G8G INTESTINAL ANASARCA, WITH ASCITES. 
him, which was nearly all fibrinous, there not being above a pint 
of red particles in it. To have rest and mashes. 
31 st. — The wagoner called on me to-day, and had him in a 
cart, fetching a batch from the mill. I was told he began to 
purge on the morning after he had the medicine, and had continued 
to purge, and is purging now a little. His prepuce is now swelled 
a good deal, and pendulous: no symptoms of pain have been 
evinced. Insisted on his having rest and being taken care of : he 
feeds very well. 
Aug . ls£. — He was again sent to me, and was thought not to be 
so well — does not purge — feeds tolerably — lies down at night — 
never seems to be in pain — sheath still getting larger, and there is 
now a large surface of the external part of the abdomen covered 
with an cedematous swelling ; there is also a little between the 
fore legs. I took away five quarts more of blood ; it was nearly all 
white buff, like fat. He is breathing freely, and shews no other 
bad symptom. Merely gave a diuretic ball ; ordered gentle exer- 
cise and moderate diet. 
2 d. — Symptoms : A little duller —stands up — has not been, nor 
is now, in any pain — sheath and integuments underneath the abdo- 
men, and between the fore legs, very cedematous — bowels lax and 
right — urinates well — pulse small and quick — respiration natural — - 
coat sleek. I punctured the sheath and abdomen in several places 
with the lancet, and there issued a good deal of serum thereout. 
Ordered the sheath to be well fomented. Gave a diuretic com- 
bined with 3 iss aloes. I do not like his ways. 
3 d . — Sent for this morning to him, in consequence of his not 
being thought to be so well, and of his swellings being larger. 
Symptoms. 8 A.M. — Does not feed so well. The prepuce is 
quite as large and pendulous, but the oedema of the abdomen is 
less. I am told that much serum has escaped from the punctures, 
and blood freely from one of them, the orifice of which has been 
pinned up. He certainly is worse — will not eat — membranes of 
eyelids and nostrils quite pallid — sighs occasionally, and wanders 
about the stable. In no apparent pain. I introduced my arm up 
the rectum, and drew out some pulpy faeces. No purging — pulse 
not to be felt at the jaw ; at the chest it was about 70 or 80. I 
fancy there is effusion into the abdomen ; for, on listening to the 
side of the thorax and abdomen, there is a regurgitation towards 
the former. Gave a tonic. 
10 A.M. — Lifts his legs occasionally towards his belly — never lies 
down — drank some oatmeal and water — does not look towards his 
sides— ears getting colder — legs and body tolerably warm. Every 
now and then a sort of fit comes on him, when his respiration be- 
