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PLEURISY. 
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist 
Thy image. Earth that nourish’d thee, shall claim 
Thy growth, to be resolv’d to earth again : 
And last each human trace, surrendering up 
Thine individual being, shalt thou go 
To mix for ever with the elements, 
To be a burthen to th’ insensible rock 
And to the skiggish clod, which the rude swain 
Turns with his share and treads upon. 
* * * * 
And what if thou withdraw 
Unheeded by the living, and no friend 
Take note of thy departure F All that breathe 
Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh 
When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care 
Plod on, and each one, as before, will share 
His fav’rite phantom ; yet all these shall leave 
Their mirth and their employments, and shall come 
And make their bed with thee.” 
Solemn reflections these, and well calculated to induce 
serious thoughts, and to stimulate us to be up and doing 
while it is “ to-day ” 
In conclusion, permit me, Mr. Editor, to wish for yourself, 
your contributors and readers, health, happiness, and a liberal 
share of the good things of the season. 
I am, sir. 
Yours, ike., 
Dec . 26, 1854. 
PLEURISY. 
FORMATION OF FLUID IN THE PLEURAL CAVITIES; TAPPING; 
AND DEATH. 
By Mr. Barlow, Veterinary College, Edinburgh. 
Oct. 16th. 1854. — A bay mare (belonging to the Royal 
Artillery) six years old, standing 15 h. 3in., of strong make, 
had been in the Leith Fort stables for several weeks prior 
to this date, and always appeared healthy. This morning 
she was reported unwell. Being from town at the time, 
Mr. Chambers, V. S., in company with several students, 
attended on my account. The mare had been freely bled by 
the farrier before their arrival. The case proved to be one 
of acute pleurisy, attended as such cases sometimes are, in 
the outset, by fugitive abdominal pain. She took medicine, 
which acted gently on the bowels, had her sides blistered. 
