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after emptying half the pail, it was evident that she knew 

 there was something in it besides water ; but it was again 

 offered to her when thirsty, and she took the remainder. 



" Monday, March 21, Improving. No medicine ; there 

 is foetor from the tongue and mouth. Order the gargle as 

 before, and to be used two or three times a day. There is 

 some appearance of sloughing of the integument in several 

 parts, such as under the jaw, legs, and belly. 



" Tuesday, March 22. The separation of the skin has 

 taken place. The integument has fallen off, leaving sur- 

 faces of a pale unhealthy character. Ordered the parts to 

 be dressed with chloride of lime in solution. Liberal feeding 

 with malt mashes, and medicine to be discontinued. 



" Wednesday, March 23. She is not improving so fast 

 as I should wish. There is evidence of gi'eat debility ; reels 

 in her walk ; also the depositions under the chest and belly 

 not wholly absorbed ; the granulating surfaces of the wounds 

 still bear a pale appearance, denoting a want of power in the 

 system. A malt mash to be given ; also an additional feed 

 of corn allowed ; and a ball composed of ferri sulph : 5iij., 

 ex : gent : 5ij., pulv : zingibi 5j., pulv : capsisi gr : x., to be 

 continued daily. This treatment was continued until April 3, 

 when the wounds were filling up with new matter, and as- 

 suming a healthy character ; allow her four feeds a day, and 

 all further medicinal treatment discontinued. 



''Remarks. — I think the recovery of the mare depended 

 principally upon the action of the turpentine. It is an 

 agent, in such a disease, that I in future shall place my 

 principal dependence upon ; but, if given at all, it must be 

 administered in large and repeated doses, as its action and 

 the state of the patient requires. The enlargements about 

 the nose and hps were so extensive as to give those parts 

 the appearance of being the largest portion of the head. 

 In consequence it assumed a curious aspect, and a person 

 sent by the owner compared her head to that of the hippo- 

 potamus, only larger in comparison with the animal. The 

 hind extremities were of enormous size ; the inner part of 

 the thighs were of such magnitude that they touched each 

 other, so as entirely to exclude the sight of the mammse." 



