252 
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. 
Heart’s action distinctly audible on both sides of the chest — the 
blood fluttering through the jugular veins at the bottom of the 
chest — ears and legs warm — faeces natural — urine in moderate 
quantity, but white — respiratory murmur normal, with the excep- 
tion of a mucous noise at the bottom of the trachea and commence- 
ment of bronchial tubes — cough — loss of appetite — ears watch- 
ing — head hanging over the manger as if listening to something. 
The mare has not lain down for three or four days or nights. 
Diagnosis. — Chronic bronchitis, with a probability of the heart 
being implicated. Introduced a seton in the chest, and adminis- 
tered the following bolus that day : R Camphor 3 ij, ant. pot. 
tart. 3 ss, hyd. chlorid. 3ss, aloes B. 3iiss; to have chilled water and 
bran diet. Discontinue hay and oats. 
3 d. — Much the same: will eat nothing, and dislikes moving 
round in her stall. Gave spt. seth. nit. 3ij, liq. am. acet. Jviij, 
pot. nitrat. 3ij, in aqua. 
4 th . — Symptoms much the same as yesterday, except that the 
appetite is improved — seton doing well. Repeated the ball, sine 
aloe., the fseces being softer. 
5th. — Pulse gone down to 48 beats per minute, respirations 
quieter. Repeat medicine. 
6th . — Mare seems exhausted, requiring a stimulant. Gave <- 
ammon. sesquicarb. 3iss, ex aqua. 
1th . — Much improved with respect to her spirits ; but other 
symptoms have shewn themselves : pulse 48, with intermissions 
every five beats, coupled with the same character as above de- 
scribed : obstinate standing position, feeds tolerably. I made up 
my mind to withhold medicine for a day or two, and informed 
the owner of my apprehensions. This sort of thing went on up 
to the 12th, when the heart’s action was somewhat altered, 
viz. to intermit every two beats. One day she would seem very 
lively, and the next dull, her appetite being as uncertain as her 
spirits : not much cough, neither is the mucous rattle heard at the 
bottom of the neck. Her legs have not yet swelled, neither has 
she ever evinced pain upon pressure or otherwise. 
13 th. — Pulse intermits every other beat — -faeces hard. Contrary, # 
I believe, to general practice, I administered four drachms and a 
half of aloes, which, on the 
14^A, — Never had any effect, but the pulse has now assumed a 
character very much the same as when I was first called in. The 
breathings are carried on with a jerk, which I have generally con- 
sidered (when associated with some others) as a bad omen. The 
mare still standing; cough seems to have left her for the present. 
Discontinued treatment, but kept watching her symptoms up to the 
19 th , — When I found she was coughing much, the weather, no 
doubt, being the cause of it, as it rained for a day or two, with 
