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continued, as also the aromatic drinks, and the animal returned 
to his full feed. 
17 tli . — Some new punctures were made into the swellings on 
the belly, but the cauterization of them was neglected. The 
respiration is natural and free. The suppuration is every where 
entirely established. A physic ball was given, consisting of 
three drachms of aloes, and the food diminished in quantity. 
18^/z. — The animal is dispirited, uneasy, continually lying 
down and getting up again almost immediately, and frequently 
looking at his flanks. The pulse is strong and quick. The con- 
junctiva is of a mingled red and yellow hue. He can scarcely 
be turned in his stall. These effects were attributed to the pur- 
gative. Twelve drachms of sulphate of soda were administered 
and frequent injections thrown up. The application to the scari- 
fications and the wounds of the nostrils were continued. 
19^. — The dulness still remains — the eyelids are tumefied 
and heavy. The animal purges a little. Treatment the same. 
20 th . — The purging has ceased. The horse is recovering his 
spirits and appetite, but the expired air is exceedingly offensive. 
22 d . — The general state of the animal is satisfactory. The 
appetite is good. The skin of the right flank and the belly is 
come off more than a foot in length, and as large as the hand. 
It is entirely gangrenous, and diffuses a most infectious odour. 
The subcutaneous cellular tissue of the part is covered with large 
rose-coloured granulations, between which there ramify subcu- 
taneous venous vessels, entirely denuded, and completely ob- 
structed by black clots of blood that have attained considerable 
consistence. This loosened portion of integument was removed, 
and the sore was dressed with a stimulating tincture. 
M. Bouley observed that, in the right flank and under the 
belly, the last scarifications that were effected were not cauter- 
ized. Could the sphacelus of the skin, and to so great an ex- 
tent, be attributed to this omission ? 
Two pints of weak tincture of bark were ordered to be given 
every morning and night. 
From the 23d to the 28th there was nothing remarkable, ex- 
cept that the discharge from the wounds was most abundant. 
Continue treatment. 
28th. — The animal is weak. All the mucous membranes were 
remarkably pale, and a small and dry cough was frequently 
heard. The appetite, however, was exceedingly good. In de- 
spite of the cough, which some would have regarded as the 
indicator of metastatic abscess in the lungs, our prognosis was, 
on the whole, favourable, and in fact, a few days only passed with- 
out the march toward convalescence becoming more and more 
