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secretion on the 27th and 28th, though the hydrogen peroxide 
had been reduced on the 27th to the original amount and was 
so continued thereafter. 
By July 31st the patient had markedly improved in every 
way, was gaming rapidly in flesh, the cough was less frequent, 
the bronchial discharge less, and seen practically only at times 
of irrigation, and the animal would run and play in the pad- 
dock. 
The use of the tracheotomy tube, through which injections 
were made, was dispensed with on July 30th and the nozzle of 
the injecting tube inserted directly in the trachea with an 
apparent advantage in causing less coughing. 
On August 2d the patient had so far recovered that treat¬ 
ment was discontinued and the tracheal wound permitted to 
close. 
August 7th he was hitched to a buggy and tested at a rapid 
pace up a steep hill, and found apparently much improved in 
wind. 
On August 12th he was driven home, a distance of twenty 
miles, without showing signs of fatigue. On August 31st the 
ov/ner reported the patient much improved in flesh, practically 
free from cough, almost free from respiratory difficulty when 
driven rapidly, and taking exercise work daily without fatigue 
or other difficulty. 
While our experiments were very limited in extent, and can 
be regarded only as preliminary and suggestive, some facts have 
been established which appear to us of interest. 
It has been shown that large volumes of water can not only 
be introduced slowly into and absorbed from the lungs, but that 
such quantities can be introduced into the trachea and bronchi 
at a rapid rate, if the trachea is open, and be thrown back 
through trachea, larynx, pharynx, mouth and nostrils, thor¬ 
oughly flushing these parts, constituting thereby our most effi¬ 
cient cleansing procedure. We have shown that the air pas¬ 
sages tolerate quite well at least one antiseptic, hydrogen per¬ 
oxide. 
