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FARCY IN THE HUMAN BEING. 
To be confined to low diet and to keep his bed. 
25^A, 1 P.M. —^The three blotches near which the leeches were ap¬ 
plied appear much smaller; but there are numerous small blotches 
over both legs and thighs. In many the centre is of a pale-green 
colour, having a somewhat gangrenous appearance. The head- ach 
is much worse; there is a sensation of weight over the eyes, and 
tenderness over the left frontal sinus: pulse 60, countenance natu¬ 
ral. He has eaten a good breakfast. 
R Tinct. lodini. jss 
Infusi Lini. 
Aq. Purae. jv. M. 
Sumat quartam partem quartis horis. 
Continue the lotion. 
Half-past eight. P.M. —Legs much the same; a few more blotches 
have appeared; head worse; rather more thirst; tongue rather 
white; pulse 84; appetite not so good; feels chilly; has occa¬ 
sionally slight shiverings ; has taken one dose of the mixture. 
Continue the mixture, and foment the legs with warm water. 
26/A, half-past eleven, A.M. —The blotches on the legs are paler; 
but several are still greenish in the centre, very much resembling 
a bruise; head-ach much better; pulse 60; bowels confined; had 
very little appetite for his breakfast, but appears much better in 
all respects. 
Continue the mixture and lotion. 
R Magn. Sulph.. 3vj 
Decocti Jalapae. Jiss. M. 
Fiat haustus statim sumendus. 
Eight, P.M. —Going on well, but no evacuation from the bowels; 
he felt rather sick after taking the draught; pulse 60; ate rabbit 
and ham for dinner. On the left thigh one of the blotches, about 
the size of a sixpence, has a small pustule on it as large as a 
pin’s head. 
Continue the mixture. 
R Hydr. Subm. gr. iij 
Extr. Colocinth. C. gr. vi. M. 
Ft. massa in pil. ij dividenda et statim sumend. 
27 th .—Bowels have acted once slightly; head-ach severe; the 
blotches appear to be dying away. 
Continue the mixture, and take an opening draught every four 
hours until it operate. 
28^A.—Has taken three opening draughts, which have acted 
freely; head much better. The centre of three of the blotches, 
which is still green, appears to form cavities containing a fluid from 
about the size of a shilling to that of a half-crown. These are sur¬ 
rounded by hard, defined edges, and covered by the cuticle, which 
