UNUSUAL COSTIVENESS IN A MARE. 
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afternoon ; she moved very badly, the body seemed too heavy 
for the legs ; bowels rumbling, but nothing more passed that 
day. She was tolerably easy : give no more medicine, but con- 
tinue enemata. 
23d. — Nothing has passed the bowels; give Barb, aloes, 
cream of tartar, ginger and soap, aa, 3 ij, made into a ball with 
treacle, every eight hours, until the bowels are freely acted upon. 
They are still rumbling ; and the injections are occasionally 
tinged. The pulse 60, and thready; the legs and ears warm ; 
turning up of the lip, stretching out of the neck and legs, and a 
constant desire to stale ; urine small in quantity, colour pale. 
There was a slight anasarcous swelling under the abdomen 
yesterday, which has increased a little. The body is much dis- 
tended ; the abdominal muscles are giving way, and the muscles 
of the thighs are following them, and the belly is lowering. 
I applied a web sixteen yards long, moderately tightly round the 
body, after which she appeared much relieved. I then had her 
walked out; she had two motions while out, fluid, but scanty; 
this was about noon : nothing more passed the bowels until the 
evening, when several lumps came away with an injection. 
24 th. — No motion ; pulse 70, and thready ; legs and ears not 
so warm ; more frequent turning up of the lip ; stretching out of 
the neck and head; constant desire to stale. I removed the band- 
age ; the belly was much lowered. I replaced the bandage, and 
had her walked out ; the exercise seemed painful, and she was 
ordered in, and her legs were rubbed and bandaged with flannel. 
I continued the medicines and injections, but had no hope of 
saving her. Towards the evening she became very uneasy, 
shewing great anxiety of countenance ; griping pains in the 
bowels ; drawing herself together ; pawing dreadfully with her 
fore feet ; making frequent attempts to lie down, but daring not to 
accomplish it; profuse perspiration. I removed the bandage from 
her body, and she was easier for an hour, after which the pains 
became as violent as before. I took two quarts of blood from 
the jugular, gave one ounce and a half of tinct. opii in a little 
gruel, and administered an injection, which came away clear. 
She was again easier for two hours, when her pain returned. 
I again gave one ounce of tinct. opii in gruel : she was relieved, 
and free from pain all the night. Nothing passed the bowels. 
2 6th. — The bowels rumbling, but nothing had passed ; pulse 
80 ; legs and ears cold ; great anxiety of countenance ; turning- 
up of the lip, and stretching out of the neck and legs, and con- 
stant straining to stale : back sunk, and belly below the knees ; 
the paps drawn almost incredibly toward the centre of the belly. 
She was a most pitiable object. Stating to my employer that 
