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simple regime began to be useful, for the pulse 

 became fuller and stronger. On the 3rd of the 

 following August, the haematuria becoming more 

 marked, I ordered small doses of the bicarbonate of 

 potash in combination with the infusion of buchu. 

 On the 7th 1 found the pulse quite steady and 

 regular, varying from 100 to 104 ; her tongue 

 showing more colour, and her general tone im- 

 proving. At this time the urine was strongly 

 albuminous (from haemorrhage), and after standing 

 for forty hours gave a specific gravity of 1030. 

 On the 10th August she was placed with my family 

 (in the suburbs of the metropolis), in order that her 

 case might be more closely watched. I was thus 

 enabled not only to judge of the effects of treatment 

 from day to day, but also placed, by thorough and re- 

 peated examinations of the excretions, in a position 

 to ascertain the negative and positive facts of the para- 

 sitism. On the evening of the llth the pulse had 

 risen to 118, the very highly-coloured urine giving a 

 specific gravity of 1017. For several days the pulse 

 continued to vary exceedingly, ranging from 104 to 

 126 ; but the temperature of the body was remark- 

 ably uniform, the palm of the hand generally giving 

 94, the arm-pit 95 to 96, and the mouth 98 

 and 99 Fahrenheit. I had some difficulty in 

 ascertaining the average of water passed daily, but 

 on the 13th I found the quantity to amount to 

 forty-two ounces, and this, on standing in a tall 



