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GENERAL DISEASE IN A MARE. 
water on the head, which seemed to relieve her; for after a 
few seconds, the paroxysm ceased, and she appeared better. 
I then applied a blister over the cranium, and stimulated the 
spine, and left her, with directions that she be watched, and 
occasionally turned over. 
June 3d . She has had two fits since I last saw her ; symptoms 
of which were much the same as yesterday, but having rather 
more use of the legs. Having had no action in the bowels, 
I examined the rectum, and withdrew a quantity of faeces; 
the bladder at the same time contracting, discharged an 
immense quantity of urine. Repeat the draught without the 
Decoc. Aloes. The act of taking it brought on another fit, 
but not so intense as the former : contractions not so strong, 
and lasting less time. Appetite returning, having nipped 
the grass around the place where she is lying, and eaten 
some vetches. Bowels acting. 'She has been attempting to 
get up, and, by some assistance, she has managed to rise on 
her legs, which are stretched out like props underneath her. 
After some little time, she was able to hobble a short distance, 
to a loose box which had been prepared for her ; she having 
been hitherto in the field, the weather fortunately proving 
fine. Here, with the aid of a little medicine and much 
nursing, she daily improved, regaining her appetite, and also 
the use of her stiff legs, and was now able to rise when 
down without assistance. 
At the expiration of a week or ten days she had so far 
recovered, that she was turned into a paddock, with some 
companions of her own age, and it was surprising to see how 
she would gambol and play about, seeming in no way to 
suffer from her late illness. I now lost sight of her until 
June 21st, when I was again summoned, she being reported 
lame in the off fore-leg, in which, on examining, I found swel- 
ling of the fetlock, with a tumour above, evidently containing 
fluid. I plunged in a lancet, and gave exit to a quantity of 
sero-purulent matter. I then had her taken back to her box, 
and gave physic, with lotion to the limb, &c. The lameness 
after a time subsided, and all appeared going on favorably, 
though the abscess seemed indisposed to heal, and contained 
spongy kind of granulations. However, on visiting on the 
morning of June 28th, I found her halting on the opposite 
leg, with tumefaction from the fetlock upwards, but no pitting 
on pressure, or any particular pain. This was subdued by 
fomentation, physic, &c., but terminated, after a few days, in 
an abscess under the arm. No sooner, however, had she 
recovered this, than the disease flew back to the fetlock of the 
off leg, being the seat of the prior attack; and here it seemed 
