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pint of common oil, which relieved the pain. From this time 
the animal very slowly regained strength ; the throbbing in front 
of the chest subsided gradually, and the bowels became regular ; 
but, twice afterwards, he fell, without any obvious cause, as if 
he were shot. He took one ounce of gentian and one ounce of 
ginger daily, a little calomel being occasionally added, until the 
7th of March, when he was discharged. 
Remarks. — In cases 4, 5, and 6, I beg to direct the attention 
of the reader to this point, — that the animal seemed to become 
gradually worse until a certain crisis, when, if the deadly nature 
of the disease could be long enough combatted, the powers of life 
were enabled to throw off the incubus, and the animal did well. 
CASE VI. 
February 9 th . — Admitted a bay mare, rising three years old, 
off her feed, dull and heavy ; pulse 40, bowels regular. Her 
diet was changed to bran. She was put into a loose box, and 
watched. 
10 th . — Pulse 42 to 45 ; great languor ; bowels becoming in- 
active. This morning she began to paw the litter, and shewed 
evident signs of cholicky pains. I gave two ounces of tincture 
of opium, and two ounces of spirits of sweet nitre, in a pint and a 
half of common oil. She was much relieved by this. I blis- 
tered the region of the stomach and liver most extensively, 
and warm clysters were thrown up repeatedly. At night I gave 
half a dose of physic. 
1 1th, 9 a.m. — Bowels inactive; weakness and languor in- 
creased. Pulse 45, and weaker. The blister has not acted ; 
drinks very freely of gruel ; but eats little. I gave twelve 
drachms of gentian and the same quantity of ginger; clysters 
repeated. 
7 p.m. — The slight cholicky pains have returned. I gave two 
ounces of spirits of sweet nitre and two ounces of tincture of 
opium in a pint of oil. The animal was again relieved. I now 
resolved to trust entirely to counter-irritation and stimulants. I 
blistered the front of the chest, and gave daily fourteen drachms 
of gentian and fourteen drachms of ginger, occasionally adding 
a little calomel. From this time until the 18th the bowels were 
completely torpid, the animal getting weaker and weaker, and 
the pulse daily increasing in number and diminishing in strength. 
On the 15th the pulse had reached 110, and was scarcely per- 
ceptible ; and it remained at that height for three days : during 
all this time the animal was taking these large doses of stimu- 
lants. She always drank freely. 
