Nov. IO, 1877.] TIIE BRITISH MEDICAL _OURNAL. 663 afforded to him by the batb. In ten minutes, he was joking with his friends, and enjoying himself thoroughly. The water in the bath was so conitinuously heated by the body of the patient, that it was with difficulty lowered to 70 deg. and to 6o deg. by constant baling out. With the recovery of the patient's consciousness, the use of the thermometer in the mouth became possible, and it was found that the upward movement of the temperature had

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... arrested. In this bath, cold affusions being poured continuously over the head and shoulders, the patient remained for forty-five minutes, when the thermometer had fallen slowly to I01.5 -leg. He was still very comfortable and had no chill. He was now removed to bed, placed in a warm dry blanket, and a bottle put to his feet. His aspect and manner had for some time been perfectly natural, and his pulse and respirations were scarcely excessive. During the few hours which followed the bath, the temperature slowly fell to the normal. From this time forward, recovery was steady, and may have been aided by a few liberal doses of quinine, given with a view of preventing any renewal of the fever. It is but fair to add that the efforts of the medical men were admirably seconded by a nurse from the Bradford Institution, upon whom much necessarily devolved, and who carefully watched and recorded the temperatures throughout.