49(5 
A CASE OF HEPATIRRH(EA. 
but there was no impediment to the motion of the jaws. The 
mucous membranes, I should say, were rather pale, and the 
mouth was not hot. 
The attention of the owner being catted to the singularity and 
danger of the case, a moderate portion of blood was abstracted, 
and a powerful sedative and purgative administered. 
In the evening I saw the horse again, but I found, altogether, no 
improvement, though the patient was eating vetches when 1 came 
to him. On turning him round, I discovered that he was entirely 
blind in the off eye. On holding a lighted candle to the eye, 
it proved totally regardless of its stimulus. Amaurosis was com- 
pletely established. The blood that was taken in the morning 
I found dark, weak in its coagulum, and possessing a super- 
abundance of serum of an opaque muddy hue. 
The treatment already directed was pursued, and on the next 
morning, the coachman discovered that the horse was blind in 
both eyes ; he had, however, eaten a tolerable quantity of green 
food in the course of the night, and, about eight o’clock in the 
morning, lay down. 
Shortly afterwards the coachman left him to go to his break- 
fast, and previous to his return I visited the animal, but, on 
entering the stable, found him dead. 
Such is a brief history of the case, presenting, certainly, some 
remarkable symptoms, which, although in some measure ac- 
counted for by the post-mortem appearances, were not rendered 
thereby otherwise than singular. I must confess that I did not 
expect to find the extensive lesions that were discovered, and I did 
not pretend to prognosticate the appearances that presented 
themselves. I mention this because I do not wish to arrogate 
the possession of that “ remarkable species of divination which 
foretels an event that is going to happen after that event has 
really taken place.” 
Sectio cadaveris . — On opening the abdomen, a few hours after 
death, a bucketful of blood issued, which was found to proceed 
from an immense rupture in the liver. This organ, on removing 
it from the abdomen, presented a very singular appearance. At 
least half of its surface was black ; this blackness being produced 
by large clots of blood, several inches in thickness, effused 
under the coat of the liver. This viscus, with the clots, weighed 
forty-three pounds, and its connexion with its investing mem- 
brane was nearly destroyed, for it could almost be turned out of 
its envelopment, as a nut out of a shell. The substance of this 
organ was of a pale yellow colour, and so softened and broken 
down that it could be readily scooped with a spoon. 
The other abdominal and thoracic viscera were found in a 
healthy state ; and on examining the brain, the only unhealthy 
