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CASE OF PNEUMONIA. 
the following medicine was administered : White hellebore half a 
drachm, nitre half an ounce. A stimulating liniment was rubbed on 
the legs, and flannel bandages applied. I then rubbed on the 
chest, having first shaved off the hair, an ointment composed 
of, turpentine ointment three ounces, and tartarised antimony an 
ounce and a half. 
Twelve o’Clock. The pulse is increased in strength and full¬ 
ness ; was about 90 in the minute, strong and bounding. I bled to 
two quarts, and administered hellebore a scruple. Shortly after 
the last dose of hellebore was given the animal burst out into a 
profuse sweat, and foamed at the mouth, from the nauseating ef- * 
fects of the medicine. 
One o'Clock. The pulse was reduced to 70; still a copious per¬ 
spiration ; foams at the mouth, and refuses food and water. 
Two o'Clock. The breathing not so laborious, the extremities 
warm, and the pulse reduced to 65; still foams at the mouth, but 
the perspiration greatly diminished. 
Three o’Clock. She appears to labour under an excessive degree 
of pain, is quite restless, continually rising up and lying down. 
The perspiration again increased ; foams at the mouth, and con¬ 
tinually makes ineffectual efforts to vomit. 
Four o’Clock. The symptoms are considerably increased, and 
assume an alarming appearance to the by-standers; yet the pulse, 
during a short cessation of the paroxysm, is only 60: she now 
groans and struggles violently. As it appeared certain that the 
symptoms, as described after two o’clock, were owing to the 
nauseating effects of the hellebore, I gave her in a drench half 
an ounce of aloes in solution, combined with an ounce and half 
of the tincture of opium, and threw up clysters of warm water 
during every cessation of pain. 
Five o’Clock. She several times attempted to rise during the 
last half hour, but only succeeded once, and then fell down im¬ 
mediately. She now became quite unmanageable, raised herself 
on her haunches like a dog, and snapped at the litter with her 
teeth, which induced my assistants to believe that the animal 
was suffering with hydrophobia. In consequence of this opinion, 
I was obliged to attend the animal myself, for neither threats nor 
promises would induce any of them to assist me. 
Six o’Clock. The symptoms are not so alarming, nor near so 
violent. Administered tincture of opium ^ss in some warm gruel. 
The animal afterwards drank freely of warm water. 
Fight o’Clock. Still labours under a great degree of pain, but 
is improving. The animal continued improving during the night, 
and towards the morning of the 26th, was able to eat bran 
mashes and a little hay. The pulse was reduced to 50, and the 
