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fulness of the face. The eyes are suffused, and the pulse 84. I 
gave her antim., nit. potass., and sulphur, in ball. 
10th. — The legs and belly enormously swelled — the hocks and 
knees were more capped than in any former swelling of the legs I 
had seen — pulse 84. Ball as before. 
1 Ith. — The scarlet spots have faded considerably — the face is 
now free from swelling — the legs and belly partially so — breathing 
easier — pulse 76. Give medicine as before, and exercise twice a-day. 
12^ — Still improving. I gave her a tonic diuretic ball. 
14 th. — 'The swelling of the legs and belly are much diminished 
— the cuticle is scaling off — and her appearance resembles that of 
a roan. The exercise and ball continued. 
16 th. — The tumefaction has now disappeared, and a profusion 
of scales fall from the body on applying the comb. 
Case I of Erysipelas . — The subject of this disease was a bay 
carriage gelding that had been purchased in England by Mr. H. 
A few days after his arrival he was seized with catarrh. On the 
2d of May, 1843, I was called to see him. He was bled, had a 
laxative ball, and his throat blistered. 1 went on favourably until 
the 7th, when suddenly the following symptoms appeared. 
Before describing these, I may state that I had ceased treating 
him in consequence of his owner continuing to treat him himself — 
a practice he is very guilty of. At some of his visits it is no un- 
common thing to be told by this gentleman, “ Oh ! I have given 
him so and so ; I thought he would be nothing the worse for it.” 
Nevertheless, out of mere curiosity (the horse being quite at hand), 
I frequently visited him, and carefully watched the progress of the 
disease. 
The symptoms in the above case, so far as I observed them, 
were as follow : — The hind legs a little swelled. Pulse 80. 
8 th. — The hind legs still more swelled. The sheath, belly, and 
fore legs a little tumefied. Pulse 84, and feeble. 
9 th. — All the above symptoms are greatly aggravated. The 
swelling has now reached the stifles and the most posterior part 
of the hips, where it has terminated abruptly. Pulse 92. 
10/A. — He is now unable to move, or, rather, cannot be in- 
duced to do so. 
1 \th. — Has remained in the same position. Symptoms the same. 
12 th. — The same, only the nose is now involved in the swelling. 
Irregular scarlet patches may now be seen on the septum nasi. 
13 th. — In addition to the above symptoms, a circumscribed tu- 
mour has made its appearance on the nasal bones. This after- 
noon he commenced to move round his box a little. 
14 th. — Six o'clock A.M. he was lying rolling and blowing at a 
