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Easterly winds. Rubbed into the neck and chest two ounces of 
unguentum cantharidum, which, on the 
20 th } Had acted well, producing much tumefaction. The pulse 
now gone up to 50 beats, which I naturally looked for. Ears, legs, 
and mucous membranes, not in the least affected, except down to the 
knees, caused by the seton in the chest. I now left her to chance 
until the 
24/fA, When she seemed to all casual observers well and 
hearty, the blister, and no medicine, having worked charms: but on 
taking the state of the pulse, I was still led to infer that all was not 
right, although it was very probable she would live some time 
(providing she could live and work as we do in a similar state), i. e. 
without excitement. She, however, went on from day to day re- 
covering her appetite and apparently her health, and never lost 
much flesh, up to the 28th, when I advised that she should be put 
into an empty cart (she having had a few days’ exercise alone), and 
see what effect it would be likely to have upon her; at the same 
time cautioning the man in charge not to work her hard, as I feared 
a relapse would be the result ; also stating it to be possible for the 
mare to be useful for some time, but that probably she would sink 
after the first day’s work. On the morning of the 30th I met the mare 
with another in front drawing about 15 cwt. in a low cart, which 
was but a moderate load ; they were bound for a parish four miles 
distant, with a smart hill to ascend. I told the carter, in the following - 
words, “ that it would either kill or cure the mare,” and bade him 
good morning. 
30/A, half past eight P.M., the man brought the mare to my in- 
firmary at this hour, pulling violently at her halter, while another 
fellow had hold of her tail, pushing her along: this pulling and 
pushing had lasted three miles or so, and occupied, I believe, as 
many hours. After we got her into the stable she kept stagger- 
ing and running her head up against the side of the stall and manger, 
very like stomach staggers, so much so that it was with difficulty 
I could examine her. I did so at length, and found the pulse and 
heart particularly fluttering and quick, with distressed but slow re- 
spirations, and eyes amaurotic. Now she would let her mouth rest 
in the manger, then under the manger upon the ground, all the time 
staggering. I examined her per vaginam, and found the bladder dis- 
tended almost to bursting ; this I did in consequence of a continual- 
cocking of the tail. I removed the urine by the aid of a catheter, 
which seemed for a moment to give relief, and attempted to bleed, 
but could not obtain more than a pint of blood, and that like treacle. 
Considering it probable that the mare was over-marked, and at 
the same time feeling assured she would very soon die, 1 gave 
her a diffusible stimulant by way of experiment; but it had no 
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