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of wine, and ordered it to be adniiniftered as before. At 

 one her fvmptonis were greatly changed ; we found her fit- 

 ling up in bed, eating fmall portions of roafted oyfters, which 

 file had called for. At this time her jaws were almoft in 

 their natural ftate. She had taken her wine punftually as 

 dire6led, but experienced no inconvenience from it whatever, 

 altliough in health (lie had not been accuftomed to its ufe. 

 Her pulfes were ftill fmall and feeble, vvithout any excite- 

 ment from the ufe of wine. The heat of body remained at 

 its natural ftandard, but not at all increafed. The pain in 

 her head was abated, but without any appearance of fuppu- 

 ration. Finding this mode of treatment to agree fo well 

 with her^ we direfted it to be continued. We faw her again 

 in the evening : her fymptoms ftill continued tavourable, 

 without the fmalleft febrile atlion from the ufe of wine. 

 Having had no difcharge from her bowels fince her illnefs, 

 an injection was adminiltered ; which remedy was afterwards 

 employed, from time to time, in the courfe of her difeafe, 

 whenever the ftate of her bowels required it. The wine was 

 continued through the night : (he (lept, altogether, about 

 three hours in the courfe of the night, and took freely of her 

 panado. 



Thurfday morning at nine o'clock her complaints appeared 

 to be, in a great meafure, fubdued ; infomuch that we did not 

 think it necclfary to vifit her again until late in the evening, 

 and directed the wine to be given at longer intervals, and the 

 (juantity to be leflTcned, 



She remained in a very comfortable condition until the 

 afternoon : the pain in her hand returned with violence, ex- 

 tending to her arm and neck as before; her jaws were agaia 

 clofed ; the rigidity of the mufcles at the back of her neck 

 returned ; ht-r mind became greatly agitated ; fhe again com- 

 plained of diftrcfs at the pit of her fttiuiach ; (lie fainted, and 

 had feveral ilight convulfions. Being called at that time, I 

 gave her, with fomc difficulty, about half a pint of wine, and 

 ordered a warm poultice to be iuunediately boiled. When 

 prepared, I poured upon the furface of it half ail ounce of 

 laudanum, and applied it to the wound. Her fymptoms 

 K 2 were 



