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oft turned her head back just beyond the shoulder; bowels 
had not acted : give Al. in Bol. 5 vij : blisters just the same as 
vthen put on, and I could neither feel nor hear the heart 
pulsate ; the sides were stimulated during the day, and the 
Sp. iEth. Nit. given in 3y doses in her water every six or 
eight hours ; at night the bowels responded, and the affection 
seemed entirely confined to the chest, respiration not quite 
so quick, pulse about 100 and quite as soft ; I had not the 
slightest hopes from the commencement, but now it is the 
opinion of many that she would recover. 
31^. — Nine a.m., much the same : continue Sp. ^Eth. 
Jan . 1^. — In the morning much the same ; in the afternoon 
it was evident to all that the mare was worse, and sinking, 
her pulse quicker and almost imperceptible, somewhere near 
140, she stood, but more restless, she continued through the 
night until the next evening. Next morning I was out, and 
when I returned, she had been skinned and cut up. Nothing 
wrong in the bowels, one kidney pale and unhealthy ; they 
had found the rill* out, and left the heart and lungs for me to 
inspect ; on taking out the heart and lungs they found the 
pericardium immensely distended with coagulated blood, from 
whence it emanated I had to search : the aorta had given way 
just as it emerges clear of the heart, it was a small and 
ragged sort of opening, the heart very large and healthy, the 
aorta comparatively larger, and its coats somewhat attenuated ; 
the lungs showed marks of old disease sufficient to account 
for the previous cough. 
I had a case of hydrothorax a week or two ago without 
any previous signs of inflammation. A five-year old cart 
mare, low in flesh, belonging to Mr. Drury, Bollom Hall. 
I first saw her May 1. On inquiry, I was informed that a 
fortnight or so previously they were obliged to desist from 
working her, she seemed to knock up so, and had cast her 
foal two months before. 
Symptoms. — Pulse about 70, rather full; respiration quick 
and short ; hind legs, quite up to the thighs, cold, the skin 
also; ears warm. I took a small quantity of blood, and 
gave an alterative ball. On being moved out she went stiff, 
and there seemed a soreness in her gait. 
May Q,d. — Breathing somewhat easier, and eating heartily. 
3d. — Much as before; blister sides. I told Mr. Drury that, 
from the pulse and breathing keeping up so, I feared 
effusion in the chest, and wished to cup her. I could not 
hear the air pass properly through the lower part of the 
* “ Rill,” we opine, stands for hemorrhage ? 
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