674 CASE OF GASTRITIS, PERITONITIS, &C. 
the time blowing highly. The most characteristic symptom, that 
indicative of gastritis, is incessant eructation, the stench of the 
gas escaping being intolerable. The pulse is 98, and strong. 
He has had no evacuation within the last hour, though several 
during the day, scanty however in quantity. After bleeding to 
syncope, I gave opiates, combined with mild stimulants ; also 
enemas. At 8 P.M. lies down and rolls upon his back in great pain. 
Gave ol. lin. 1 pint ; bled largely again ; and cauterized the abdo- 
men with a fire shovel, and a large piece of iron commonly called 
a coulter. At 10 P.M. pulse 96, symptoms generally much the 
same. Give ol. lin. one pint every three hours. At midnight 
symptoms urgent ; bled again, and repeated cauterization. 
2 d, 8 A.M. — No amendment. Pulse 96, and full, although at 
times it is soft and wavering — lies down and rolls on his back 
occasionally — eructations less frequent : the mucous membranes 
most easily examined are highly injected — legs and ears warm. 
Bled moderately, and continued oil internally, as before, and 
enemas. At 2 P.M. pulse varying from 90 to 96, and sometimes 
bounding. It is a strange pulse ; it is so weak and quick one 
minute, that dissolution might be hourly expected; the next minute 
so, that the grim monster Death would seem to be hours distant. As 
the case appears hopeless, and there is a bounding pulse alternately 
with an oppressed one, I tried the lancet once more ; and before I 
had abstracted two quarts of blood the poor animal fairly reeled, 
and nearly fell down. At 4 P.M. no evacuation, and no cessation 
of pain. Gave hyd. sub. and aloes, combined with opium. At 
10 P.M. pulse 100, and weak — eructations less forcible and fre- 
quent — lies down and looks back — has eaten nothing. Give 
gruel, and stimulate the abdomen over the cauterized parts (which 
are very sore) with ol. communis and ol. terebinth. 
My opinion at the beginning was that the stomach was the seat 
of disease ; that it contained ingesta, and was being irritated and 
paralyzed by some obnoxious agent ; seeing he had been fed with 
chaff, bean meal, and good hay in the stable, and on grass when 
turned out in the field at night. Another symptom I observed 
strongly corroborative of a gastric affection was, that, when the 
animal lay down, he would stretch out his fore legs, and so endea- 
vour to press the epigastric region against the ground. 
3d, 8 A.M. — Pulse 86 — looks back — cringes — and lies down in 
great pain. As he has taken nearly a gallon of ol. lin. without 
evacuation, gtive a bottle of ol. ricini, with gruel and enemas. 
From A.M. to 4 P.M. has voided several lots of faeces of a natural 
consistence, mixed with hawthorn stones and sticks. Gave one 
pint ol. ricini. At 8 P.M., purges freely ; urinates often, the 
urine being strongly impregnated with the terebinth, he took on 
