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night. The pain did not seem very severe, but was a dull, 
continuous, obstinate pain, and the pulse was but very little 
disturbed. An ordinary gripe-drink was administered to him, 
which apparently gave some relief, but after a few hours the 
pain returned, when another draught, followed by an enema, 
relieved him for about eighteen hours, when the pain again 
returned. Another draught was now given, increased in 
strength, and another glyster, and his abdomen was well 
stimulated with mustard. The pains not subsiding, he \vas 
bled freely, eight quarts being abstracted, and a physic-ball, 
containing six drachms of Barbadoes aloes, given. The pain 
continued, although at no time very severe, except once, for 
over 144 hours, when death put an end to his sufferings. 
During this time he had had his abdomen frequently 
stimulated with mustard liniment, increased in its potency 
by adding to it 01. Terebinthinae et Liq. Ammoniae Fortis. 
At times, too, his abdomen was well fomented with a horse¬ 
cloth wrung out of nearly boiling water and applied every 
ten minutes for two hours at a time; frequently enemas of 
warm water were thrown up, and tobacco-smoke as fre¬ 
quently and plentifully injected by means of Read’s pump. 
In the way of medicines, he had given to him Barbadoes 
Aloes, six drachms; Croton Farina, two drachms ; Calomel, 
four drachms; Linseed Oil, five quarts; Powdered Opium, 
four drachms ; Tincture Opium, ten ozs.; Tincture of Pi¬ 
mento, ten ozs.; Spt. Ether-nitr., ten ozs.; Liq. Ammoniae 
Fortis, two ozs., &c., &c., and was allowed to sip water, about 
a quart or so, every hour. He partook of no food during 
the whole time of his illness; his bowels never responded ; 
there was no perceptible tympanitis, and I occasionally ex¬ 
amined him per rectum^ to satisfy myself as to the state of the 
bladder, when I could distinctly feel a large mass of ingesta 
beyond my reach : he urinated occasionally and naturally. 
During the time the above case was under treatment 
another case of colic came in, the agonising paroxysms of 
W'hich, for five or six hours, were twenty times more severe 
than was the pain of the above case at any time during his 
illness. But these pains, intensified as they were, entirely 
succumbed to two gripe-drinks, bleeding, mustard appli¬ 
cations, hot fomentations, glystering, &c. 
REMARKS ON TREATMENT. 
Medicine. —Mr. Gamgee says he gives Cape or Socotrine 
Aloes. “ Argus ” administers Oil, Tinctura ()[)ii and Ether. 
Sulph. 1 admire Mr. Gamgee’s candour, and am much 
