584 
GENERAL EMPHYSEMA IN A FOAL. 
By the Same. 
The subject of this case was a cart-foal, two months old, 
which was taken unwell somewhat suddenly. On visiting 
him, the entire body was found to be puffed up with air, in 
a manner precisely similar to a calf which has been killed 
and blown by a butcher. A drum-like sound was emitted 
in whatever part the skin was struck. The pulse did not 
appear to be much disturbed, but the young animal could 
scarcely be made to move, or to put one leg before the other. 
The skin was hot, and the desire to take milk so little, that 
he would not even swallow it when put into his mouth. 
The servant — a very clever fellow in his own estimation — 
gave me the following explanation of the phenomenon : 
“ The wind,” he said, “ had been blowing very high, and it 
had got into the colt either at one end or the other, and 
puffed him up ; so that to cure him he must be tapped.” 
The only clue I could obtain of the probable cause was, 
that the day before the mare had been worked very hard, 
kept several hours from her foal, brought home in a state of 
profuse perspiration, and then turned out. By these means 
the secretion of her milk was probably interfered with, and its 
quality also impaired ; but in what way it produced emphy- 
sema in the foal, I must leave your physiological readers to 
unravel for their own edification. 
The treatment which was had recourse to proved very 
efficacious; it consisted principally of friction to the skin, 
and the application of a stimulating lotion of moderate 
strength. Small doses of Ol. Lini et Ol. Tereb. were like- 
wise given daily, and the young animal frequently drenched 
with his mother’s milk. In little more than a week he was 
convalescent. 
