4443

When the convulsion has occurred, bleed at once, then give the following brisk cathartic.

4444

℞ Hydrargyri chloridi mitis....................gr. x

Pulveris jalapae.......gr. xx

M. For one powder. Take at once. If she is comatose,

4445

℞ Elaterii..........gr. 1/4

Dissolve in a little butter and place it upon the back of the tongue. Repeat this every half an hour until active cartharsis. To arrest and prevent convulsions, administer chloroform by inhalation. - Prof. F. Barker.

4446

℞ Potassii bromidi.......3 ss

Chloralis.............................................gr. xx

M. Every four or six hours.

- Prof. W. S. Playfair.

4447

℞ Extracti jaborandi fluidi.....3 ss

Every half hour. - Dr. B. B. Brown.

4448

℞ Potassii bromidi........gr. xl

Antimonii et potassae tartratis . . gr. ss Give at once, followed every hour or two with

4449

℞ Potassii bromidi........gr. x

Antimonii et potassae tartratis............gr. ss Until six doses are taken. - Simmons.

4450

℞ Pilocarpinae..........gr. iij

Chloralis............gr. x

M. For one dose. - Bidder.

4451

℞ Chloralis hydratis.......3 xvj

Potassii bromidi.........℥ j

Tincturae opii deodoratae.....3 iv

Aquae.............℥ iijss

M. S. Dessertspoonful in a tablespoonful of water every three hours.

- Dr. Theodore Trumbull.

4452

℞ Tincturae aconiti.........3 j

S. One to two drops every 10 or 15 minutes for the first hour, then at longer interval.

- Phillips.

4453

℞ Tincturae stramonii.......℥ j

S. One drachm every 15 minutes until four or five doses are taken, then the medicine is continued at intervals of four hours for four doses. - Dr. R. H. Salter.

4454

Keep the patient under the gentle influence of chloroform, and in every possible way hurry the labor. - Dr. Edmund R. Peaslee.