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PNEUMONIA FOLLOWED BY TRISMUS. 
the case, from the blood-letting having been carried so far. 
This I heeded not, but repeated the spirit of nitric ether, 
with solution of acetate of ammonia, adding a little gentian 
and ginger. 
17th. — This morning I found my patient considerably 
better. She was breathing stronger, the pulse regular, the 
extremities warm, and she was also looking more cheerful. 
Ordered the draught to be given morning and evening. 
On calling again in the evening, I was informed that she 
had partaken of a pailful of scalded oats and bran, mixed 
with infusion of linseed, likewise a little half-dried grass. 
18th. — 1 was pleased to find my patient much improved; 
the appetite and strength were increasing, and she ate and 
drank heartily to-day. I continued to give her diffusible 
stimulants, combined with gentian and ginger, morning and 
evening, as before. 
19th. — She continues to improve, and evidently gains 
strength ; the appetite has increased, and she looks cheerful. 
I added half a pint of warm ale to the medicine and gruel. 
20th. — She seemed so cheerful this morning that I ordered 
the attendant to walk her gently about the field for a short 
time,when she appeared so very anxious to have a mouthful of 
grass that a little was allowed her. She has eaten very 
heartily of bran and oats mixed with linseed tea — her or- 
dinary diet. 
22d. — The attendant informed me this morning that she 
had coughed again several times during the early part of the 
night, and also in the morning. 1 gave her the following: 
£= Ferri Sulph., 5j ; 
Pulv. Gentianse, 
Pulv. Cort. Querci, 
Pulv. Flor. Anthem., aa ^iij ; 
Decoct. Avense Sem., Oj. M. fiat haust. 
23d. — The mare is still improving. She does not cough 
so frequently. The appetite is now very good. She will eat 
a little hay and grass mixed, which she seems to relish very 
much, but I allow her only a moderate quantity at a time. 
Repeat the tonic medicine. 
I continued the tonic medicines up to the 28th of July, 
the mare evidently improving every day, and on the 30th she 
was discharged, apparently quite well. She is now allowed 
to graze in the field by day. 
