On Delirium Tremens. 



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pulse ; tremulous tongue ; bowels 

 open. 



3rd morning — better; has slept. 



Evening — has returned to the 

 Hospital with noises in his ears ; 

 agitated tremulous manner (he 

 was necessarily allowed to leave 

 the Hospital for a few hours.) 



Night — quite deranged ; skin 

 clammy. 



4th morning — has been de- 

 ranged all night; kneeling, and 

 confessing, and writing letters, 

 with lucid intervals at times ; face 

 flushed this morning ; heated per- 

 spiring skin ; pale tongue ; agita- 

 ted manner. 



Noon — skin heated ; perspir- 

 ing. 



5 th morning — has slept near- 

 ly all night, although wild at 

 times. 



Evening — quiet during the day, 



6th morning — has been quiet 

 all night. He left Hospital to- 

 day, and although remaining 

 queer and odd in manner, he 

 shortly afterwards took down his 

 ship. 



No. 14. July 29th, age 23.— 

 Has been drinking hard the day 

 before admission, and slept on 

 deck the same night. 



General Symptoms. — Continual 

 vomiting of greenish liquid for 24 

 hours after admission ; tremor of 

 tongue and body generally, in- 

 creased in paroxysms ; manner 

 agitated ; feels giddy, nauseated, 

 and faint ; weak pulse ; perspir- 

 ing skin; tongue thickly coat- 

 ed, yellowish-brown ; experiences 

 flushes of heat at times ; he is 

 able to sleep a little. 



2nd day — towards the after- 

 noon, all his symptoms much 

 relieved after free evacuations. 

 He left Hospital after 5 days. 



3rd day — repeat medicine : af- 

 ternoon — Tinct: Opii: 5\j- 



4th morning — Tinct : Opii : 5\j : 

 afternoon — Tinct : Opii : 5ij. a 

 glass of beer to-day. 



5th day— a glass of beer, be- 

 sides this treatment he had on 

 a second blister, sinapisms, and 

 took aperients. 



No. 14. 1st morning — Calomel 

 3j. Opii: gr. i. Afternoon — 

 Morph : Mur : gr. £ terdie with 

 calomel gr. iij. Night — Morphia 

 gr. %, besides, a warm bath ; pur- 

 gative enemata. 



