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CASE OF FRACTURE OF THE OSSA INNOMINATA, 
AND RUPTURE OF THE EMULGENT VESSELS. 
Mr, Joseph Carlisle, F.S., Wigton. 
On the 24th of May last I was called to see a brood mare 
(the property of a gentleman about five miles distant from Wig- 
ton) that had fallen down a stone quarry, and was supposed by 
the owner to have broken her back. On my arrival I found the 
mare in a deplorable state ; suffering most severely from internal 
and external bruises, and particularly of the muscles of the shoul- 
ders and hind quarters, accompanied by great inflammation 
of the external parts of the organs of generation : in fact, the 
mare was in such a state, that I felt it my duty to pass sentence 
of death upon her, as there was little or no hope of her recovery. 
The owner, however, particularly requested me to undertake the 
case, and if, in the course of a few days, I should have any hope 
of her, to spare no expense, as the mare was an old favourite. 
With a great deal of trouble she was removed to an open shed, 
and, when made to stand, it was with the utmost difficulty that 
she could support her weight behind, for her legs bent under 
her, and she could scarcely move them. At this time the pulse 
was 84, extremely feeble, and the mare appeared to be fast ap- 
proaching to a state of syncope. She heaved much at the flank, 
the nostrils were dilated and pale ; she frequently opened her 
jaws very wide, accompanied with deep sighs and a peculiar moan, 
and her eyes were continually rotating in their sockets. At this 
time I was fearful of internal hemorrhage, and that it would 
soon put an end to my patient. Venesection was out of the 
question : the dejected countenance and prostration of strength 
told tales of a sorrowful nature, and l began to despair. But, 
by way of doing something, I ordered warm fomentations of bran 
and water to be continually applied until I returned from prepar- 
ing some medicine. During my absence she passed a great deal 
of bloody urine, which unquestionably proceeded from a rupture 
of the emulgent vessels. 
I gave her four drachms of aloes in a quart of gruel, and every 
four hours drenched her with sulphuric acid in one-and-a-half 
drachm doses in a pint of water, and allowed her cold water 
slightly impregnated with alumina to drink. This might almost 
be considered poison on a dose of physic ; but what could I 
do ? — the hemorrhage must be stayed, and I had no alternative. 
This treatment was continued until I paid her my second visit, 
which was about four o’clock p.m. the next day. I was then 
