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Show dreams or startings; no palpitations of heart, pulse full, moderately hard, somewhat frequent, . regular.-Leeching, blister, pectorals- mild cathartics-slow amendment for a fortnight-u sixteenth day, return of the pneumonic symptoms-remedies renewed-by the twenty-sixth day, so well that he proposed to leave the hospital immediately. But next day all the symp» toms recurred with aggravation-tongue dry and brown-involuntary stools-subsultus ten» (Iinum---almost constant coma; in short, the symptoms of malignant putrid fever-diedin a week-vessels of the head turgid with blood-effusion between the membranes-pia mater reddish, inflamed (phlogose)--lateral ventri- cles lined withpultaceous purulent matter and containing four oz. of turbid serum-septum destroyed--brain soft-indissoluble union between the right pleuras-on the left side, adhesions easily divided-eflhsion into the substance r PF‘ "‘5' / "a?m" of the lungs-right lung a little inflamed and hardened-heart and parts connected so thoroughly diseased that the description takes UP 4 Svo. pages-mphaenomena referable to dilatation; thickening, effusion, ulCeration and growth of the new parts. That the ophthalmia might have left a disposie tiou in the brain to inflame is probable. Thefits of still senselessness which are styled evanouissement 93 the ventricles and other parts of the brain must have occurred in thelast week and after the affection of the thorax: and if they had the acute cha-_ racter, no one could feel fit to leave an hospital while they were in progress; though slow dis- organization and in less central parts of the brain, does not always bring on disability for loco-motion. The sudden rise of inflammation in one organ, at a late period of disease in another, may be perpetually observed in other com- plaints as well as in fever. Mr. Orlidge, winecooper in Bristol, died of hydrothorax. There was effusion and much of the lungs was darkcoloured and dense (pulmo hepaticus.) A few hours only before death he complained of intense painin the left flank: and the intestine there I found violently intlamed.-Fautrier after leaving off a flannel cap had head-ache with rapid, contracted pulse, chills and daily febrile execerbations; entire freedom of mind-This went on for about twenty-three days-night 0t" twenty-fourth, head-ache less, violent pains near the bladder-excessive micturition-pulse fuller; skin warmer, bleeding greatly weakened the pulse-pains alittle relieved afterwards by fornentation‘head Clean-next day, after a sing~ ing in the ears, death-epiploon and bladderal-i most destroyed; abdomen and pelvis full of pus; intestines gangrenous (Sr/Ilzcjre a!) Vandermonde, vi. 103} no medical man saw.--But the changes in in the .my»-. ,_._.=".., ,4..- ~w ~w-- Inflammation, howprogressire. I7flammat eon, how progtesswe. VMYrfi-W ~---w u- .5 94, Mam M0987 |