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eral apathy, tinct. opii., simple, tinct. cinchona, tinct. nnx vomica, 
or whiskey. In total aversion to food and nourishing beverage, 
an enema of whiskey, eggs and milk was given. In exceptional 
cases purgatives were administered ; one-half to two third doses 
of any of the usual laxatives were sufficient to restore the slug- 
glish peristaltic in the alimentary tract. To facilitate expectora¬ 
tion ammon. muriat inwardly, and inhalation of water vapors were 
resorted to. Diureties and diaphoretics were brought into action 
when pleuritic exudation was suspected, among which was fid. 
extr. jaborandi, §ij per dose, with an infusion of juniper, ad^ 
ministered for three days in succession, without producing any 
sweating; nor did pilocarpine 1^ grs., given hypodermically to 
one patient, produce that effect, but caused profuse salivation, 
dyspnce, coughing, frequent defecation, etc. The excitement 
was intense, but the pathological condition was unconquerable, as 
the obduction revealed a few days later. Pericardic complica¬ 
tions, nearly always present, prevented me from experimenting 
with the pilocarpine any further. Ole. terebinth never failed to 
stimulate the urinary organs. 
Though this operation does not prove successful very often, I 
had recourse to thoracenthesis as soon as I was convinced of the 
presence of hydrothorax, for at this stage I put but little faith in 
tonics and diuretics. To disregard this technical performance 
wholly is censurable, even if we knew in advance that the result 
would be but a palliative one. By all means operate before the 
hydrostatic pressure upon the lungs and heart inflicts irredeem¬ 
able damage. It is not necessary to withdraw the whole con¬ 
tents, as most of our authors assert. Should any diagnostic un¬ 
certainty exist, the exploring trocar will clear up all doubts. 
My modus operandi still consists in the old-fashioned one; a 
trocar with a caliber of three-sixteenths of an inch in circumfer¬ 
ence. After parting the skin with a bistourie, the trocar is care¬ 
fully introduced into the chest two or three inches deep, where¬ 
upon the liquid will flow immediately after the withdrawing of 
the stillet. Should the flow cease instantly, as is sometimes the 
case, a flexible catheter is put through the canulse, which will pro¬ 
mote the flow again. For full and methodic description of the 
