APPENDIX. — FEVER. S'5 5 



weakness, dimimshed appetite, and a rather 

 quick pulse, without that hardness charac- 

 teristic of fever. In the most remarkabie case 

 of this kind, the coh (three years old) was at- 

 tacked in the montli of May while running in 

 a hue piece of grass : the first appearance of 

 illness was his separating hinrself from his com- 

 panions, standing with a dejected appearance, 

 and not prazino- as usual. When examined, 

 considerable swelling was observed about the 

 chest, between t^ie fore legs ; and when I saw 

 him, the pulse was about sixty in a minute, 

 yet soft : he did not refuse his food entirely, 

 but appeared indifferent about it; nor was 

 there any symptom which indicated an af- 

 fection of the internal organs. He voided 

 his urine without difficulty, and in the usual 

 quantity ; but as the dung appeared harder, 

 and in less quaDtity than is usual v. ith horses 

 At grass, a weak laxative was first administered. 

 He was taken up and put loose into a cool stable, 

 which opened into a large court, the door 

 being left open : he was offered fre([uentiy 

 young lucerne, clover, &c., and allowed to 

 drink \vlien he chose it. " The sweliino; and 

 weakness increased considerably; a medicine, 

 composed of bark, vitriolated iron (salt of steel) j 



