CASE OF DIFFICULT PARTURITION IN A MARE. 537 
more power ; respiration down to £1 ; the tumefied parts 
generally are less ; blood patch in vagina nearly gone, but 
looks raw. 
5th. — Swelling about the face returned, also an increased 
quantity of discharge from the nose, mixed with blood. Swal- 
lows with difficulty ; frothy saliva runs from the mouth — it 
cannot he swallowed ; vaginal discharge, and that from the 
sinus, ceased ; pulse 80 and weak ; respiration 36, heavy 
and difficult ; urine higher coloured, but continues clear from 
blood. Ordered Tinct. Ferri Perchlor. Sp. .ZEth. Nit. ^iv, 
et Aqua ^viij ; one fourth to be given three times a day in 
beer. 9 p.m. — Medicine cannot be got down ; pulse 84, 
respiration somewhat easier ; ears cold, faecal matter coated ; 
swelling in the arms more tense ; two patches are also com- 
mencing at the pectoral muscles ; nasal discharge mixed with 
saliva and slightly stained with blood ; mare moves very stiff 
and weak, and stands propping her hind quarters in a 
corner of the box. Mixture repeated, but the tincture in- 
creased to 5iss, which she drinks mixed with beer, water 
and oatmeal. 
6th. — More cheerful, moves better, eats a little green food, 
part of which returns down the nostrils ; throat very sore ; 
the parotid gland on the near side is enlarged and painful ; 
discharge less ; it is saliva chiefly, which cannot be swallowed ; 
has sipped from the pail during the night, and tries to drink 
of a fresh portion given this morning ; blood stain in left 
nostril less in circumference ; pulse 74, with rather more 
force ; medicine to be continued. 
7th. — Six balls were sent, each containing Ferri Sulph., 
Pulv. Gentiange, Pulv. Zingib., aa 3ij, Camphor, 3j, to be 
given twice a day. Mare improving, and eats again ; but the 
great difficulty in swallowing continues, and only three of the 
balls were given. 
8th. — The owner not having seen the mare for several days, 
and finding her anxious but unable to eat, directed the fore- 
man to apply mustard and vinegar to the throat, rather low 
down, where there was some enlargement. 8 p.m. — My 
father blistered the throat ; the mare moves better ; swellings 
in brisket and extremities much reduced ; a fresh one the 
size of a plate has appeared below and behind the ribs on the 
near side, also a smaller one on the flank ; great difficulty in 
swallowing continues ; a quantity of salivary discharge comes 
from the nose and mouth ; she discharges from the near 
nostril the most, mixed with blood at times ; cannot eat, ear 
ends cold, ruttles in respiration, which is difficult and dwell- 
ing, also looks anxious and dejected ; pulse 78, is felt with 
