CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY, 
By Mr. Youatt. 
No. XI. 
Hepatitis. 
1833, Nov. 4th. — Lion. He is more sluggish than usual, 
and has been heard to cough several times lately. Give three 
grains each of calomel and antimonial powder. 
9th. — Feeds well, but is dull, and the cough increases. Give 
four grains of emetic tartar. 
10M. — A great quantity of bile vomited. The flanks quieter. 
Do not give any medicine to-day. 
— No change. Continue treatment. 
14 th. — This animal was last night removed into other quarters. 
His den is unfortunately over that of the young lion and lioness. 
He growls at the other lion, and springs against the bars, in 
order to get at him. This is doing him no good. He will not 
eat, and his breathing is short. 
1 5th. — Still not reconciled, and worries himself sadly. He is 
continually protruding and moving his tongue, as if he had an 
unpleasant taste in his mouth, and he made one attempt to vomit. 
Three grains of emetic tartar were given, which brought off much 
bile. 
18 th. — He is better reconciled to his neighbours; eats a little, 
and looks brighter. 
Dec. 3 d. — I have said nothing of him for a long time, because 
he has been constantly improving. Strike him off the list 
but — 
7th. — I might well put the “ but” There has been a sudden 
and fearful change. Last night he refused his food ; and to-day 
he began to be uneasy, shifting his posture, and his coun- 
tenance assuming a most anxious expression. Give three grains 
each of calomel and antimonial powder. 
8 th. — He ate sufficient food to contain his medicine, which 
has operated fairly, and the breathing is much relieved. He can 
with difficulty be made to walk, and drops rather than lies down. 
There must be some acute internal inflammation to account for 
the sudden prostration of strength. Give ten grains of calomel. 
\Oth. — The medicine produced a great quantity of liquid faecal 
matter. The breathing became quicker. He still purges. Coax 
with broth and warm meat. 
11 th. — Coax to eat, and give six grains of calomel. 
