A CASE OF BLACK-WATER. 
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about five minutes in passing it. I do not think her so warm as 
she has been. The pulse quick and irritable. I raked her, but 
got little from her, and I found my arm highly tinged of a yellow 
colour with the faeces. She drank about a quart of warm water. 
I gave her potas. tart. ant. 3 j, hyd. chlor. 5 j, zingib. ^ij, and gentian 
5 ij, in two quarts of gruel. 
\lth .—I got about five quarts of water from her, in the same 
dribbling way, but it was not so dark coloured. She is getting 
weaker and colder. I can hear an artery beat strongly, on putting 
my ear close to the side of the abdomen, between the ribs and 
the ileum. She has dunged a few bits in the course of the night. 
I gave mag. sulph. Jvi, sulph. sub. §ij, hyd. chlor. et ant. potas. 
tart, aa 3 j, zingib. 3 iij and gentian Jss, in some gruel. 
12 o’clock.—No better. I gave ol. ricini ifess, and ol. croton 
gtt. xiv. 
9 P.M.—The urine in the course of the day lost its dark brown 
hue, and became of a dirty colour. The bowels have not been 
opened, and she is very weak. I gave half a pint of port wine 
in some gruel. 
18/A, 7 A.M. —I found her lying down, and grunting much. Only 
about a handful of dung had been evacuated during the night. I 
got nearly a gallon of water from her, and which was much clearer 
than yesterday, but she is evidently worse, and can scarcely get 
up. The conjunctival membranes are not tinged yellow, nor do 
the fasces do more than slightly tinge the arm. I gave better 
than half a pint of port wine in some boiled cabbage and boiled rye. 
9 A.M.— As no medicine seemed to do good, but rather to weaken 
her, I gave a quart of wort (new beer) and half a pint of 3 ^east, 
by the desire of the owner. 
12 o’clock—She has had several fits of uneasiness and pain since 
1 last saw her, and now she is lying down, and hangs her head 
down, moving it about a little scarcely perceptibly, as if the head 
was affected. The pulse is now much lower and irregular, and 
below par both in freriuency and force; I am fearful she is sink¬ 
ing. 1 gave her some gruel, with about 3 ] of zingib. 
1 P.M.— She died. 
Examination .—About two hours after death, I examined the 
brain. It was not at all tinged yellow, nor was there any in- 
llainination or engorgement of the vessels, but, on turning the 
brain out, a considerable quantity of serum escaped. It appeared 
to me to come in a great measure from the spinal marrow. J should 
think that an ounce of serum came from the spinal canal on hold¬ 
ing the neck down. 
About eight on the following morning I examined the remainder 
of the body. 
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