October 24. Slept well all night. Given four ounces of milk and lime water every two hours; also some milk punch. Severe hysterical tetanoid seizure on rising from commode. Lasted over an hour. Great difficulty in overcoming spasm of respiratory muscles. Expiration loud and forcible. Hands clenched. Fingers and toes forcibly flexed. Clonic spasm of muscles of face and jaw. Face purple, veins distended, pulse at wrist hardly perceptible. She was put fully under the influence of ether, with good result. Complained of headache, nausea and soreness of muscles, after the effect of the ether wore off. Says that when she stood, a pain darted into the left ovary, and threw her into the spasm. Medicines continued. Gave hot hip bath, followed by cold douche, and the interrupted current along spine and over ovary. Also massage, which greatly relieved pains in limbs and soreness of muscles. 12 M. Feeling bright and cheerful. Took some bottled beer. Bowels have not moved for two days. Poultice over abdomen. One-twelfth of a grain of morphia at 3 P.M., also one-twelfth grain at 8 P.M. This was the last dose of morphia. At 9 P.M. another hysterical spasm. Again etherized. Soon after this the bowels moved. 12 midnight. _Left_ pupil larger than the right. Slept from 2 to 5 A.M. October 25. Very nervous and restless. Complains of constriction of chest by an imaginary band. Dyspnœa. At 6 A.M. another spasm on rising from commode. Again resorted to ether, after three hundred and thirty grains of bromide of potassium in an hour and a half’s time had failed to relieve. A few whiffs of ether were sufficient. Some nausea from the ether. 9 A.M., symptoms of collapse that yielded readily to brandy. In a quiet state all day. Stimulants and liquid nourishment every hour. Some vomiting, sneezing and hiccough. Diarrhœa during the day. Face purplish red. Respiration 36; pulse 120. Stupid but not sleeping. 6 P.M. Improving. Recognizes faces; talks rationally, but speech thick. Takes food well and seems to enjoy it. _Double Vision_. 9 P.M., restless. Wants to get up and walk about the room. Given a subcutaneous injection of water. Slept for two hours. Medicines continued. October 26. Yawning, gaping and sneezing. Complains of pain in limbs, also of vesical and rectal tenesmus. An examination reveals a small hemorrhoid. Given a suppository containing half a grain of extract of belladonna, which seemed to afford some relief. Pulse stronger. Dyspnœa less marked. Given a hypodermic injection of water at 8 A.M., 3 and 9 P.M., much to her relief. Doubts as to whether there was morphine in the solution used, were dissipated by letting her touch her tongue to the needle, which had been previously dipped in tincture of nux vomica. Complexion clearer; eyes bright; speech not so thick. Strychnia mixture stopped. 8 P.M. Great rectal tenesmus, with small, offensive stool. Given one grain of extract of belladonna, by suppository, and a capsule containing—