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death of a horse which was very much afflicted with 

 the hots I and which he supposes were gradually pro- 

 ducing mortification from their number. He likewise 

 asserts, that the horse was very fat, and exhibited no 

 outward symptoms of morbid affection. " On visiting 

 a horse that had been ill for some days," says he, " I 

 found the servant giving a drink when I entered the 

 stable, which I was afterwards informed was composed 

 of an infusion of linseed, in which was dissolved an 

 ounce of nitre, with some honey to sweeten it, and into 

 the last hornful was poured from a small phial about 

 half an ounce of spirit of hartshorn. 



The horse seemed very uneasy after the drink ; he 

 was soon seized with a violent trembling and shaking ; 

 a profuse sweat broke out all over his body, and ran 

 down his sides, at the same time his legs and ears were 

 quite cold ; he laid down, seemingly in great agony, 

 and was soon convulsed all over, and died in about half 

 an hour after the drink was swallowed. On inspecting 

 the stomach the coats were found to be greatly in- 

 flamed. A mortification had taken place on one side, 

 where it appeared of a darker colour like that of the 

 liver ; at the same time it was considerably distended 

 and full of food. On turning it inside out, an incre- 

 dible number of hots were found all round the sides 

 and lower parts, as close to each other as they could 

 possibly be ; and such firm hold had they of the sto- 

 mach, that in endeavouring to pull some of them off 

 when alive they broke in two, and their heads remained 

 stickina: behind 



