470 CASE OF G ASTRO-ENTERITIS IN THE IIORSE. 
dull, and refuse his food, upon which the farrier was sent for, and 
he was bled. 
On Saturday the 15th, the pony not being any better, Mr. 
Gabriel was requested to visit him. He being from home, I went 
and saw him. I found him with his head hanging pendulous — pulse 
70, and weak — respiration accelerated, but not laborious — con- 
junctival and Schneiderian membranes highly injected, approaching 
almost to a scarlet colour — his extremities very cold and his mouth 
hot. I had his legs well hand-rubbed and bandaged, and his body 
warmly clothed. I gave him a fever ball, and ordered him chilled 
water, and slop mash diet. 
Mr. Gabriel saw him during the day, and ordered him another 
fever ball in the evening. 
1 Qth, 9 o'clock A.M. — Symptoms much the same as yesterday — 
pulse 74 — respiration more tranquil — has been lying down during 
the night — drinks plentifully of water, but has not touched his 
mash. He was ordered to have a fever draught, and friction again 
to be applied to his extremities, which remain very cold. The slop 
diet to be continued. 
3 P.M. — Pulse 78 : the symptoms remain unaltered, but the 
bowels are constipated. Give him aloes 3 ij in a ball. 
Ylth, 10 a.m. — Pulse 80 — extremities warm — membranes still 
highly injected — bowels gently responding to the action of the 
medicine — has been down again during the night. He was or- 
dered to have a fever draught immediately, and a ball in the 
evening ; he was also ordered to have gruel, which he drank very 
readily, but would not touch any solid food. 
18^A, half past 9 o'clock , A.M. — Pulse 90, and full — respiration 
very quick, but not of a laborious character — bowels again consti- 
pated-abdomen tympanitic, but there is not the slightest pain 
evinced on pressure being applied to any part of it : he lay down 
again last night. He was ordered to be bled, and to have a sti- 
mulating liniment applied to his abdomen. I had not succeeded 
in subtracting more than about ifeiij of blood, when I was obliged 
to desist, as the patient began to reel and shew evident symptoms 
of approaching syncope. 
6 P.M. — Pulse 98, but scarcely to be felt at the jaw — abdomen 
intensely tympanitic, and bowels still constipated, but not the 
slightest symptom of abdominal pain. He was ordered a draught 
composed of sob aloes Jij, olei lini §iij, ol. tereb. 5j, and to have 
his abdomen stimulated. 
19 th, 7 A.M. — Pulse 104 — purging briskly — fseces of an in- 
tensely foetid character, and mixed with mucus — drinks thick 
gruel, but turns away disgusted at any other kind of food being 
offered to him. He did not lie down last night. On my visiting 
