the sto- 

 n^ach. 



At 12 o'clock the enema was repeated and retained, but 

 produced no e.Tect. At iO o'clock at night the countenaaoe 

 was good, piil^e S4, but there had not been any evacuation 

 by stool ; the tiiccup, sickness, and vomiting continued ; an 

 enjbrocation ot" soap liniment and aether was applied to the 

 umbilical region, and a table-spoonful of the following 

 mixture was ordered to be given frequently during the night : 

 R.sth. vit. 5ii. tinct. opii 51. aq. menth. ^'iv. m. 



On the Cth, at eight o'clock in the moii.lng, the pulse 

 was 84, a soft skin, rather incl ning to perspiration ; the 

 hiccup and sickness had nearly s;ihi:ded, he had two copious 

 evacuations by stool during the night, and had also slept for 

 several hours. 



At three o'clock in the afternoon the vomltiri^ o^ feculent 

 matte?- had returned, as violent as it had ever been before 

 the operation ; pulse 96, small and thready, the countenance 

 more irritable, but there did not appear to be any tension of 

 the abdominal viscera. 



At eigiit o'clock in the evening the symptoms were the 

 same, the Uicdicine and embrocation were continued. 



On the 7th there was no mitigation of symptoms; the 

 treatment was the same. 



On the 8th, the sickness and vomiting were somewhat 

 abated, some sleep had been obtained, but no evacuation 

 by stool ; the following pills were taken during the day : 

 "B. calom. gr. viii. jalapi gr. xvi. ni. f. pil. iv. 



On the 9th, in the morning, the pulse was small and 

 thready, the sickness was much abated, but the night had 

 been restless, and no evacuation by stool had been obtained; 

 the pills, ordered yesterday, were repeated : in the evening, 

 copious evacuations by stool took place, at first hard, and 

 xifterwards fiuid, and attended with griping pain; an opiate 

 pill was given at bed-time. 



On the 10th, the hiccup and sickness had subsided, the 

 appetite began to return; the wound was dressed, which had 



nearly 



