6 gorged Stomach and intestines. 
was on that account brought back to his stable, when nriy ad- 
vice was required. On my arrival, I found the following symp- 
toms the most predominant, from which T did not augur any 
very unfavourable issue : — 
SYMPTOMS. — Abdomen fuller than usual, but no distention 
to cause any particular alarm; ears, legs, and mouth of their 
natural temperature; pulse small and weak, at times scarcely 
perceptible, so that I could not distinctly count it; evacuations 
profuse and watery, attended with the. appearance of griping, 
when purging did not take place. He would, however, eat., to 
all appearance with his usual avidity, anything that was offered 
to him. Viewing these symptoms, and considering the state of 
the alvine evacuations, I gave it as my opinion that we might 
fairly calculate upon a favourable termination. 
Treatment. — The bowels already being well acted upon, I 
did not think it requisite to administer any strong cathartic. 
Believing that if the stomach was stimulated so as to act more 
energetically, and cause a more thorough digestion, so that its 
contents might be more speedily evacuated, and considering 
the state of the pulse, my belief was, that I could not do better 
than administer a powerful stimulant. The one I made use of 
was composed of aether, sulphuric, rect. c5. spt. aether, nitrosi, and 
tr. zingiberis, to be given in a mild solution of aloes. After 
the draught, the horse to be kept short of food and water, being 
only allowed a little mash of scalded bran once or twice during 
the remaining part of the day, and to have a little gentle walking 
exercise, with a repetition of the stimulant without the aloes: 
at the same time warning them, in case any untoward symptom 
took place, I was to be informed thereof. 
“ What short sighted mortals are some men !” 
Upon exercising the horse during the latter part of the day, 
it was perceived that he reeled, or rather staggered, in his gait, 
and became more dull and refused his food. During the evening 
he got rapidly worse ; lay down, and either refused or was 
unable to rise. I was now summoned hastily again ; and on 
arriving at my patient’s, I perceived a strange alteration for the 
worse. The horse was now down — stretched out at his full 
length ; had become apparently insensible and helpless, and 
comatose ; breathing hard, with fixed eye ; pulse between 70 
and 80 per minute, small and weak ; the ears and extremities 
less than their natural temperature ; and the abdomen not tym- 
panitic. Under these circumstances 1 was rather puzzled to 
conjecture what sort of treatment I would be justified in adopt- 
ing. Being, however, satisfied that all those symptoms arose 
from an overloaded stomach, thereby exhausting its powers, 
