538 CASE OF DIFFICULT PARTURITION IN A MARE. 
difficulty, partly on account of enlargement under the throat 
and submaxillary glands ; the heart now throbs a little ; faeces 
are dry and coated, urine clear hut high coloured, and not 
very plentiful ; discharges at the vagina and sinus at times ; 
no medicine can be given. 
9th. — Pulse and respiration less excited. The mare has 
sipped and wasted together half a pail of her usual mixture 
during the night ; blister has acted well. 
11th. — A visible improvement, pulse 64, soft and a little 
fuller ; respiration tranquil ; tries both to eat and drink, but 
most of it comes back through the nostrils, causing severe 
coughing, which shakes her very much ; yet some passes, or 
she could not have recruited so much since the 8th ; has taken 
and wasted together Jx of the Tinct. Ferri Perchlor. She 
moves more freely about the box, and is stronger. The red- 
ness in the right nostril has nearly faded off ; on the septum 
of the left nostril it remains, but is of a dingy colour ; faeces 
dry and in small lumps ; the lining membrane at the termi- 
nation of the rectum is of a dark mahogany colour ; blister 
reapplied around the larynx, &c. 
loth. — Still improving ; pulse 60 and stronger ; respiration 
easy ; swallows better, but a great portion yet comes down 
the nostrils ; water is offered, that she may clear the nostrils, 
in order that the septum may be seen ; the colour the same as 
before in the left nostril. The lining within the anus as 
before ; faeces not so buttony and coated, and no strings of 
mucus hanging from the anus, as has been previously seen. 
She moves freely, in good spirits; the off hind leg is now 
largest above the hock ; inside, the skin is abraded and raw ; 
the patch behind the false ribs is less, and has passed away 
under the body ; continue tincture and reduce the spirit, and 
apply Ung. Hyd. Biniodid. round the throat daily. 
The Ung. Hyd. Biniod. was reapplied on June 15th, 16th, 
and 17th. The mare now refuses to drink any more of the 
tincture, although she swallows better. Give Ferri Sulph. 
3ij, Pulv. Gentianse et Zingib. aa 5j, mixed up in chop and 
corn, twice a day : she feeds well, and has a liberal allowance 
of oats and bean meal. To-day one of the servants observed 
that during a fit of coughing she expelled nearly a quart of 
pus from the vagina. 
18th. — Mare is lively ; eats well ; the pulse numbers 
54. She is unwilling to allow any one to approach her head, 
having been punished a good deal about the throat. The 
skin is sloughing around the lower thighs, leaving a raw 
uneven surface ; the nostrils are still stained. The vaginal 
discharge is decreased and the sinus has healed. 
