CASE OF POISONING BY GIN. 
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bowels had not acted. Whether urine had passed was not 
known. 
The child's general appearance conveyed the idea that he 
was sinking rapidly, except that the countenance was peculiar- 
ly placid, and free from the expression in persons in articulo 
mortis; indeed the face did not correspond with the general 
symptoms, but formed a striking contrast to them. 
He had three leeches applied to each temple, a purgative 
dose of calomel, a cathartic enema, an application of liquor 
ammonia to the scalp, a blister behind each ear, and mustard 
cataplasms to the feet: he had also a mixture of ammonia and 
camphor. He was placed with his head and thorax raised on 
pillows. 
11, P. M., (fifteen hours after the spirit was taken.) The 
bowels have been opened, and urine passed, both without con- 
sciousness. The scalp red and slightly vesicated; the feet also 
red from the mustard cataplasm; the leech bites bled mode- 
rately; general appearance the same; the breathing still sterto- 
rous, but with the addition of mucous rale in the thorax; the 
irides still contracted; the eyes showing no signs of sensibility , 
the limbs still motionless and powerless; the skin prone to be 
cold; nothing elicited signs of consciousness; the pulse rather 
improved in strength, and still 144; the countenance still free 
from expression of anxiety, or uneasiness of any kind. The 
mixture to be continued; the body and extremities to be kept 
warm; the irritation of the scalp to be encouraged; and the 
elevated position of the head to be continued. 
18th. — Half past 12, P e M., (twenty-eight hours after taking 
the spirit.) — The general appearance improved; the eyes occa- 
sionally opened, the pupils still contracted; no expression in 
the eyes of consciousness; the face and general surface still 
pale, and prone to be cold; the expression of the face still 
calm, free from anxiety, and peculiarly placid; the paleness of 
the face not of a livid character; the stertor of breathing di- 
minished, but the effusion in the air-vessels of the lungs in- 
creased; the mucous rale increased, and extremely audible 
over the whole chest; the limbs still relaxed; the pulse still 
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