of a partial Obstruction of the Circulation. 497 



Case VIII. — Gopaul Sing, aged 25, was admitted into 

 hospital on the 3rd July, with a severe attack of rheumatism 

 in the knee-joint. The tourniquet was applied for seven 

 minutes, which stopped the paroxysm ; next day he felt so 

 well that he could walk about. 



4th. — As the pain returned, the tourniquet was again (5th) 

 applied for 15 minutes, when the pain ceased, and the patient 

 could walk about : pain increased during the night, and now 

 (6th) he complains of pain in both ankles. Again applied 

 the tourniquet with excellent effect. A slight return of pain 

 in the evening. 



7th. — Much better ; still a little pain in the ankles. 



Sth. — Pains slight, confined to the feet and two ankles. 



26th. — Pains much decreased ; still weak ; now only a slight 

 pain in the foot. 13th. Well. The ligatures in this case were 

 of great use in removing the pain and in curing the disease. 



Case IX. — Baguban Chunder Banerjea, aged 23, has been 

 suffering for a year and a half with rheumatism, which has 

 quite unfitted him for study, or for gaining a livelihood. It 

 first appeared as sciatica, then it attacked the knee, and lastly 

 both heels, where the tendo-achilles is inserted into the 

 os-calcis. He moved about with great difficulty and pain. 

 When at rest he had less pain. The tourniquet was applied 

 to the right leg, which immediately removed the pain, and 

 he could stand without uneasiness. He had painful attacks 

 of lumbago, which were relieved by narcotics, &c. and the 

 occasional application of the tourniquet. This certainly re- 

 moved the pain, and diminished the severity of the disease. 



Cholera. — The difficulty of assigning a cause for certain 

 diseases is sufficiently evidenced by the new theories con- 

 tinually proposed, and new remedies recommended for their 

 removal. In none is this better exemplified than in the fear- 

 ful cholera; the attacks of which are so sudden, and the 

 symptoms so peculiar, as to require the careful consideration 



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