CASEvS OF THE EPIDEMIC. 
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2 8/4. — The physic has acted once or twice, but the horse is 
dull and heavy. Pulse 40, but weak. He feeds pretty well 
to-day. 
27th. — Weakness increased. Pulse more debilitated, but still 
beating steadily at 40. He lay down through the night. The 
animal altogether worse; the gradual loss of strength and arte- 
rial power plainly shewed some hi ng was materially wrong, 
although an ordinary observer, who had not regularly watched 
the progress of the disease, would not be of that opinion. With 
a view of producing a re-action in the system, I blistered both 
sides most extensively, first shaving off the hair. 
28/4. — The blister has had no effect — the ointment to be 
washed off with warm water, and a fresh blister applied. Bowels 
quite inactive. One pint of common oil given, and one drachm of 
calomel in a ball, injections per anum every three hours. 
Pulse is now from 40 to 45, and evidently beating more feebly. 
The animal takes plenty of gruel, and picks over his hay. 
29 th . — The horse’s strength is gradually declining : the pulse 
weaker, and from 40 to 45 . The blister has had no effect — 
bowels inactive. One pint of oil given, and injections repeated. 
He still picks a little hay, and drinks plentifully : coat looking 
healthy, and urine of a natural colour. 
30/4. — No change in any symptom from yesterday. Half a 
dose of physic given in solution, and injections. 
31s/. — Appearance of the animal much the same as yesterday: 
strength declining ; pulse 45, and very feeble —drinks very freely, 
but bowels inactive. To a stranger there is still nothin^ alarm- 
mg in. his appearance, and 1 found it impossible to judge what 
organ was affected. 1 saw the animal was gradually dying, 
but in so strange and slow a manner, that, in spite of my better 
judgment, I would fain believe that the system would be re- 
lieved and throw off the disease. I gave two drachms of calomel, 
with a little ginger and gentian. 
Jan. 1st, 1836. 9 a.m. — My patient much worse : pulse regu- 
lar at 45, but scarcely to be felt — palpitation of the heart slightly 
externally evident. The debility became extreme — pulse imper- 
ceptible at the submaxillary artery, but the regular beat of the 
heart at 45 to be plainly felt by placing the hand on any part 
of the body. The number of the pulsations never increased until 
death ; but the power, like a dying flame, gradually wasted itself 
away, until it could be no longer felt. About three hours before 
death the mouth became cold, and the membranes of a deadly 
white; and when he dropped, which he did at 2 p.m., he died 
almost immediately. 
Post-mortem appearances. — Villous portions of the stomach 
