340 ON THK PRESENT INFLUENZA AMONG HORSES. 
been — his rowel is quite dry, with hardly any swelling about it. 
Try what effect mercury will have on hirn. Let him take, thrice 
a-day, the following 
Hydrarg. chlorid 3j 
Farinae avenae Jss 
Terebinth, vulg q. s. fiat bol. 
and rub his breast, sides, and throat, with the liniment ammo- 
niae cum terebinth. 
Give gruel to drink and hay to eat, in order to disincline the 
bowels to diarrhoea. 
1 2th. —Symptoms the same — pulse 72. Appetite fastidious, 
refusing hay, but nibbling mash ; will not drink the gruel, and 
therefore is allowed chilled water. A discharge from the rowel of 
a brownish-looking sero-purulent matter. Dung in soft balls. 
The mucous membranes of the mouth, eyes, and nose, have a yel- 
lowish-brown cast. Continue medicine twice-a day, and repeat 
the liniment to the breast and sides, and dress the rowel. 
13th. — -Appears livelier — has eaten mashes with some appetite, 
though in other respects unaltered. Pulse 72, small, and com- 
pressible. Evidently (from the state of the litter) stales a good 
deal — dung softer. Gums around the borders of the teeth highly 
pink-coloured — my assistant observed them growing so yesterday 
afternoon : the breath untainted. The rowel does not act as it 
should, though the breast is swollen. Continue the ball morning 
and evening, repeat the liniment, and dress the rowel again. 
14^. — Purges. Pulse reduced to 66: in other respects the 
same as yesterday. Let him take immediately, in a pint of warm 
gruel, pulv. cretse comp. cum. opio 5j, and repeat the liniment 
and dressing to the rowel. 
Seven o’clock, p.m. — Continues to purge, but not to excess. 
Give another astringent drink. 
15^. — Purges still — and yet appears better. Pulse but 60. 
Appetite small — drinks shyly of gruel. Gums pinky, and rather 
tender, which may account for his dislike, or rather refusal, of 
hay. Give another drink, and dress the rowel ; but discontinue 
the liniment, for the skin is peeling off the breast. 
16^. — Evident amendment. Pulse 60. Dung semi-solid. 
Feeding better — gums still pinky and tender. All four legs 
swollen. Take off' the bandages from the legs. 
One o’clock , p.m. — Has this minute had another liquid motion. 
Repeat the drink. 
17^A. — More animated, and has improved in his appetite : has 
dunged but once during the night, and that en masse; turns 
away in disgust from his gruel ; and therefore let him have chilled 
water again, and continue to feed him with hay. 
