440 CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY. 
two hydatids; the smaller one as large as a goose’s egg, the 
other weighing at least twelve ounces. The animal, evidently 
an old one, had gradually wasted away. 
Phthisis. 
1833. May 30 th. — Elk is sadly thin and tucked up, heaves 
slowly but laboriously at the flanks, husks occasionally ; mode- 
rate appetite. Give of emetic tartar and digitalis each a scruple, 
and nitre two drachms, in a mash morning and night. 
June 3d. — Feeds better, and seems altogether better. Con- 
tinue powder. 
5t/i . — Countenance more cheerful; heaving considerably less; 
the husk seldom heard. Continue the powder once in the day. 
7 th . — Heaves less ; the number of respirations not more than 
thirteen in a minute ; they had been twenty. Continue powder. 
1 7tli . — Very much improved. Strike him from the sick list. 
1834, Jan. 20 th . — Has been apparently well from the last date 
until lately, when he has been observed to cough as he first rises, 
and the breathing is certainly a little quickened and laborious. 
22c?. — Breathes more quietly and coughs less. Two drachms 
of the fever powder every night. 
23c/. — I am not at all satisfied about this animal. There is a 
phthisical cough when he is in the least degree hurried, and the 
respiration is becoming quicker. Double the dose of the powder. 
25 th — He will not eat the mash thus medicated. Starve him 
into it, for his breathing speaks too plainly of mischief. 
Feb. 5th . — Certainly better ; still continue the powder. 
11th . — The animal has been dull all day, refusing his food ; 
lying down, and purging violently ; no cough. Give arrow-root 
two ounces, and powdered opium a scruple, in a mash. 
1 2th . — He did eat his mash in the course of the night, and the 
purging is abated. He cannot without great danger be handled 
much more, bled, or drenched. Give four ounces of common 
salt, and an ounce of arrow-root in his mash. 
13/A. — Better; feeds a little in the day. Repeat medicine. 
14 th . — Still improving. Continue medicine. 
17 th . — The feces are returned to their natural state, but the 
animal is almost always lying down, and does not feed well. 
The respiration is not much accelerated, but there is a double 
effort at expiration, and yet not of the common character, for the 
second effort much exceeds the first in the time occupied by it. 
Continue the medicine. 
19 th . — Feeds better, not so often down ; more his natural 
countenance ; yet I am not satisfied about him. Let him alone 
for a while. 
