. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. SOUTH AMERICA. the back, informed me what the case was. Had Chiron hhnself been present, he could not have told me more distinctly that I was going to have a tight brush of it, and that I ought to meet it with becoming fortitude. I dozed, and woke, and startled, and then dozed again, and suddenly awoke, thinking I was falling do^vn
. Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824 [microform] : with original instructions for the perfect preservation of birds, &c. for cabinets of natural history. Zoology; Zoologie. SOUTH AMERICA. the back, informed me what the case was. Had Chiron hhnself been present, he could not have told me more distinctly that I was going to have a tight brush of it, and that I ought to meet it with becoming fortitude. I dozed, and woke, and startled, and then dozed again, and suddenly awoke, thinking I was falling do^vn a precipice. The return of the bats to their diurnal retreat, which was in the thatch above my hammock, informed me that the sun was now fast approaching to the eastern horizon. I arose, in languor and in pain, the pulse at one hundred and twenty. I took ten grains of calomel and a scruple of jalap, and drank during the day large draughts of tea, weak and warm. The physic did its duty; but there Avas no remission of fever or head-ach, though the pain in the back was less acute. I was saved the trouble of keeping the room cool, as the wind beat in at every quarter. At five in the evening the pulse had risen to one hundred and thirty, and the head-ach almost insupport- able, especially on looking to the right or left. 1 now opened a vein, and made a large orifice, to allow the blood to rush out rapidly; I closed it after losing sixteen ounces. 1 tlien steeped my feet in warm waicr, and got into the hanunock. After bleeding, tiie pulse fell to ninety, and the head was much relieved ; but during the night, which was very restless, the pulse rose again to 157 Third ^s 't^, ^ril U:,.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865. London : Printed for J. Mawman
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