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There is no real paradox in both bleeding and giving stimulants 

 in such a case, as the essential condition is one of weakness, and 

 if the abstraction of blood has been of use in relieving the 

 clogged heart and lungs, the depression under which these have 

 labored may be still further overcome by agents calculated to 

 rouse their suspended vitality. 



Trasbot strongly recommends large doses of tartar emetic and 

 iodide of potassium to reduce the blood pressure in the lungs, an 

 advice which will be received with hesitation by those who dread 

 the already paretic condition of the heart. His combination of 

 iodide of potassium with digitalis will be more confidently re- 

 sorted to. One drachm of the former may be given with a half 

 drachm of the latter twice daily. 



With the advent of marked fever and other signs of pneu- 

 monia, the treatment for that disease should be resorted to. 



