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we will discontinue our report for a while, but continue the treat- 
ment. 
31sL — There was a sudden relapse yesterday. There is heav- 
ing at the flanks — increased cough — he is peevish and spiteful — 
scarcely regarding his food. Continue the powder, with opium 
instead of digitalis. 
Jan. ls£, 1842. — It was well that he had the opium yesterday, 
for he howled all night, just as the others have done before they 
went off. No cough remains. The discharge from the nose has 
ceased, but he heaves sadly. Keep half-grain doses of digitalis 
and opium ready. While he is tolerably composed, give the 
digitalis with antimonial powder. When any of these exacerba- 
tions appear, give the opium and antimonial. In the evening he 
seemed to be very much oppressed with phlegm, and an emetic 
was administered. 
2d . — The emetic did not act, and was, consequently, repeated. 
4 th . — The emetic did not fairly discharge its duty, but the 
patient is a little better. Continue the antimonial powder and 
digitalis. 
dth . — His appetite is failing. Omit the antimony and digitalis, 
but continue the iodine friction. Give him a little preserved gin- 
ger, of which he used to be fond. 
6th . — He will not take any thing but a little, and a very little, 
ginger. 
7th . — He purges violently, and will scarcely touch even his 
ginger ; but he was induced to take a little milk and rice well 
boiled. He was likewise coaxed to take half a grain of the acetate 
of morphia. 
Sth . — He has nearly lost the use of his hind extremities. The 
purging continues. Medicine and food as yesterday, with plenty 
of warmth, for he is getting sadly cold. He died in the course 
of the night. 
On opening the abdomen, a layer of adipose matter, half an 
inch in thickness, presented itself, covering the whole of the in- 
testines, and slightly tinged with yellow. The spleen was per- 
fectly healthy. The liver somewhat enlarged, but otherwise 
healthy. The stomach perfectly healthy, but containing a little 
thick milky fluid, and a worm of the teres kind, eight inches and 
a half in length. There was not a trace of inflammation through- 
out the whole of the small intestines, and a very slight blush of 
it on the large ones. The lungs, generally speaking, were devoid 
of inflammation, except that there were a few hardened spots, 
either the nuclei of nascent tubercular affection, or the remains 
of disease of this character. 
