264 ROWELLING. 



The rapid accumulation and combination 

 of remedies naturally excited some expostula- 

 tion, and influenced me to ask whether there 

 were any predominant reasons (exclusive of 

 the interseted recommendation of the ope- 

 rator) that induced him so soon to permit 

 the insertion of the rowel, before he had 

 waited even tweniy-foiir liours, to observe 

 ivhether any advantage had been derived 

 from the bleeding, which was certainly the 

 first and best step that could have been 

 taken ? Finding also, upon minute inquiry, 

 that there was a great probability of its hav- 

 ing been qccassioned by a bite or blow among 

 other horses, when replaced in the stable, 

 between the time of his havini^ been agreed 

 for and brought av/ay ; I prevailed on him to 

 postpone the rowel, (which he had but just 

 time to do, as the incision was made before 

 his return) relinquish his nitrous, sulphureous 

 intention for the present, and leave his horse 

 in my stable ; which having cheerfully com- 

 plied with, the e3^e was perfectly sound and 

 clear in a few days, with no other assistance 

 than a slight washing twice a day with a 

 $ponge3 plentifully impregnated with cold 

 spring water. 



