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ACTION OF POTASSIO - TART RAT E OF ANTIMONY. 
Case. 
Drill grey; ten years’ old. Admitted on the 4th March, 
1853. Lame off fore. The needful treatment for the lame- 
ness was instituted, and on the ISth it was so slight that I 
determined on leaving it to rest and nature. I wish it to be 
here understood that my afternoon visit to hospital is paid at 
five p.m.; therefore, whenever more than one dose was given 
during the day, the last was always given at four p.m., to 
allow an hour’s operation before I saw my patient. Besides 
this, it should be mentioned that, after his admission, a 
purgative was given, which acted properly. He is now on 
full feed (the 13th March), and the pulse at six a.m. was 34. 
Give Ant. Potass. Tart., 5 ss; in water, Jx ; three times 
during the day. 
1853. 
March 13th, Pulse at 6 a.m., 34 Pulse at 5 p.m., 44 
99 
14th, 
99 
38. 
Repeat medicine . . „ 
38 
97 
15th, 
>> 
39. 
99 9 9 • • 99 
99 
40 
99 
16th, 
99 
>> 
40. 
Give 3j three times to-day 
in water Jvj . . . „ 
99 
35 
99 
17th, 
}} 
>> 
35. 
Repeat medicine . . „ 
99 
35 
99 
18th, 
99 
,, 
39. 
99 99 ' • 99 
99 
33 
99 
19 th, 
49 
,, 
32. 
Discontinue medicine . „ 
99 
35 
99 
20th, 
99 
„ 
31. 
No medicine . . . „ 
35 
21st, 
„ 
31. 
Give 3ss three times to- 
day in water Jvj . . „ 
99 
34 
99 
22d 
99 
„ 
33. 
No medicine . . . „ 
99 
34 
99 
23d, 
99 
„ 
34. 
Give 3jss three times to- 
day in water ?vj . . „ 
99 
45 
He refuses his food in the evening. 
99 
24th, 
99 
44. 
No medicine . . . „ 
99 
55 
Still refuses his food all day. 
99 
25th, 
99 
38. 
No medicine . . . „ 
99 
39 
26th, 
99 
99 
28. 
99 • • • 99 
31 
99 
27th, 
99 
29. 
99 • • • 99 
99 
37 
99 
28th, 
» 
» 
34. 
99 • • • 99 
99 
36 
Now try 
the drug in bolus — 
March 29th, Pulse at 6 a.m. 
,32. 
Give 3jss, made into a soft 
ball with flour (only once!) „ 
„ 
35 
99 
30th, 
99 
99 
33. 
Repeat the ball as yester- 
day 
99 
35 
99 
31st, 
99 
99 
33. 
Repeat ball as yesterday . ,, 
99 
45 
April 
. 1st, 
99 
99 
34. 
Discharged for duty. 
I make no remark except that at almost every adminis- 
tration of the drug, in whatever dose, the pulse rose . In small 
doses little or no effect was produced, and the large dose at 
once rapidly increased the circulation, and caused a refusal 
of food — the latter not, I think, from nausea, as the term is 
