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INFLAMMATION OF THE SPLEEN IN A MARE. 
3j, opii 3 ss in each, and gave one immediately, and ordered the 
other to be given in two or three hours ; and I desired that fre- 
quent clysters might be given to her. 
7th , 10 a.m. — I was told that she had been very uneasy all 
night at times, but did not roll or tumble about so much. She 
was, however, continually pawing, and shifting her legs about. 
She is now in a similar state. The pulse higher — about 70. No 
dung has passed yet. I raked her, and found the dung hard 
and slimy, and could feel the dung hard in the intestines under- 
neath. I took four quarts more blood ; continued the clysters ; 
and gave, in the course of the day, doses of opium and anti- 
mony. 
4 p.m. — She continues about the same. — I abstracted four 
quarts of blood ; blistered the belly on one side with ung. lyttae ; 
and wrapped the legs with bandages. I sat up with her all night, 
and she continued in a very similar state, viz. shuffling about 
and pawing. She lay down two or three times in the night for 
a minute or two. She was tolerably warm, and urined often in 
small quantities — the effect, I imagine, of the absorption of the 
flies ; for the blister never rose, although more of the ointment 
was rubbed on at different times, and on the other side of the 
belly. She is very peevish — the eyes are bright — and several 
persons that saw her when she was pretty easy thought there 
was little the matter with her. 
8th, 12 Noon. — We have got away a considerable quantity of 
dung by clystering and raking ; but it is slimy and hard. The 
bowels have not acted. The pulse continues about the same, and 
the legs and ears are at times rather cold, but generally pretty 
warm. She continued for the day in about the same state as 
before. We gave her, in the course of the day, about 3 ij aloes, 
and 3 j doses of antim. tart, with small quantities of opium. She 
had also 5 iij aloes Barb, at six in the evening. 
9 thy 10 a.m. — From the last date to the present she has con- 
tinued rather more easy ; but still there is that occasional uneasi- 
ness and pawing and moving about which indicates that all is 
not right within. We rubbed more of the blister on the belly 
and legs, as the other had scarcely risen ; but gave no more me- 
dicine, as I thought I would wait to see if the bowels would act ; 
for there was reason to fear superpurgation, she being a delicate 
mare. We walked her out for about five minutes, but she was 
yery weak. 
4 p.m.* — The boy came for me, as she was worse, and had been 
so since about twelve o'clock. When I arrived I found she was 
more uneasy — her respiration increased — her belly swollen — 
continually pawing with her forelegs. She was colder all over: 
