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visit, and while he has slept has had, as he has at present, some 
return of the apoplectic snore. Now and then, however, he sud- 
denly wakes up and has a fit of struggling, or rather fighting, with 
his fore limbs. His pulse is 72, and not strong, or such as would 
induce one to draw more blood. His attention cannot by any 
means be roused or commanded. It is useless to offer him any 
food or drink. Give him another enema. 
6 o'clock , P.M. — I see no alteration in him. His pulse is 76, 
and he is lying at one time dozing, at another struggling, as he 
was in the afternoon. Let him remain undisturbed, for disturbance 
of any kind evidently brings on a convulsive fit ; and let him be 
set up with and carefully watched during the night, continuing the 
lotion to his head. 
February \st. — What with the frequent interruption of his 
dozing by fits of convulsion, as if from some pain he occasionally 
felt, he has passed a restless night, though to me, unless it be for 
the worse, he does not present any material difference in his aspect 
from what he did last evening. I hesitate not to say, recovery is 
impossible ; and therefore, as the poor creature is evidently suffer- 
ing either a good deal of uneasiness or pain somewhere — though 
that may be, partly, from so long lying, and yet he is not in a state 
to stand, even in suspension — I recommend that he be destroyed. 
His owner, however, being from home, and no one in charge liking 
to give the warrant for his execution, he is left to linger or rather 
struggle on in his misery. 
At 3 o’clock, P.M. to-day, I saw him alive for the last time. 
His fits of convulsion have increased since the morning, both in 
violence and duration, his blowing in consequence becoming 
* stronger. What with these fits, and his swollen bunged-up eyes, 
and raw head from contusions, he is altogether a pitiable spectacle. 
Although his body and legs continue quite warm, his pulse, which 
was running down in the morning, has now disappeared quite. I 
cannot even feel the artery. Pauvre miserable ! thy sufferings 
cannot be of much longer duration. 
At half past 6 o'clock, P.M. he died. For ten minutes before 
his death, so great was his manifestation of agony, that he made 
desperate efforts to raise himself up, and actually shrieked with a 
loudness that was heard in other houses near the spot. 
Post-mortem, ‘Id February. — His head, the only part saved, was 
carefully examined at ten o’clock this morning. There appeared 
an evident fulness, even to distention, of the bloodvessels, both 
of the dura mater and of the membranes immediately investing the 
brain ; but this was not accounted sufficient for, or by any means a 
satisfactory explanation of what had passed ; nevertheless, exteri- 
orly, nothing else unusual was to be perceived — the cerebrum was 
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