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S. S. BAKER 
There was no pain after the third day, the patient standing 
in a very listless way, not noticing anything that went on, and 
never moving unless she was made to ; she still refused to eat 
or drink. There was not the slightest murmur in the bowels 
from the start. 
After waiting three days to give the bolus a chance to get 
in its work, and failing to do so, I gave two pints of oil ; that 
was the morning of the fourth day of the attack ; that evening 
gave two pints more. Next morning, the'fifth day, there being 
no motion in the bowels, gave one pint of oil ; that evening 
gave two pints. Next morning could hear no sound ; gave 
another pint, making one gallon of oil and eight drams of aloes 
she had taken in six days with no results. During all this time 
I gave physostigma, nux vomica, hyoscyamus and belladonna; 
repeatedly gave whiskey, sulphuric ether and quinia frequently. 
You can perhaps imagine my feelings when owner would call 
up occasionally to know how she was getting along; I could of 
course give him no encouragement. 
About this time Dr. Wilson was in town, and I asked him to 
advise me in the matter ; he said it was a very peculiar case and 
a very doubtful one. He recommended the administration of 
powerful stimulants and also oatmeal drenches in the shape of 
gruel. 
I tried the gruel, and got about a quart a day down with the 
greatest difficulty, the patient absolutely refusing to swallow it. 
Having poured so much oil down her, I began to fear the con¬ 
sequences in case it ever started, so stopped it. On the eighth 
day I called in Dr. A. H. Baker in consultation; he thought I 
had a fatal case, but advised small doses of oil six hours apart. 
I kept this treatment up till I had two quarts more oil in her, 
making a gallon and a half of oil altogether. Finally, on the 
eleventh day of the attack, there being no sound in the bowels 
whatever, I began giving hypodermic injections of salicylate 
eserine in one-quarter grain doses every few hours ; continued 
this treatment till noon of the twelfth day, when the bowels be¬ 
gan to rumble. 
