82 AFFECTION OF THE BRAIN AND PARALYSIS. 
Treatment .—I bled from the jugular in a full stream until 
eight pounds of blood were taken, and gave mag. sulph. in 
solution ibj, nit. potass. 3ij. 
In the evening she made frequent efforts to rise, but was so 
much exhausted that they were ineffectual. I ordered ol. croton 
twenty drops, oil of turpentine half an ounce, and sweet spirits 
of nitre an ounce, to be given in gruel. I cut the hair close, and 
applied a strong blister at the back of the head. 
20th .—Has not moved from the place where I saw her last 
night. Pulse 55. The bowels not acting, I removed some 
hardened feeces from the rectum, and administered an enema. 
Extremities quite warm, and she ate very little. I administered 
one pound of Epsom salts, two drachms of ginger, and oil of 
caraways thirty drops in a pint of warm water, with four ounces 
of treacle. . 
21s*.—She looks more lively, and has eaten a little hay in the 
night; but the bowels were not moved; the mouth was hot, 
and the pulse , had risen to 70, and was wiry. The drink of 
yesterday was repeated. The blisters were acting well. 
22d .—Not yet able to rise, but lies with the head thrust out 
as far as possible; slight appetite ; the bowels acting well. I 
ordered half an ounce each of ginger, gentian, and oil of turpen¬ 
tine in gruel. 
23c?.—She appears much better, but not able to rise ; in fact 
she does not attempt it even when struck with a stick: eats 
better. Pulse 45. Give powdered caraways one ounce, and 
powdered mustard-seed two ounces in gruel. 
24 th. —On my striking herewith my stick, she made several 
Ineffectual attempts to rise, and, at last, succeeded and walked 
io the homestead, a distance of five hundred yards from the place 
where she fell. I repeated the tonic medicine for a few days, 
and introduced setons in the poll, from which time she gradually 
gained strength; but for a considerable period carried the head 
in that poking position in which I first found her. 
I am induced to forward this case because I think it forms one 
among many of the affections which that important organ, the 
brain, is liable to, and of which we as yet know but little. I give 
it no name ; neither do I profess to decide whether that organ 
was primarily or sympathetically affected. I leave you, Mes¬ 
sieurs Editors, and your readers, to form their own opinions on 
that point. Mine is in favour of the latter case ; else why should 
we have so much constipation ? In fact, does it not bear strong 
analogy to the affection we term stomach staggers in the 
horse ? 
