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open. I again opened the orifice in the windpipe, which in¬ 
stantly aggravated his respirations and coughing to such an ex¬ 
tent as to make him rear up and fall down, his spasms being so 
great at the time. He would get better every 15 to 20 minutes, 
then get worse again, showing the case to be purely of a spas¬ 
modic nature. 
At the end of about two hours I again injected 2 grains of 
morphia. At the end of about four hours the case seemed to 
be progressing very favorably, when he became excited at the 
barking of a dog close to him, and to all appearances he got as 
bad as ever again. He would open his mouth and nostrils to 
their utmost capacity, rear up and fall down. I certainly 
thought this was the last fall he would ever have, it being very 
hard as well as rolling into a ditch, in which there was about 
two feet of water. He was got on his sternum and out of the 
ditch as soon as possible, rubbed some, when his respirations 
again became tranquilized. The circulation at this time was 
almost imperceptible and very irregular, counting about 120 
beats per minute ; his body cold and clammy from the bath he 
had received ; temperature 103.6°. 
From this time on he gradually began to improve, which im¬ 
provement seemed to be permanent, so that at the end of about 
seven hours his respirations were about normal, pulse 59, still 
somewhat irregular; temperature 102.8°. 
I now gave him another 3 i of fl. ex. stramonium, with 3 v 
of aloes and 3 i of calomel. Ordered the man to keep him where 
he had him until 9 p. m. before again putting him into the barn. 
I visited him again on August 3, when he had entirely recovered, 
his pulse 42, temperature 100.8°, respiration normal. Bowels 
had not moved during the night, for which I gave him an 
enema, when he evacuated a large quantity of faeces ; had eaten 
a bran mash and outside of the incision in the trachea you 
would hardly believe how near his call had been twelve hours 
before. 
I now prescribed fl. ex. lobelia, fl. ex. stramonium, aa 3 i ; 
liquor arsenit. potass., 3 xiii ; of this mixture he received a 
tablespoonful every eight hours in bran and oats, with a small 
amount of good clean timothy hay. On September 7th I again 
had a call ; the owner said he found him in a bad condition at 
5 A. M., but was greatly improved at my arrival. His bowels 
being somewhat constipated, I gave him a cathartic. On the 
13th he had another attack, but of a mild character, since which 
time he has been doing well. The cough that he had at the 
