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Excerpt from The New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 18: March 1861
On visiting him in the evening, find he has slept considerably, and says he is feeling a great deal better; appearance certainly much improved asks for food, as he is hungry still has considerable spasmodic action of the diaphragm, and cannot raise either leg, nor can he raise himself in bed. Complains of nothing but the twitch ing tongue as at first.
Having had no action on his bowels since the night previous, gave a dose of castor oil and turpentine discontinued the quinine and mustard. Determined to test the efficacy of the tart. Antimony, I commenced giving it at 5, r. M., and continued it, keeping up a con stant state of nausea, with an interval from 11 to 1 O'clock, until 7, A. M.
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