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caused a considerable swelling on his chest ; but he is sadly re- 
duced in condition, and discharges a fluid from his nostrils, of 
the colour and consistence of milk. He eats grass and hay 
pretty well, and has taken a mash during the night: upon the 
whole he is improved, but T am afraid it will only be transitory. — 
Continue the medicine. 
30 th . — I heard that he began to heave at the flanks this fore- 
noon, and has not fed so well as he did yesterday. 
May 1 st . — The respiration is accelerated ; the pulse 98, small 
and wiry, and nearly imperceptible at the jaw ; the nasal mem- 
brane livid, and in the right nostril there are two small ulcers a 
little above the auctus ad nasum. The conjunctival membrane 
is injected, and the hinder extremities cold. Rub a little more 
blistering ointment over the former blistered parts ; continue the 
medicine. The grass which he eats keeps his bowels in a pul- 
taceous state. 
3d . — He died this morning. On examining him, four hours 
after death, the following appearances were observed : — The 
bowels were healthy, the liver was enlarged, and easily torn with 
the finger, as was the spleen, which was congested ; the kidneys 
were much enlarged, particularly the right, and on cutting into 
it there was a small quantity of pus in its pelvis. The mucous 
coat of the bladder was inflamed ; the horse had been accustom- 
ed to void his urine much more frequently than usual. The 
state in which the kidneys and bladder were found sufficiently 
accounted for this. On opening the chest, the thorax contained 
about five pints of serum, with loose portions of coagulated 
lymph floating on its surface. The lungs — how shall 1 describe 
them — the whole of their substance was in a complete state of 
disorganization, abscesses were found in every part, and dis- 
charging their contents into the bronchi. The heart was consi- 
derably enlarged ; the right ventricle in a state of hypertrophy, 
and filled with black blood ; the liquor pericardii was increased ; 
and on the surface of the heart were several spots of ecchymosis. 
DEFENCE OF MR. CROSS AGAINST THE CHARGE 
OF MR. POPE. 
HAviNGseen in the last month’s Veterinarian acommuni- 
cation from Mr. Pope, of Tarves, accusing me of “ unprofessional 
conduct,” occurring in the month of January last, I was surprised 
to think he should have allowed such an incident to lie so long 
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