160 A SINGULAR CASE OF ANASARCA IN A HORSE. 
I saw her to-day; her pulse is 40, and the bowels regular. 
This is the pith of my story ; and, induced by your kindness on 
former occasions, I would beg you to give me your opinion of the 
case, and the treatment which I must adopt. 
My dear Sir, — I scarcely know what reply to give to your letter 
just received. There is an abnormal irritability of the rumen, 
but it discovers itself in a singular way. Mashes and turnips 
undergo the usual processes ; but as soon as the titillating, half- 
masticated fibres of hay come in contact with the lining mem- 
brane of the viscus, vomition is excited. 
If the owner will consent, you might have recourse to creosote 
iu doses of two minims, morning arid night, and this might be 
increased to four minims on the fourth or sixth day. I have many 
times witnessed its power in allaying the irritable stomach of the 
dog, and I account it a most valuable medicine for this purpose. 
It is worth trial in other quadrupeds. 
Should vomiting, however, be excited rather than allayed by 
the creosote — for there seems to be an occasional fickleness in its 
action — its use must be immediately abandoned. 
You probably recollect the case of vomiting in cattle related in 
the work “ Cattle/’ p. 456. Is there any parallel between the 
cases? 
Try the creosote, and let me know the result. 
Faithfully your’s, 
W. Youatt. 
A SINGULAR CASE OF ANASARCA IN A HORSE. 
By M. Clichy, M.V . , Janville. 
On the evening of the 30th of June, 1841, M. Dargent, a farm- 
er, perceived that one of his horses that was led out to drink 
was lame in the hinder left leg. It had done its work during that 
day without any appearance of lameness, and with its usual wil- 
lingness and spirit. On examining the limb, he found that it was 
only when the fetlock was pressed upon that the lameness was 
observed. He attributed the lameness to a sprain. 
The horse, after having drunk, was led back to his stable, and 
about an hour afterwards presented the following symptoms. The 
left fetlock was enlarged and very tender. Half an hour after 
that the other was as bad, and the animal began to refuse his 
food. The swelling now began to extend to the canon-bones, the 
