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operate upon the head with an instrument called a perforator, so 
as to reduce the size of the head to such a degree as to enable it 
to be drawn out without difficulty. 
The lecturer next pointed out the precautions necessary for 
preventing inversion of the uterus. With regard to medical 
treatment in these cases.- bleeding and physic had been recom- 
mended. If they wished speedily to sacrifice the life of the animal, 
such measures would be effective ; but the best course would be to 
administer diffusive stimulants and sedatives. Nothing was so 
good as opium for the purpose. The Professor, after a few general 
observations, concluded by thanking the audience for the patience 
and attention with which they had listened to his lecture. 
The Hon. Mr. Wilson proposed a vote of thanks to Professor 
Simonds for his able lecture ; which, having been duly seconded, 
was put to the vote, and carried by show of hands, amidst general 
acclamation. 
The audience then separated. 
York Paper 
Asiatic Cholera successfully treated by Chloroform, 
GIVEN INTERNALLY. 
By P. Brady, M.R.C.S.L. $ L.A.C., Harrow. 
Now that well-grounded apprehensions are entertained of the 
return of the Eastern epidemic, whose fatal progress has hitherto 
baffled every effort of our art, the following case will, I presume, 
be regarded with much interest : — 
Case. — Mary Parratt, aged sixty, ordinarily enjoying good 
health, was on Saturday, the 29th ult., attacked with slight diar- 
rhoea, for which the usual homely remedies were used. On the 
following morning at six o’clock A.M. the diarrhoea became pro- 
fuse ; excessive vomiting supervened, accompanied by spasms in 
the calves of the legs, fingers, and toes. Notwithstanding the 
urgent nature of the symptoms, reliance was still placed on the 
favourite remedy, brandy. Without avail, however : the dejections 
became incessant, the spasms increased in intensity, and at nine 
o’clock A.M. on Sunday, the 30th ult., I was called in to see the 
patient, who, it was affirmed, was in a “ dying state.” Believing, 
from the description given, that I should have to • treat genuine 
malignant cholera, and having pre-determined, should such a case 
present, to try the effect of chloroform, administered internally, 
I took with me the following mixture: — R. Chloroform, 3j ; ol. 
terebinth, Jj ; aq. distill. 3iij. M. 
