SUPPURATIVE LARYNGITIS. 
257 
Jan. 22d. — The horse has been lying down in the night; 
has eaten a great portion of his food, and his bowels are 
regular. The other symptoms are exactly as reported yester- 
day. The medicine was again exhibited in the morning, but 
as the faeces appeared hard towards the afternoon, probably 
from the action of the sulphate of iron, I gave some linseed 
oil. Later, he was drenched with gruel, a bottle of stout 
being mixed with it. 
24th. — On going to the horse this morning, he appeared 
at first sight to be decidedly better. He was standing in a 
firmer position with his head out of the door. He had evi- 
dently laid down during the night ; had also eaten the greater 
part of his food, and passed some faeces. The pulse, however, 
was as weak and as indistinct as ever, and the membranes 
still possessed a peculiarly unhealthy appearance. I gave 
the same medicine once more. Towards evening, the respi- 
ration had increased, and the pulse rose, when 1 administered 
a drachm of powdered opium in some linseed oil. 
25th. — He is decidedly worse this morning; pulse 85, and 
bounding ; membranes as before ; respiration greatly in- 
creased ; countenance anxious ; has eaten nothing in the 
night, and can scarcely support himself. I repeated the 
counter-irritants to the throat, chest, and brisket, and gave : 
Nitric. Ether., §ij ; 
Ext. Belladonnse, 5j ; 
Aq. q. s., ft. hanstus. 
I repeated the belladonna at three o’clock. At seven 
o’clock, I found my patient lying down, but frequently 
making ineffectual efforts to rise. I now felt certain, that it 
would prove a fatal case, nevertheless I administered another 
dose of the extract of belladonna, and repeated the counter- 
irritants. 
The history of the case, from this time to the period of the 
death of the animal, would only be tedious to narrate ; suffice 
it to say, that he evinced considerable pain, often making 
several ineffectual efforts to rise and change his position, and 
died about three o’clock, a.m., on the 26th. 
Autopsy . — On cutting open the skin along the course of 
the linea alba, there was observed a slight serous effusion. 
The intestines and stomach were healthy, though rather 
pale in colour, and an abscess of considerable size existed on 
the spleen, a minute description of which shall be given 
hereafter. The lungs were much diseased, particularly the 
left one, and both were studded with abscesses ; the mucous 
lining membrane of the air passages was inflamed through- 
out, and covered with a purulent secretion. 
