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Phthisis: Lioness — Curvature of the Spine — The 
Hydriodate of Potash. 
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June 3d, 1834.'— She has curvature of the spine in a slight 
degree, but increasing within the last few months. She did not 
eat her food last night, and appears a little dull. Give six grains 
of calomel. 
5th. — The medicine did not operate. She does not feed so 
well as usual, but she is active and plays. 
13^/i. — I do not like her ; she gets thin, is careless about her 
food, and her coat stares ; but she is playful, and takes her usual 
exercise. She is somewhat constipated. Give four grains each 
of calomel and antimonial powder. 
15th. — I have heard, I have seen her cough, and I am afraid. 
It is painful, cut short, and the fit continuing two or three 
minutes. She is thinner, but cheerful. The last medicine acted 
well. Give her morning and night a grain of calomel and three 
grains of antimonial powder. 
17th. — The more I study her, the more I fear. She does not 
feed with appetite, she loses flesh, and she coughs. Give three 
grains of emetic tartar. 
19th. — The emetic produced its proper effect, and she is 
better. Give three grains of the hydriodate of potash every night. 
22c?. — Very little alteration : continue medicine. 
23 d . — She has suddenly become worse. The cough is fre- 
quent, short and painful — the heaving sadly laborious — she gets 
rapidly thin, and the expression of the countenance is melancholy. 
Mr. Bennett and Mr. Yarrell met me in consultation : I had 
their permission to give the hydriodate of potash a fair and full 
trial. Give six grains every night — lessen her quantity of food, 
and let it chiefly consist of that which has been freshly killed, 
and is yet warm. 
25th. — She seems to be a little better — her breathing is easier, 
slower, and she is more cheerful. Give four grains of the hydri- 
odate of potash morning and night. 
29th.~ The breathing and general appearance are certainly im- 
proved. Continue medicine. 
July 1st. — She does improve — the breathing is quieter — the 
countenance is clearer — the appetite good, but she coughs. Feed- 
ing and medicine as before. 
4 th. — Still apparently improving. Continue treatment. 
9th. — She does improve, although she occasionally coughs — 
the cough has more of its natural character. Give five grains of 
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