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JOHN SCOTT. 
To satisfy the owner I passed the catheter, and drew off a 1 
small quantity of natural looking urine. I then gave him 
potassium bromide § ss, chloral hydrate § ss and gelsemium 
fl. ex. 3 i; in an hour repeated the bromide and gelsemium, 
and after that every two hours; kept hot blankets to the hip 
and used an anodyne liniment. At io P. M. he was feeling 
easier, so I left him in charge of an attendant, with instruc¬ 
tions to give two doses of bromide and gelsemium during the 
night. 
I saw him next morning about five o’clock, when he was 
looking and feeling better. He had turned round in his stall 
during the night, being the first he had changed his position,! 
but would bear no weight on the affected limb. 
I continued giving the bromide and gelsemium every 
four or five hours, gradually decreasing the dose as the ner¬ 
vous symptoms disappeared, and on the fifth day discon¬ 
tinued them entirely and prescribed tonics, as his appetite was 
very poor. 
During this time I had been treating the hip and thigh: 
with hot blankets and anodyne liniments, but as the gluteal 
muscles began to show signs of becoming atrophied and the 
pain still being severe, I applied a blister to the parts. The 
third day after applying it we led him out of the stall for the; 
first time, but he would scarcely bear any weight on the af¬ 
fected limb ; merely touching the toe to the ground. But as 
the owner was anxious to get away, we concluded to try and 
move him to my hospital, which we did the following night 
where he laid down for the first time. He laid down pretty 
regular after this, but had to be helped up for several days 
I continued giving him tonics for about three weeks be 
fore he regained his appetite, and by this time he wasn’t mucl 
more than a shadow, but was able to walk out for a little ex 
ercise, and from this time on he improved quite rapidly. 
The gluteal muscles became very much atrophied, bu 
this I finally overcame by repeated blistering. 
In about six weeks from the time he was admitted to th< 
hospital I put him in harness for the first time and drove hin 
a few blocks; after this gave him regular exercise and ii 
