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ends out behind her, and caused an assistant to pull at them 
in order to keep her fore limbs under, so that she could not 
rise sufficiently high to throw herself to do any injury to 
any one. I then abstracted blood from the jugular vein to 
the amount of about six quarts, when the pulse became 
quicker and smaller. I then gave the following in the form 
of draught: 
Aloes B.B., ; 
Ammon. Sesquicarb., 5 J; 
Aquae Purse, Oj; 
and threw a few pailfuls of cold water over her head, in the 
form of douche. By this time the symptoms were somewhat 
relieved; her head and eyes had become more steady, and 
the spasms were leaving the extremities. I now applied a 
blister to the cranium, placed Hydrarg. Chlor. 5j on her 
tongue, had her well bedded up with straw, a sheet thrown 
over her, and left orders for her to be kept as quiet, and the 
place as dark, as possible. 
Next morning, the 18th, I visited my patient early; 
found her on her legs eating a little hay, and was told she 
had risen during the night. She was free from spasms, the 
eyes clearer, and not so amaurotic as on the previous even¬ 
ing ; the pulse 32 and rather full, extremities cold. I gave 
her— 
Ipe Ammon. Sequicarb., 5 iv; 
01. Palmse, q. s. Piat bol. 
Had her legs bandaged, and ordered her to be fed on bran 
mashes throughout the day. Quietude enjoined. 
April 19th.—The physic has operated moderately, the 
appetite is rather improving, both the extremities on the oft' 
side are extremely cold, whilst the near ones are quite warm; 
when made to move she appears to drag the off limbs, which 
gives her an unsteady gait, a circumstance I attributed to a 
disturbance of nervous influence, as all the rest of the ab¬ 
normal symptoms appeared to have left her. Ordered the 
legs to be well rubbed and bandaged with flannel. 
21st.—I was again requested to see her, as she had had 
a relapse, and during the night had been throwing herself 
about. Her eyebrows were much bruised and swollen, through 
coming in contact with the walls of her box. When I arrived 
I found her free from spasm, but she appeared to have lost a 
great deal of power of self-control, as she reeled about her 
box, and could scarcely keep on her legs ; the pulse was slow, 
