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GUTTA SERENA. 
Cause.—Over-exertion. 
Symptoms.—Fixed dilatation of the pupil; a greenish hue of the 
eye; total blindness. Active ears; restless nostrils; head erect; high 
stepping; occasionally a rough coat in summer and a smooth coat in 
winter. 
Treatment.—No remedy is possible. 
HEART DISEASE. 
Symptoms.—Auscultation. The beat of the heart to be seen ex- 
ternally ; haggard countenance; pulse feeble; heart throbs; the beat 
of the carotid artery is to be felt; the regurgitation in the jugular is to 
be seen. The appetite is sometimes ravenous—often fastidious; the 
breathing is not accelerated excepting during pain; lameness of one 
leg; dropsical swellings; stopping short when on a journey; averse to 
turn in the stall; noises; yawns; sighs. Death always unexpected. 
No treatment is of any use. 
HEMATUORIA, OR BLOODY URINE. 
Cause.—Unknown. 
Symptoms. — Discoloration of the fluid. When the bleeding is 
copious, breathing is oppressed; the pupils of the eyes are dilated. 
Pulse is lost; head is pendulous; membranes are pale and cold.  Lift- 
ing up the head produces staggering. Back roached; flanks tucked 
up; legs wide apart. 
Treatment —Be gentle. Act upon the report given. Give acetate 
of lead, two drachms, in cold water, one pint; or, as a ball, if one can 
be delivered. In a quarter of an hour repeat the dose, adding laudanum, 
one ounce, or powdered opium, two drachms. Repeat the physic till 
one ounce of acetate of lead has been given. Leave the horse undis- 
turbed for two hours, if the symptoms justify delay. If not, dash pail- 
fuls of cold water upon the loins from a height. Give copious injec- 
tions of cold water. Pour half a pint of boiling water upon four 
drachms of ergot of rye. When cold, add laudanum, one ounce, and 
dilute acetic acid, four ounces. Give two of these drinks, and two cold 
enemas, of twenty minutes’ duration. Suspend all treatment for eight 
hours, when the measures may be repeated. (For after proceedings, see 
the article which ts presented in the body of the book.) 
