284 PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA. 



PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA. 



This is generally a very fatal disorder in the horse. 

 There is only one known case of cure upon record, and 

 that one occurred in the practice of Mr. Gowing, of 

 1, Stucley-terrace, Camden Town; which, by the kind per- 

 mission of that gentleman, we are enabled to give in the 

 words of him by whom the treatment was conducted. 



"On Saturday, March 12, nine o'clock a.m., 1 was re- 

 quested to visit a brown cart mare, the property of — 

 Gladdish, Esq., at his wharf, Camden Town. 



" The history I received upon my arrival was, that they 

 supposed she must have been cast in the night, as there 

 were some enlargements upon the face and lips, also under 

 the jaw. Serum was oozing through the skin of a straw 

 colour in places, and also in other parts of a bloody cha- 

 racter : the near fore, and hind leg, were enlarged, or swol- 

 len to some extent. The case is evidently one of purpura. 

 I now informed the proprietor that it was a disease which 

 might end in death, and I had no doubt the mare's suffer- 

 ings would considerably increase ; that the depositions or 

 enlargements would become more extensive ; that there 

 would probably be hccmorrhage, which might take place in 

 other parts, and speedily prostrate the animal. I requested 

 that she should be removed to my infirmary, which was 

 acceded to, the distance being about half a mile, which she 

 accomplished with difficulty ; her pulse was seventy-eight, 

 and feeble ; I ordered her sp : tether nit : 5ij., with liq : ammo : 

 acce : 5viij., and to be repeated in an hour. The enlarge- 

 ments about the head and legs to be douched with cold 



water, by the means of a double action pump, which was 

 constantly kept playing upon the swollen parts, for an 

 hour. I thought this produced a beneficial result, as the 

 swellings seemed to diminish. She was now rubbed dry 

 and placed in her box, but in less than thirty minutes the 

 depositions became larger than before. I ordered her a 

 ball composed of aloes Barb : Siijfs., hyd. chloridi 9j. : crot : 

 ol:gt:j. 



" Three o'clock, p.m., repeat the pumping as before. 



" Six o'clock, P.M., the sweUings are considerably in- 

 creased. 



