144 CANCER OF THE STOMACH OF THE HORSE. 
back at the flanks. The tail was still drawn in very close, the 
breathing slightly affected, yet the pulse did not vary much, 
although in general it was rather small and somewhat wiry. 
The countenance at times was very haggard. I gave a mode- 
rate dose of physic, which operated rather freely, and fol- 
lowed this up with tonic and stimulating medicines, com- 
bining small doses of iodine, under which treatment he 
improved very fast, and ate much better than he had done 
before. For two or three weeks he continued to eat four 
or five feeds of corn, mixed with chaff, per day, and was 
allowed to run in the paddocks ; in fact, he got quite fresh 
and playful, till one night he was attacked with paralysis of 
the hind quarters, affecting chiefly the near leg, but still the 
appetite was not much impaired. He was so Lame for four 
or five days as not to be able to come out of the box. This, 
however, by applying fomentations and embrocations to the 
limbs, soon got better. At times he had a peculiar way of 
standing and stretching himself, as though he was going to 
stale, (he, however, showed no pain when he did stale.) I 
gave nitrate of potash in his water, which he drank freely 
night and morning. The appetite continued good, and he 
improved in condition, and was now allowed to go into 
the paddocks again, where he would gallop and jump 
about and seemed to all appearance quite well. This con- 
tinued until the 2d of December last, when all at once he 
refused to eat anything, and was constantly looking round 
at his flank on the near side, and in three days from this 
time he was little more than a skeleton. At times he would 
appear quite unconscious, and so weak that he could 
scarcely walk ; the eyes had a very dull appearance, the 
pulse was very thready, and a peculiar grinding of the 
teeth everyfew minutes took place, and occasionally he would 
lie down with his nose turned back against the near flank. 
The intestines kept rumbling as though they contained a 
large quantity of wind ; in fact, flatus was continually escaping 
from the anus, which was by it kept open ; the faeces were 
relaxed and very slimy, and the animal would not take the 
slightest notice of anything put before him to eat. In 
this state he continued till the 9th, when I destroyed him by 
opening the carotid artery. 
Post-mortem appearance . — On removing the skin, the muscles 
were of a peculiar yellow colour. The small intestines were 
quite empty, and the duodenum so much contracted that 
you could scarcely get your finger down it. The remainder 
of the small intestines were all more or less contracted ; 
the large intestines contained some fluid faeces. The 
