574 PNEUMONIA FOLLOWED BY TRISMUS. 
History. — The animal is of a bay colour, of the light- 
draught breed, five years of age, stands about fifteen hands 
high, bred by the present owner, and has always performed 
her work cheerfully. The man who had the care of her in- 
formed me that she had coughed frequently for several days 
past; but beyond this nothing more was remarked. This 
morning, however, one of Mr. Snow’s men employed on the 
farm went into the field and found the mare exhibiting 
symptoms of serious illness, when I was soon requested to 
attend. The mare in the meantime had been led into the 
stable. 
Symptoms. — When I arrived, the animal was standing 
in the stable, looking anxiously round to her sides ; the 
whole body seemed stiff and sore ; every now and then she 
coughs violently ; the breathing is quickened and laborious; 
the legs, ears, and muzzle, are intensely cold; convulsive 
twitchings affect the neck, &c. ; the mouth is cold and pale, 
and the pulse 90 in the minute. 
Treatment. — This consisted at first in bleeding freely, hand 
rubbing the extremities, then bandaging them, and warmly 
clothing the body, after which I administered the following : 
5© Magnes. Sulpli., §iv; 
Aloes Barb., ; 
Pulv. Ginger, 5ij? in baustus. 
I backraked her, and threw up an enema of thin gruel ; I 
also blistered her sides and chest, and inserted a rowel be- 
tween the forelegs. 
July 14th. — This morning, on entering the stable, I per- 
ceived that the bowels had been gently acted on, but her 
breathing was still very short, and the mare was looking 
anxiously about her, and at intervals she coughed violently ; 
pulse 68 ; respiration 20. I abstracted four quarts more 
blood from the jugular vein, and gave the following in the 
form of ball : 
fj© Antim.-Potass.-Tartrat., 5i ss > 
Potassse Nitrat., ^ss ; 
Pulv. Digitalis, 5j ; 
Mellis, q. s. 
The blisters not having taken any effect, I repeated them 
to the sides, chest, and nearly the whole extent of the trachea, 
adding a little potassio-tartrate of antimony to the ointment. 
On again visiting my patient, at 10 o’clock at night, I found 
her considerably relieved. The extremities were warm, the 
breathing more tranquil, and the pulse lowered ; the blisters 
