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of recovery. Accordingly, on the 11th of June, 1819, I had a 
mare sent me from London, standing sixteen hands high, about 
eight or nine years old, and in very tolerable condition, at a cost of 
£4.. 10s. Her general aspect is that of healthy working con- 
dition ; her coat lies smooth upon her, and her spirits and appetite 
both appear unimpaired. A plentiful flux of straw-coloured sero- 
purulent matter is issuing from her off nostril, and within the cor- 
responding chamber upon the septum are discoverable three foul 
ragged ulcerations. The submaxillary gland of the same side of 
the head has become considerably enlarged, and it is so tender to 
pressure that the mare flinches when it is merely felt with the 
fingers. The enlargement is not fixed to the side of the jaw-bone, 
but to the fingers, imparts the sensation of consisting of lobules, 
and depends a little below the margin of the jaw. Her near hind 
leg is also swollen from the hock down to the hoof. The swelling 
has a hard feel, and when it is compressed with the fingers she 
catches the limb up as if the pressure, though but slight, occasioned 
pain. I examined the groin, but could detect no swelling there, 
and yet she seems to dislike — perhaps from natural ticklishness — 
to have it handled. There is certainly some appearance like a 
corded lymphatic just above the hock, upon the inner side, and 
this circumstance would induce me to look upon the tumefaction 
altegether as farcy : still there is in my mind a doubt. 
June 13 th . — Let her commence with a scruple of barytes morn- 
ing and evening. 
1 6th . — She has regularly taken her ball twice a-day, and has 
been exercised daily. For we found that while standing in her 
box her hind leg increased in size, and the swelling ran upwards 
more. To-day the ball is to be administered thrice. 
21 st . — At times we feel inclined to think she has experienced 
some amendment : the following day, however, serves, commonly, 
to dissipate all such too fond imaginations. Since her appetite 
continues very good, and she manifests no evidence of the medi- 
cine taking any effect upon her, let her now take a dose of a 
scruple and a half, but only twice a-day. 
24^. — Let her take her augmented dose thrice a-day. 
30 th . — Since the last report the nasal discharge has been di- 
minishing, and the ulcerations have put on a less unwholesome 
aspect. The limb, also, has been decreasing in size : to-day, how- 
ever, there is evident remission of the symptoms, and, therefore, 1 
augment the dose to a drachm, and give it thrice a-day. 
July 1th . — Our barytes obtained from the druggist’s is thought 
to have lost its virtues. The remainder of our stock is consequently 
returned to be exchanged for another— fresher — preparation. In 
the mean time I prescribe the chloride, to be mixed with her water. 
