444 WATERY FARCY - EXTERNAL DROPSY, &C. 
an impervious or solidified cord ; (he flexion of the limb, how- 
ever, disperses its contents immediately. Let him take mass, 
purg., mass, diuretic, of each Jss, M., and continue his fomentation 
and exercise. 
15/A. — His lameness does not yield, and it is evidently refer- 
rible to something we cannot get properly at. The hand, carried 
as high up into the fold of the groin as the doubling of the skin will 
permit, causes him exquisite pain ; and yet, as I said before, the 
fingers cannot detect any bubo. Let him be bled again, and 
take calomel 3j, with mass. purg. §ss, and repeat the same to- 
morrow. 
18 /A. — The secret is out. A swelling is come down , or appeared 
high up in the painful groin, feeling cordiform, as though it were 
a bundle of tumefied lymphatics, though I do not believe it is any 
more than deposit into the cellular membrane. It has a firm, solid 
feel, and pressure upon it occasions insupportable pain. 
19 /A. — The swelling has increased even under the operation of 
cathartic medicine ; I, therefore, determined to try what effect 
iodine would have on it. Let him take, morning and evening, a 
drachm of the iodide of potassium, and have iodine ointment well 
rubbed twice a-day into the tumefied parts. 
23 d . — The iodine has been used four days without any bene- 
fit; indeed, this morning both fore fetlocks are attacked with 
swelling, the tumefaction extending up along the flexor tendons 
and feeling warm, but not evincing any great deal of tender- 
ness. The tumour in the thigh has acquired a softness, and in the 
middle a feeling like fluctuation. A consultation was held on the 
case- — the horse being a highly valuable one, and much regarded by 
his master — at which it was agreed to discontinue the iodine, and 
give in lieu of it a ball in composition much like Plummer’s pill, 
containing 10 grains of calomel, morning and evening. 
25/A. — Abscess has formed in the thigh, from which (by lancing) 
about a pint of laudable pus was discharged. This relieved him a 
good deal, and enabled him to walk much better. The swellings in 
the fore legs have abated, and his appetite is improved. Let him 
continue his balls, and bathing, and exercise. 
27/A. — A manifest change for the belter in all respects. The 
swellings are growing less, and the discharge from the thigh has 
degenerated into a sero-albuminous issue. 
June 9/A. — He returned to his own stable, rid of all his ailments, 
and recovered in health, wanting only condition. 
