WHAT IS PHYSICAL LIFE 



a rubber ball between her teeth to keep 

 her mouth wide open, a couple of gal- 

 lons of hot water with chlorate of potash 

 and peppermint were poured into the 

 mouth every two hours night and day, 

 from an elevated fountain syringe: for if 

 the mouth be kept open nothing is swal- 

 lowed, but the current strikes against the 

 back of the throat and returns by the 

 tonsils, washing everything before it as 

 it pours out of the mouth. I saw her 

 again on the 28th, and was gratified to 

 note a favorable change from the deathly 

 expression of her face at the first visit. 

 She still could not swallow, but the glands 

 in the neck had begun to diminish in size, 

 though much membrane remained in the 

 throat. On the 30th I found that she could 

 swallow, but that there remained the fol- 

 lowing complications to expect, like so 

 many rocks in shooting rapids with a canoe. 

 First the scarlatinal agent would invade 

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