408 ADMINISTRATION OF PHOSPHORUS IN INFLUENZA. 
sists entirely upon gruels and stimulants, which we force 
upon her. 
31sL — She is now much worse, and bears nearly the whole of 
her weight against the stall. I have tried most of the vegetable 
and mineral tonics. I have given pulv. lyttae gr. v, in combina- 
tion with ginger and camphor, twice in the day; but nothing ap- 
pears to have the least effect upon her, and the animal is gradu- 
ally sinking. The hair on her mane and tail can be pulled out 
with the slightest effort. 
Jan. 1st, 1837. — 'This morning she is down, and cannot get 
up without help. I have got her up, and she can just manage to 
stand. I see no chance for her unless I give something to 
rouse the system ; and all the stimulants that I have tried 
appear not to have the least effect. I will try phosphorus 
in its solid state. R Pulv. sulph. cupri, pulv. sulph. ferri of each 
3j, pulv. zingib., potass, nit. et resin, of each 3 ij, M cum pulv. 
sem. lini,Venet. tereb. et petrol, q. s. In this I put 1J grains of 
phosphorus, and gave it to the mare immediately. Pulse 80, 
scarcely perceptible at the jaw ; the membrana nictitans of a 
dark dirty hue, and the eyes very much shrunk. I left orders 
for her to have plenty of linseed and oatmeal gruel horned into 
her, as she cannot, by any possibility, be persuaded to drink the 
least quantity. 
2d . — This morning she looks a little lively and picks a few beans. 
The pulse is still 80, but plainer to the finger ; the bowels are 
open, and she certainly appears to be somewhat better. I repeat- 
ed the tonic ball with 14 grains of phosphorus. The off hind leg 
is very much swollen, and the fore legs are beginning to swell a 
little. 
3 d . — This morning she is decidedly better, and has eaten some 
oats and beans, but still has an aversion to any fluid. I moved 
her out of the stable with great difficulty, and in turning her 
round she slipped down (there being ice on the ground). She 
was got up by main strength, and walked into the stable, con- 
trary to the opinion of some lookers-on, who said that she never 
could get up again, and that if she belonged to them, they would 
shoot her. I repeated the tonic ball, with two grains of phospho- 
rus. I also ordered plenty of gruel and repeated enemata during 
the day, as the bowels appear rather confined. 
4 th . — She continues to improve in her appetite ; pulse 80, but 
stronger. With the tonic ball give now only 14 grains of phos- 
phorus, as I am fearful of carrying it too far. Administer spirit 
terebinth, ^j, ol. lin. ^xv, at night. 
6th . — She has eaten better, but still will not drink any thing. 
The bowels arc not acted upon — the thigh continues to get larger 
