_Treatment._—When delirium is attended with a full quick pulse and pains in the head, it will be necessary to bleed from the arm, apply four or six leeches to each temple, to place a blister on the nape of the neck, and a bag of ice on the head, or else cloths constantly wetted in an evaporating lotion; at the same time mustard poultices should be applied to the legs and feet, one drop of croton oil put on the tongue, followed in an hour by a black draught. The room is to be darkened, and the patient kept perfectly quiet. When delirium proceeds from low fever, and is attended with a small wiry pulse, the case must be met by palliatives, anodynes, and tonics. The feet are to be kept warm, the hair cut, and the head cool, the cupping glasses applied to the nape of the neck, the mental irritation soothed by an opiate, and the system roused by the careful employment of wine and arrow-root, and such other remedies as the concurrent symptoms at the time, and the original character of the disease, may seem to render expedient. There is one precaution that should be observed in all cases of delirium, especially in the more violent kinds, and that is by moral suasion to obtain a mastery over the patient: this is to be effected by blending firmness with kindness, as nothing can be more injurious than intimidation or the threat of coercion, unless, indeed, that monstrous abuse, the strait waistcoat, an instrument of torment scarcely, if ever, called for. DELIRIUM TREMENS. Trembling delirium, or the drunkard’s palsy, is a disease in which the mucous membrane of the stomach and bowels, as well as the lining membranes of the brain, are in a state of chronic inflammation, resulting almost always from intemperate habits and excessive indulgence in ardent spirits. This disease is manifested by a total want of sleep, and a quivering of the lips, hands, and muscles, generally, every attempt at speech or motion increasing the tremor; rambling, and constant chattering; the skin is cold and moist, the pulse small and quick, and the tongue furred in its centre, with red edges, the countenance is anxious, the patient full of suspicion, and oppressed with dreams and frightful images. _Treatment._—The first step to be taken is to tranquillize the system, which may be effected by giving one grain of opium as a pill every four hours with two table-spoonfuls of the following mixture every one or two hours. Camphor Water 5½ ounces. Brandy 2 ounces. Ether 1 drachm. Spirits of Sal Volatile 1½ drachm. Mix. In addition to the mixture and pills, it is sometimes necessary to give brandy-and-water, wine, or pure spirit. When the trembling is subdued, and the system tranquillized, the following mixture is to be given in the same dose and quantity as the former, but discontinuing the pills.