138 IMPACTMENT OF FOREIGN MATTERS IN RECTUM. 
he was again attacked with violent pain ; his breathing be- 
came laboured ; he rolled about in the box, striking his 
abdomen with the hind feet. Venesection was resorted to, 
and eight quarts of blood abstracted ; Pulv. Opii, ^iiss, given 
in a draught, and Ol. Canth. freely applied to the abdomen; 
enemas were thrown up, previously removing all the fecal 
matter I could by the hand, and the general comforts of 
the animal were directed to be attended to. 
At 7 p.m., no evacuation having taken place since 5 in the 
morning, I ordered him 
Ijt, Sol. Aloes B. B., f^iv; 
01. Crotoni Tig., gtt. xxv ; 
Pulv. Opii, 5j. In haustus. 
Repeat the enemas, and allow him three quarts of hay-tea. 
At 12 p.m., on revisiting my patient, I found that the 
medicine had not produced any effect. The animal urin- 
ated freely ; and noticing his frequent but ineffectual at- 
tempts to evacuate the bowels, I told the owner it was my 
opinion, that either some very hard dung balls (scybala), or 
a calculus existed in the intestines, and I intended to remain 
with him during the night. 
November 24th.— -At 4 a.m., the bowels not having re- 
sponded, I administered 
01. Lini, Oiss ; 
01. Crotoni Tig., git. xl. in gruel. 
Repeated the enemas, and applied 01. Canth. cum Sol. 
Tereb. Crotoni to the abdomen. Up to 10 a.m., no appa- 
rent change had taken place, the horse remaining quiet 
for at least four hours. The second blister had produced 
full action, still the bowels did not respond ; I therefore 
ordered him an hour’s walking exercise in the paddock, and 
on his return to the box threw up medicated enemas, and 
gave him some chilled water and a bran mash. 
At 2 p.m., finding the bowels so obstinately constipated, 
I repeated the draught as before, and left him till 10 p.m., 
when on entering his box, I ascertained his pulse to number 
104 in the minute ; the breathing was laboured, the mucous 
tissues of a dirty yellow colour, the extremities extremely 
cold, and cold perspirations bedewed his body. He now 
commenced walking round his box, and continued to do so, 
often straining violently to void faeces, until 4 a.m. of the 
next day, when death terminated his sufferings. 
Autopsy . — The contents of the chest normal. The liver 
much enlarged and flabby. The coats of the stomach and 
