132 PROGRESS. 



September 9. He is not so well : there is increased 

 dyspncea, and the pain now shoots through to the back ; 

 fluctuation is more perceptible. To have warm fomenta- 

 tions applied to the seat of pain ; and to take Ars. and 

 Bry. in alternation. 



From this date to the 15th there has been no special 

 improvement; the pain continues, the tumefaction and 

 dyspncea increase ; the nights become more restless ; 

 he sleeps but little, and that by short snatches ; the 

 tongue remains coated. To continue the fomentations 

 and to take Nux Vom. and A 



</,/,//,- i;.- II, feels better; there is less tension 

 in the hypochondria, and less dyspnu-a, ; tin- U. have been 

 moved copiously, and the I". copious and fairly normal. 

 " All good or 1 Kid signs." To continue the .Y>" r. ami 



From the 17th to the 2Uth tin-re has been a gen 

 and continued relapse of most of the symptoms; lie is 

 more restless; the dysjun 



of tlu; liver is more distended ; the skin is tense and 

 glassy; he looks hazard, anxious, and careworn; the 

 stomach is irritable, and he rejects his food ; the to: 

 continues coated, and the pulse is small and irritable. To 

 take Hep. ami 



On the following morning, at about 3 a.m., he felt some- 

 thing burst into the stomach, and he vomited nearly a pint 

 of pus, with marked relief to the more urgent and distress- 

 ing symptoms. From this date to the 26th he continued 

 t o i mprove more or less. All urgent symptoms have- 

 sided; he sleeps tolerably well; the tongue is getting 

 clean : he takes his food with a fair relish; his counte- 

 nence looks calm ; his B. are regular, his U. is copious, 

 and he expectorates pus more or less daily. To t 



