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FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS. 
pulse, however, was rather quicker, being 45 ; the respiration 
also a little quickened ; legs and ears cold. I therefore clothed 
the body, bandaged the legs, and put a cap on the head and 
ears, and administered the following: 
^ Ether, ^ ; 
Tinct. Opii, ; 
Sulph. Magnesiae, 5'^iij. 
As the bowels had not acted, I gave Sulph. Magnesiae 
again at night, and also again the following morning, in her 
water. 
17th. Pulse still quick, respiration a little quickened, 
being 12 or 14 in the minute ; bowels gently operated upon. 
A considerable discharge lakes place from the uterus, and she 
is still feeding well. 
Gave stimulants in her mash. 
18th.—I found my patient not so well; pulse 60, 
breathing very quick, and nostrils distended. Abstracted 
four quarts of blood, and gave Opii pulv. 5j in a soft ball, to 
be repeated every six or eight hours. 
19th.—I found my patient progressing favorably ; pulse 
50; breathing very much slower; appetite good. Still con¬ 
tinued the opium. 
20th.—Improving fast; gave opium only once a day; 
pulse 40. 
21st.—All the unfavorable symptoms are gone; she is 
feeding well; pulse and respiration are natural. 
22nd.—I found my patient quite recovered. 
Facts and Observations. 
Weights to be used in Medicine. —The Medical 
Council has decided that for the purposes of medicine there 
shall be no other weights used than the imperial or avoirdu¬ 
pois pound, ounce, and grain. The drachm and scruple are 
to be discarded henceforth. Quantities prescribed may be 
reckoned by grains, applying the decimal system, or the 
ounce as 480 grains may be used. This plan is to be intro¬ 
duced into the new pharmacopoeia. 
Chinese Sheep. — M. Legabbe has presented to the 
Society of Acclimatisation of Paris three Chinese sheep, 
part of a flock, he says, he has had for several years, num¬ 
bering at the present time more than three hundred. Their 
fecundity is remarkable. The ewes breed regularly twice a 
