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ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF THE HEART. 
extremities were cold, and the visible mucous membranes 
slightly congested ; there was also a very significant stare of 
the countenance. On auscultating *the chest the heart was 
found to be beating very feebly. 
Indisposition was first observed two days previously to her 
admission, by her owner, who administered some febrifuge 
medicine, thinking the case to be merely a cold. 
She was placed in a large loose box. Febrifuge medi- 
cine was given with Chloric iEther 5 V L the legs were ban- 
daged, and the body clothed; also an enema was given. 
3 p.m. — The symptoms had much increased in intensity ; 
the animal evinced great uneasiness, and had not lain down ; 
the body was covered with a profuse perspiration ; the ex- 
tremities were still cold, as was also the mouth; the pulse 
was quite indistinct. Gave — 
Chloric. iEther., 3j’ ; 
Tinct. Opii, ^ss; 
Liquor. Ammonise Acetatis, §iv ; 
and applied mustard over the region of the heart. 
7 p.m. — The symptoms were of the most unfavorable de- 
scription. The mare was continually walking round the box, 
though not turning to either side especially, and was evidently 
in great pain. Pulse imperceptible. Medicine was again 
given, although the case now appeared hopeless ; in fact, little 
hope was given of her recovery from her first admission. She 
continued to grow weaker till about nine o'clock, when she 
dropped exhausted, and died without a struggle. 
Post-mortem . — The abdominal viscera were healthy, except- 
ing that along the whole course of the large intestines, and 
closely attached to them, was a very considerable deposit of 
fibrinous substance, in places as thick as a person's hand. The 
lungs were healthy. 
The right auricle of the heart was excessively inflamed, 
both on its outer and inner surfaces, and also throughout 
its substance, and was much softened ; the inflammation also 
extended into the right ventricle, the endocardium of which 
was much discoloured, even showing a greenish hue in places. 
The left ventricle was much inflamed throughout its walls, 
which were much softened, thus accounting, no doubt, at the 
stage of the disease in which the animal was brought to the 
infirmary, for the great want of force in its pulsations ; its 
lining membrane also was considerably inflamed and dis- 
coloured. 
