486 



LIQUID PARTS OF ANIMALS, 



Ingesta. 



Egesta. 



Total, 129 4 83 4 



The opium was gradually increased, and on the 24th of Febru- 

 ary amounted to a drachm in 24 hours. The symptoms which 

 usually attend opium eating made their appearance. Though the 

 quantity of urine was so greatly diminished, its specific gravity 

 was as high as 1 -032. It did not taste sweet, and yet it contain- 

 ed a good deal of sugar. The urea was so abundant, that when 

 nitric acid was added, crystals of nitrate of urea appeared with- 

 in ten minutes. The opium was discontinued on the three last 

 days of the month. The thirst and quantity of urine immediate- 

 ly increased. 



Ingesta. Egesta. 



