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be principally involved, and with which the liver sympathised. 
The pulse became much accelerated ; pain was evinced, the 
breathing quickened, the extremities cold, the bowels torpid. 
Blood w r as withdrawn, a dose of laxative medicine adminis- 
tered, the diet restricted to mashes, and the legs hand-rubbed 
and bandaged. 
7th day. The pulse is lowered by the bloodletting to fifty 
beats in the minute, but much languor and debility are yet 
present, nor have the bowels responded to the medicine. 
Throw up enemas of warm water, and continue the use of the 
bandages. 
8th day. The pulse has risen to sixty ; the respiration is 
still hurried, the bowels continue torpid, and the small quan- 
tity of fecal matter brought away by the clysters is encoated 
with mucus ; the visible mucous membranes are tinged yel- 
low, and the legs and ears continue cold. Repeat the bleed- 
ing to the amount of 4 lbs. only ; give aloes, 5ij> in ball, and 
occasionally throw up a clyster. Stimulate the legs, and con- 
tinue in the use of the bandages. 
9th day. The general symptoms remain as reported yester- 
day, except that the pulse has been again lowered in its 
number of beats. Repeat the aloetic ball and the clysters, and 
still employ the bandages. The bowels have not yet acted. 
10th day. Inflammation of the laminae of both fore feet has 
showm itself. The walls are hot, and the animal is constantly 
shifting his position ; the bowels are still torpid, and the 
urine is voided in very small quantities, w 7 hich is high coloured, 
and the act is accompanied with pain and general excitement 
of the wdiole system. Withdraw blood from each arm, and 
apply poultices to the feet. Give aloes, 5iij? in solution, and 
occasionally throw up an enema of w 7 arm w^ater. 
11th day. No amendment can be reported as having taken 
place. With the return of the clysters some fecal matter is 
occasionally voided, which is encoated with mucus as before. 
Much pain is evinced ; all food is refused ; the conjunctival 
and nasal membranes are injected, and of a yellow 7 colour ; the 
fore feet continue hot, and the pulse accelerated, but more 
feeble in tone. Poultices and enemata to be continued as 
before ordered. 
12th day. The symptoms are more unfavorable, and the 
pulse has risen to eighty beats in the minute. Considerable 
general excitement is present, and apprehensions are enter- 
tained as to the result. About 1 1 o’clock the animal sud- 
denly fell, when a copious alvine evacuation took place, and 
the urine also was voided freely ; but he never rose again. 
He lay in great pain; the pulse increased in frequency until 
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