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CASES OF STRANGLES, ETC. 
the 29th of December, at 2 p.m., I was called to attend her; 
she began suddenly with colicky pains. I remained with her 
two or three hours, and never did I witness a poor animal in 
such excruciating death-like agonies, sometimes on her back, 
and would remain there a minute or two, at others her feet 
were up in the rack, in a confined place, momentarily in 
danger of smashing her skull or fracturing her legs. After 
giving a draught she was worse than ever, trembled, dropped, 
and to all appearances was kicking her last dying struggles. 
I was afraid some of the medicine had gone down the trachea, 
she rebelled very much every time the horn was put to the 
mouth, but never once coughed; she sweated, the pulse soft and 
quick, ears and extremities deadly cold, continually trembling, 
but at times the fits were really dreadful, she shook all over 
until her muscles rattled again, and seemed to shake the place ; 
after an hour or two had passed she rallied again, and appeared 
somewhat quieted; when up she pawed a good deal; her head, 
generally held, fixed high up, a watchful peculiarly anxious 
countenance, with which I was most unfavorably impressed ; 
occasionally she turned her head and pointed to the flanks, 
as far back, which heaved pitiably. Six p.m., give Al. 3yj ; 
Hyd. Chlor. 3j ; Opii Crud. 3ij ; in a soft ball; we had pre- 
viously attempted to give another draught, with some oil, but 
were compelled to desist, it seeming to bring on those frightful 
agonies again. I was certain that we had internal haemorrhage 
going on somewhere — aye, but where — at this stage, I was of 
opinion it might be the liver, and that the blood w r as escaping 
into the abdomen; she had coughed a little for a week or two, 
though nothing to take her off* either food or work; until the day 
before, she led some bark refuse from a tan yard and refused 
to start her load, being a mare that could draw a heavy load, 
though she had been guilty of jibbing at times; her owner used 
her rather rough, and after two or three stops and rests she 
managed it home ; after that she fetched a few cwts. of hay, 
and could scarce move it away. Ten p.m. she had ceased 
getting up and laying down so, stood longer, and breathed 
quick and laboriously : I attempted to bleed, before a pint 
had been slowly abstracted the pulse was all but gone, with 
every other syroptom of sjmcope. Blister sides, insert rowel 
at the breast : no faecal matter had been passed except a small 
quantity removed with the hand previous to an enema. 
oOth — Six a.m., has been tolerably quiet through the night, 
ate a little mash, and drank gruel, respiration very quick, 
ears a little warmer, pulse 106, the softest and easiest com- 
pressible pulse I ever felt, mucous membranes completely 
blanched, the trembling appeared to be wearing off, and she 
