SUPPLEMENT. 494 



the folloiving night to a verification of that 

 excellent motto and excitement to industry, 

 '^ Persevere and conquer.^' The subject con- 

 tinued to become much less disquieted, not 

 a symptom but appeared less violent, and 

 he even dosed without extreme pain. In the 

 middle of the night I repeated the glyster, 

 which was then retained a considerable time, 

 and again discharged, as thrown up, with- 

 out the least appearance of, or mixture with, 

 excrement. 



After this retention and evacuation of the 

 injection, he tottered, unsupported, to his 

 bed, and lay down evidently better. In 

 less than an hour after this effort and emo- 

 tion, he took, with some degree of eagerness, 

 the bread and milk that had been prepar- 

 ed (previously warmed) ; about eight in the 

 morning I renewed my injection, which, after 

 beins retained for at least ten minutes, came 

 away with a large portion of discoloured cru-^ 

 difieSy as if brought from the interstices of 

 the intestines by the repeated washings of 

 the injection. — This produx:ed additional and 

 very striking advantages: Jie ^vas seemingly 

 relieved in all respects, the stricture of the 

 muscles upon the intestines, and the contrac- 



