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with other horses, to Cobham with beer, having fed well the previous day. 
On his arrival at the above place on the night of the 1 3th, he was found to 
be off his feed, and on his return to London on the following day, he was 
chilly and much depressed. On the 15th there was complete loss of appe- 
tite; his pulse was 72, and rather weak; the pupils of his eyes were slightly 
contracted, and the iris, as well as his mouth, of a yellowish tinge, and slight 
effusion had taken place beneath the conjunctiva ; he was excessively stiff in 
motion, and pressure upon the skin of the hind legs, which were a little 
swollen, occasioned much pain. In attempting to walk a short distance he 
was greatly exhausted, sighed frequently, and at last fell down in a fit. When 
lie had sufficiently recovered, a mixture was given to him, consisting of ni- 
trous aether and laudanum, which was directed to be repeated twice during 
the day, and the hind legs to be fomented with warm water. In the after- 
noon he became more tranquil. On the 16th, the pulse was still 72; the re- 
spiration was slightly accelerated, and accompanied with mucous rattle; the 
mouth was clean ; the eyes more suffused ; and the hind legs much inflamed. 
He was indisposed to move, and staggered when compelled. Whilst looking 
at him after having pushed him from one spot to another, he suddenly stum- 
bled forward and pitched on his head in the straw, as if shot through the 
brain. He then rolled on his side, stretched out his hind legs, and struggled 
as in convulsions which attend certain cases of diseased lungs. After a few 
minutes he began to breathe rapidly, with much mucous rattle, the struggling 
and convulsions returning from time to time during twenty minutes; after 
which he rallied so as to admit an anodyne mixture to be administered, which 
was ordered to be repeated thrice during the day. He had no other fit. 
“1 *]th . — Pulse 66; mucous rattle has ceased ; respiration tranquil ; slight 
cough ; fever mixture to be given three times a-day 
“ 1 8^//. — Pulse 66; respiration quiet; feeds; walks about and lies down ; 
faeces pultaceous. 
“ 1 9th . — Pulse 60 ; feeds well ; legs a little swollen; continue mixture. 
“20 th . — Pulse 54; convalescent: commence tonic mixture. 
“ This case did perfectly well. 
“The affection of the mucous lining of the air-cells supervening on the 
painful condition of the skin of the legs (for he was almost unable to move 
on the 15th) probably occasioned the convulsive attacks.” 
The following extraordinary hypertrophic disease of the ova- 
rium would seem, in the annals of veterinary medicine, to stand 
by itself : — 
“A bay mare, belongingto Mr. C , having been off her feed a few days 
previously, was, on the 13th of December, 1820, affected with the following 
symptoms: viz. pulse 90, and very feeble — eyes extremely pale — loss of 
appetite — no quickness of breathing, nor fainting nor sweating, was observed 
— she did not lie down, and was excessively fat. The treatment consisted of 
small doses of the copaiba balsam, administered three times a-day; which 
in some measure relieved the symptoms, for in a few days the pulse was 
much reduced, the appetite improved, and the eyes became yellow, as in 
liver affection, after the bleeding has for some time ceased. Tonic medi- 
cines, combined with slight diuretics, were now exhibited, and she continued 
apparently to mend until the night of the 30th of December, when she sud- 
denly died, being found dead on the following morning. On the previous 
day she had been walked about a little, being in very good spirits, and eat- 
ing much more than she had at any time during her illness : her pulse, how- 
ever, had never been less than 60. 
