future excitement, which will
always be increased in proportion to the amount of stimulants given.
Give, therefore, only just as much as is absolutely necessary to keep
life in the body.

2623. CONCUSSION OF BRAIN--STUNNING.--This may be caused by a blow or a
fall.--_Symptoms_. Cold skin; weak pulse; almost total insensibility;
slow, weak breathing; pupil of eye sometimes bigger, sometimes smaller,
than natural; inability to move; unwillingness to answer when spoken to.
These symptoms come on directly after the accident.--_Treatment_. Place
the patient quietly on a warm bed, send for a surgeon, _and do nothing
else for the first four or six hours_. After this time the skin will
become hot, the pulse full, and the patient feverish altogether. If the
surgeon has not arrived by the time these symptoms have set in, shave
the patient's head, and apply the following lotion (No. 2): Mix half an
ounce of sal-ammoniac, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and the same
quantity of gin or whisky, in half a pint of water. Then give this pill
(No. 1); Mix five grains of calomel and the same quantity of antimonial
powder with a little bread-crumb, and make into two pills. Give a black
draught three hours after the pill, and two tablespoonfuls of the
above-mentioned fever-mixture every four hours. Keep on low diet.
Leeches are sometimes to be applied to the head. These cases are often
followed by violent inflammation of the brain. They can, therefore, only
be attended to properly throughout by a surgeon. The great thing for
people to do in these cases is--nothing; contenting themselves with
putting the patient to bed, and waiting the arrival of a surgeon.

2624. THE CHOLERA AND AUTUMNAL COMPLAINTS.--To oppose cholera, there
seems no surer or better means than cleanliness, sobriety, and judicious
ventilation. Where there is dirt, that is the place for cholera; where
windows and doors are kept most jealously shut, there cholera will find
easiest entrance; and people who indulge in intemperate diet during the
hot days of autumn are actually courting death. To repeat it,
cleanliness, sobriety, and free ventilation almost always defy the
pestilence; but, in case of attack, immediate recourse should be had to
a physician. The faculty say that a large number of lives have been
lost, in many seasons, solely from delay in seeking medical assistance.
They even assert that, taken early, the cholera is by no means a fatal
disorder. The copious use of