20 CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY. 
I8th.^— She had now become so weak that she was toiteri ni»- 
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on her legs. My surprise was excited to see her alive, and every 
hour I expected a fatal change, when, suddenly, this morning, 
the bowels were evacuated of their contents (which were semi- 
fluid) and in an immense quantity. From that time the animal 
slowly regained strength ; and the pulse was daily lowered in 
number nearly ten beats. I continued the same doses of stimu- 
lants daily, occasionally adding a little calomel. The bowels 
were regular from the 18th to the 20th ; but from the 20th to 
the 27th they were in the same completely inactive state. On 
the 27th they were again voluntarily acted on, and then became 
regular; but during the latter period of torpidity of bowels, the 
appetite was daily improving, and the pulse becoming regular. 
This mare must have consumed about four pounds of gentian and 
four pounds of ginger ! ! 
Concluding remarks. —Having now brought this paper to a 
conclusion, I will not pause to make any comment on it, as I 
am sure that my readers, from its extreme length, will heartily 
wish to turn over another page. I have given the greater num- 
ber of fatal cases, that their post-mortem appearances may be 
compared. I should feel much obliged if the editors of The 
Veterinarian will favour me with their opinion, whether or 
not they consider it to have been fever of a typhoid nature. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY, 
By Mr. You att. 
No. XIII. 
Phthisis — Lion. 
1836, April Ath . — I have heard this animal cough, and I 
fancy that he heaves more than he should at the flanks. Give 
five grains each of calomel and antimonial powder. 
6th . — The medicine did not operate, but the cough is relieved. 
His flanks are much quieter ; still I should wish his bowels to be 
acted upon. Repeat the dose. 
7th . — The physic has purged him fairly. He feeds well, but 
he is dull, and he coughs frequently, and heaves at the flanks. 
Give him four grains of the hydriodate of potash morning and 
night. 
30M. — I do not at all like this animal : he gets thin, he 
heaves at the flanks : he may be seen, yet scarcely heard, to 
