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for 3 or 4 hours; then every 3 hours for a day or so. 

 Stimulate with spirit of ammonia and brandy and give 

 tincture of opium in 2-ounce doses for pain if it is nec- 

 essary. 



Lead. Epsom salt, 10 ounces, Glauber's salt, 10 ounces, 

 4 drams diluted sulphuric acid, 20 drops croton oil, in 

 gruel. Eepeat in 8 or 10 hours, giving half the quantity 

 only. After the first draft, mucilage of linseed or gruel 

 should be given in large quantities every hour ; and at 

 each alternate hour 4 drams of diluted sulphuric acid 

 may be added. 



