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aggravated case. He used grain doses three times a day. The first 
dose relaxed the spasms, and eventually the patient died. 
Mr. Lawson said that in one case lie gave nux vomica and 
belladonna, and managed better than he had done before. The 
patient had the appearance of doing well for about a mouth, but, at 
last, it became worse and died. 
Mr. Haycock rose to speak of the action of hydrocyanic acid. 
He said that he had tried it on the healthy animal, and had arrived 
at the conclusion that it had but little effect. When he gave large 
doses, disturbance sometimes ensued, but the effect of that dose, 
whether it was given by the rectum or by the mouth, was not a 
direct proof that the acid could produce effect beyond what 
anything else would produce, say an ounce of gruel given in the 
same way. He had seen very serious disturbance follow the admi¬ 
nistering of warm water by injection. It was, therefore, scarcely 
conclusive to say that hydrocyanic acid produced disturbance in 
consequence of its medicinal action. With regard to his own treat¬ 
ment, he had tried aconite, and found it to be a powerful sedative. 
He had resorted a good deal to Fleming’s tincture of aconite, in 
two- or tliree-drachm doses, largely diluted with water. In using 
strychnine he found the effects to be such that he determined not 
to resort to it again ; but upon reducing the quantity of the dose 
he found great benefit from it. With regard to trituration, he 
thought what was called the third trituration was the best prepara¬ 
tion that could be used. By giving small doses of strychnine in the 
same way a decisive effect was produced upon the bowels. He had 
given belladonna in two cases with benefit, using the plaster exter¬ 
nally, and daubing the wound with it. Opium he had also used, 
but, deriving only little benefit from it, he did not resort to it again 
for a long time. Chloroform he had seldom used without benefit; 
but with respect to that drug, as with many others, the full benefit 
would not be derived unless due regard was had to the time of 
giving it. If drugs which might be of benefit when given within 
ten days or a week were administered at the commencement, they 
would produce no effect whatever. He remembered a case of idio¬ 
pathic tetanus which he treated first with nux vomica and bella¬ 
donna. On the sixth day he gave chloroform, which produced a 
stop, and no further change took place until the spasm seemed to 
fall back again. He then administered the drug in thick flour 
gruel, and the effect was marvellous. The animal began to improve 
at once, and the use of the drug was continued until she was quite 
well. In all cases where he had recourse to chloroform for tetanus 
he had found that the system seemed to get, as it were, used to its 
action ; but there was one fact which should be borne in mind—he 
had never found any benefit when it was given at the commence¬ 
ment. The way he administered it was two ounces of the drug, by 
measure, to two quarts of thick cold flour gruel, to be shaken well, 
and given in doses of two or three small horns, which held about 
two ounces each, several times a day. The application of drugs by 
the rectum he had tried often enough, but he had not much to say 
