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26th. — He is continuing to improve, if it will last. I use this 
language, because, in my opinion, his sociableness with us is a 
forced effort, for as soon as we leave him, he is a desolate and 
woe-begone animal. 
2Sth. — A medical gentleman who saw him to-day fancies that 
his gums are again getting bad. We carefully examined him. 
A furry collection was about the edges of his tongue, and a little 
soreness under the tongue ; but there were not any sore places on 
his gums. We applied the diluted tincture of benzoin to the 
gums ; but it was with some hazard to him and to the keepers 
that we could accomplish it. W'e must pause ere we again 
engage in such a struggle. 
Dec. IsL — The cough is not so frequent — the discharge from 
the nostrils is diminished — his appetite is better — his gums are 
well ; yet I do not dare to hope that we shall save him. Let a grain 
of iodine be daily given to him — and two grains more be rubbed 
into his chest every morning — keep him warm, and let the tempe- 
rature be as equal as possible. 
3d. — He his dull and chilly, with a slight discharge of mucus 
from the nose. He does not eat quite so well. Continue treat- 
ment. 
4th. — The discharge from the nose has ceased — the appetite is 
returned — there is considerable itching. Omit the iodine fric- 
tion. Rub a little sweet oil gently, but well, all over him. Con- 
tinue the iodine internally. 
7th. — A considerable quantity of scurfy matter is separated 
from his skin by the application of a brush. A medical gentle- 
man recommended that he should be put into a warm bath. It 
would have taken half a dozen of our keepers to have accom- 
plished this, and he, possibly, would have died in the struggle. 
Continue the iodine internally. 
12 ih . — He seems to be really improving. He does not cough 
half so much, and the ointment is getting the scurf from him. 
Continue treatment. 
14 th. — The skin is rapidly becoming clearer and softer. We 
will get off a little more of the scurf, and then apply the ointment 
once more in good earnest. 
16^/?. — Again have recourse to the iodine ointment. 
18£//. — Apparently improving, except that the itching is sadly 
troublesome. Apply externally an ointment of purified lard, with 
three grains to the ounce of opium. Give internally a grain each 
of antimonial powder and digitalis. 
22 d . — Very little change, and that for the better. The cough 
is very much diminished. The appearances are $o flattering, that 
