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RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH IN A HORSE. 
6 p.m. — Pulse 82. Nit aether, was given in gruel. Breath 
still foetid. 
At half-past ten, p.m., continuing better ; pulse 74. Spt. aether, 
nitrici was given, with ball repeated. 
Ten o’clock on the morning of the 23d he was much better. 
He had been down during the night, and in the morning the pulse 
was 62, Continue the nit. aether, and ball composed of hydrarg. 
submur. 9 iss, Barb, aloe et digital, aa 9iiss, opii 9j. 
1 p.m. — Pulse 59. Continue the nit. aether, in gruel, but 
omit the digitalis, &c. 
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6 p.m. — Pulse 54 — legs and ears warm — dung foetid: had 
been lying down — pulse intermittent. Continue the nit. aether, 
iu gruel. 
10 p.m. — Pulse intermittent, 48 in number. Give nit. aether, 
in gruel. 
At ten o’clock on the morning of the 24th, the pulse 45, and 
intermittent. Repeat the aether, in gruel, and allow a small 
quantity of bran mash. 
6 p.m. — Pulse 44, and slightly intermittent. 
8 p.m. — An exacerbation — pulse 52: had been allowed some 
hay; breathing more hurried. Nit. aether, repeated. 
At nine o’clock on the morning of the 25th, the pulse was still 
52, and feeble, and remained so during the whole of that day. 
8 p.m. — Repeat the febrifuge medicine. 
October 2 6th. — Pulse 47 — dung laxative. 
27th. — Still continuing better. Allowing him still the nit. 
aether, and gruel. 
2 8th. — Pulse 34 : I considered him nearly well : he was eating 
mash with a small quantity of oats mixed in it. 
So far the case did well. He continued feeding with an 
apparent appetite, and looked quite lively until the 31st of 
October : I saw him on the morning of that day, when he seemed 
quite at ease. I w r as, however, called again to see him at three 
o’clock, p.m., when I found him lying at full length in the box, 
with his head and extremities stretched out to the utmost, his 
pulse 79, and wiry. He did not continue down any length of 
time, for he immediately rose, and remained standing for about 
two minutes, when he again laid himself cautiously down, and 
for the first time kicked out as if griped. I thought it was a 
renewal of his old complaint (gastro-enteritis), and gave him a 
ball composed of Barb, aloe 3»ss, opii 3 j, hydrarg. subm. 9ij, 
digital. 3j, ext. hyosciami 3ss* Being trembling, he was bled 
to the amount of three quarts (it was impossible to get more), and 
spt. aether, nitrici, §iij was administered. 
5 p.m. — Pulse 90, but getting weaker : still trembling, mostly 
