194 ANALYTIC PHYSIOLOGY. 
functions of the nervous system. An artificial 
re-action must be effected, or the patient will 
almost inevitably die. If the physician sees his 
patient about the beginning of the cold stage, a 
strong dose of ether must be ordered, with. cold 
brandy and water. The intolerable thirst should 
be relieved by abundance of lemonade. The 
patient should be put to bed, and covered with 
four or five blankets, and sinapisms must then be 
applied to the feet and abdomen. This practice, 
when, timely begun, will seldom fail. to bring 
on a sufficient re-action to remove the disease. 
If the second stage has continued a. consider- 
able time before the arrival of the medical attends 
ant, and if there be present any symptoms of 
coma or delirium, more active practice is neces- 
sary ; the patient must. be freely bled, to relieve 
the brain from the unusual load of blood; and 
this object may, in some instances, be most 
effectually accomplished by opening the jugular 
vein. The lowness of the pulse must not deter 
from. the use of the lancet; it, on the contrary, 
shows that , bleeding is imperiously requisite. 
After the bleeding, the abdomen should be 
cauterized with nitric acid, diluted with an equal 
quantity of water. Mr. Powell applies the acid 
in this state till the skin becomes red, and then 
washes the part with a solution of the carbonate of 
potass. The neatest way of effecting an artificial 
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