50 ANALYTIC SECT. VII. 
brandy and water; and was carried to the hospital 
of Fort St. George, where he arrived before 
the vomiting began, which happened soon after. — 
Mr. Forster, the surgeon of the 46th regiment, 
ordered him to be put immediately into the warm 
bath, which seemed to relax the muscles for some 
time, but when he was taken out, the spasms 
returned with renewed violence. Sinapisms were 
now applied to the abdomen and legs. At twelve 
o'clock, the sinapisms began to give pain, and the 
muscles to relax; he had taken a pint of strong 
brandy punch, which he retained half an hour, and 
had been purged only once. At three o’clock P.M. 
the sinapisms giving great pain, were taken off; 
the pulse was 90, and strong, the features natural, 
and the spasms had nearly ceased. Not having 
seen the patient at this hour, I cannot mention 
the state of the animal heat; but, from the 
strength of the pulse being restored, it may be 
presumed to have been higher than natural. The 
artificial re-action thus excited, prevented com- 
pression of the brain, and effusions in its ventricles 
or meninges, by restoring a due proportion of the 
fluids to the extremities and surface of the body. 
The day following, he made no complaint what- 
ever, excepting the pain of the abdomen and legs, 
where the sinapisms had been applied the day 
previous; the disease had, in fact, terminated in 
the artificial re-action. 

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