376 INFLAMMATORY OEDEMA IN A HORSE. 
him to have daily, Ferri Sulph., 5iij ; Zingib. et Gentian., aa 
5ij in ball. 
5th. — All the swellings have subsided, and the animal’s 
appetite is good. 
7th. — The horse this morning was observed to stale with 
difficulty ; he afterwards fell, and could not be got up. I at 
first thought that this arose from weakness ; he was, therefore, 
made comfortable, and nourishing gruel given him. 
9th. — Mr. Biggs observed to me that he felt sure that some- 
thing must be wrong with the urinary organs, as the horse 
appeared to void his urine with much difficulty, and afterwards 
was seized with a violent tremor. I at once passed the 
catheter, and found that some obstruction existed : when 
the instrument returned it was covered with blood and pus. 
I then introduced my arm up the rectum and pressed upon the 
bladder, when a copious flow of urine took place. I could 
feel a hard body, which I thought was a lump of hardened 
faeces. Ordered the horse to have Pulv. Opii, in Ol. 
Lini., Oj. 
10th. — Pulse 96 ; appetite entirely lost ; animal sweating, 
and in great pain, especially after voiding his urine. Con- 
sidering it to be altogether a hopeless case, I advised Mr. 
Biggs to destroy the horse, which he did by shooting him, 
and immediately after death the body was examined by me. 
On laying open the abdominal cavity the intestines were 
found healthy. The bladder was removed and opened, the 
body of which was perfectly natural, but the neck externally 
was ulcerated, and a large tumour, which I considered 
malignant, was found attached by the meso-rectum. It 
weighed seven pounds and a half, and, when cut into, con- 
tained a small portion of pus. 
The stomach and liver were healthy. The lungs of a pale 
colour, and extensively emphysematous. 
Remarks . — Whether the tumour was the cause of the last 
attack I am somewhat at a loss to decide. From its weight, 
and suspended, as it were, over the bladder, could it press 
upon the neck of that organ, and by its friction ulcerate its 
external surface? 
The fluid effused into the cellular tissue became rapidly 
absorbed ; the appetite improved, the strength increased, and 
all appeared to be going on favorably when the fatal symptoms 
first showed themselves. 
