646 A CASK OF CONTUSED WOUND IN THE HOKSE 
The injections were continued ; but the horse took no solid 
food, nor would he touch any during the whole of the day. 
At noon, on the 6th of February, he was much in the same 
state, and could scarely keep on his legs. The skin was cold, 
the mucous membranes pale, the pulse scarcely perceptible, the 
respiratory movements slightly prolonged and very much ac- 
celerated. 
From time to time a few drops of scarcely coloured serous fluid 
flowed from the incision in the inferior part of the abdomen. 
The horse had again dunged a great deal during the night, 
therefore we gave him two pints of warm gruel, which he drank 
with avidity. 
The clysters were continued, and six pints of the gruel given 
in the course of the day. 
7th . — The horse continued almost in the same state : the 
liquid which flowed was rather thicker, and rust-coloured. The 
same treatment continued. 
8th . — The temperature of the skin was higher — the ears were 
alternately hot and cold — the mouth clammy, and the mucous 
membranes pale. The horse drank with avidity, but his pulse 
was greatly accelerated. 
The appearance of the wound in the flank was the same, and 
from the inferior artificial opening a milky and inodorous fluid 
mixed with pus continued to flow. 
I ordered clysters to be given frequently, and gruel sweetened 
with honey for drink. 
9th .~ The skin was not so hot as on the day before ; the mouth 
was moister, and the belly, which for the last two days had been 
hard, now yielded to pressure. A great quantity of fluid resem- 
bling pus flowed from the opening in the belly ; but, as on the 
preceding days, it only flowed drop by drop. The horse had 
dunged but little since yesterday, and his respiration was not so 
quick. 
We did not give so many clysters, but we augmented the 
quantity of meal which we put in his drink. 
From the 10th to the 13th a purulent liquid continued to flow 
from the inferior opening, which became more and more abundant. 
The general state of the horse was impfoved — he looked round 
him when any one approached — he picked out all the bits of grass 
from the straw which composed his litter, and he drank every 
drop of the gruel that was given him. 
The wound in the flank suppurated well. The swelling which 
had surrounded its edges was much diminished. I renewed the 
pledgets and brought the lips of the wound nearer together on 
