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amelioration of the bad symptoms, the vomiting and 

 thirst excepted. The matter ejected had small, mem- 

 branous-looking floculi floating in it, resembling the 

 crust washed from a port-wine bottle. The thirst 

 was urgent, and there was an incipient demand for 

 cold water, which was almost immediately rejected 

 by the stomach. The heat of the skin was reduced ; 

 the pulse sank to, or below, its natural standard ; 

 the patient, for an hour or two, expressed himself 

 to be greatly relieved, and, at this time, a person 

 imacquainted with the nature of the disease would 

 have hopes of his recovery. This state, however, was 

 of short duration, and the delusion soon vanished. 

 The delirium increased ; the matter ejected from the 

 stomach became black as coffee-dregs, and was some- 

 what viscid. There was an acrid, burning sensation 

 of the stomach, and soreness of the throat, extend- 

 ing along the whole course of the oesophagus, in 

 attempting to swallow ; eyes as if suffused with 

 blood ; skin, a dirty yellow ; parts round the neck, 

 and places pressed upon in bed, of a livid colour; 

 more or less hsemorrhage took place from the nose 

 and mouth. The delirium became violent ; the 

 body as it were writhed with pain ; the knees 

 incessantly drawn up to the body. The patient, 

 with convulsive grasp, seized his bed, or anything 



