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auiinal was apparently relieved of all pain, and remained so till 
3:30 P. M., when he passed voluntarily a small amount of fceces. 
At this time temperature, 104°; pulse, 90; respiration, 50. 
Sunday , 7:30 A. M. —Temperature, 1021°; pulse, 90 ; respir¬ 
ation, 54. All through the day and night pain was controlled by 
morphia, instant relief being afforded. The effects of gr. iii doses 
lasted from two to three hours. 
Monday morning .—A small amount of foeces was passed vol¬ 
untarily, and with but little pain. During the day the animal 
defoecated eight times. The fceces were not liquid at all, but all 
that was in the rectum was passed “ en masse,” it being dry, and 
composed of coarse woody fibrous substances, viz. : straw, coarse 
hay, etc. Before the foeces were passed in normal consistency, I 
am certain that the animal passed a bushel of this indigestible 
mass. All pain had now stopped. The food consisted of milk, 
gruel, hay tea, potatoes, carrots and a few cooked oats. 
Wednesday .—His condition was normal. As there was con¬ 
siderable oedema of his breast, the result of numberless punctures 
with the hypodermic needle, I scarified it, and ordered it bathed 
with warm water; the injuries on different parts of the body 
were treated antiseptically, the hips and one knee being the 
only places that required stimulating by means of nitrate of silver. 
Fearing that abscesses would follow the repeated puncturing of 
the skin, (I had injected hypodermically nearly two drams of 
sulphate of morphia), I watched closely, but saw nothing more 
than the oedematous condition of the breast before alluded to, 
although the needle had been inserted into the pectoral muscles 
(the injections being made deep into the muscular structure) more 
than into any other part of the body. The punctures were not 
confined to that particular spot, being made into the neck, flank, 
thigh or breast, whichever part was most conveniently presented. 
Dreading the formation of abscesses as I did, I was very particular 
with my needle, and also with my solution, being careful to have 
it filtered, and a drop of carbolic acid added before filling the vial 
of my case. By so doing I am satisfied that the development of 
the vegetable parasite (penicillium) which grows at the expense of 
the alkaloid, was sufficiently arrested to prevent any deleterious 
