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alated the abdomen, and left him. Six, P. M.—He has laid down 
quietly for two hours; stands easy, but neither eats nor drinks, 
Nine, P. M.—Still the same; lies down occasionally. When 
standing, paws considerably. Has had no evacuation of the bow- 
els or of the urinary passages since the man discovered that the 
animal was sick. Examined the rectum, but found no feces therein. 
Gave half a drachm each of Venice turpentine and copaiba, in an 
infusion of linseed ; gave also an enema, and left him for the night, 
leaving a pail of water in the manger before him. 
September 2, six o’clock, A. M.—On entering the stable, my 
patient appeared much the same as when I left him the previous 
avening. I inquired how he had been during the night. The 
groom informed me that ‘he had remained easy until about one 
o'clock, when he commenced pawing, as before, but without touch- 
ing his bedding; that he would lie down for a few minutes quite 
easy, when he would throw himself at full length in his stall, and 
remain in that position a short time; then rise up and extend 
himself, as if to relieve the urinary passages, but only a few dropa 
dribbled away, as usual.’ As usual? said I. Have you never 
observed any difficulty in his making water before? He answered. 
‘T have taken care of this horse for over two years, and have 
never seen him make more t: an a wine-glassful of water at any 
one time. He passed a little every ten or fifteen minutes. Hia 
stall was constantly wet, but I have never seen any trouble on 
account of it.’ This statement was fully corroborated by several 
ther persons. I now examined my patient per rectum, and found 
the bladder empty. Upon introducing the catheter not a drop of 
urine was obtained, nor even could the odor of urine be detected 
on the catheter. I now concluded that he had a ruptured bladder, 
and gave up all hopes of his recovery. However, from the pain 
at intervals, and apparent relief of the animal occasionally, I di- 
rected my treatment to the kidneys and bladder, by giving vily 
laxatives, emollient enemas, and counter-irritation, in the hope, 
not of cure, but of palliation, and each, in turn, gave relief for a 
short time. Nine, P. M.—Have seen my patient several times 
during the day. His symptoms increasing in frequency and vio- 
lence. Pulse, sixty-six; respiration, hurried ; body and extremi- 
ties, still warm. He paws, rolls, and tumbles violently. Gave 
an enema, which had the effect to remove the contents of the reo- 
tum, consisting of four or five small pellets of feces, covered with 
