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CASE OF STRICTURE OF THE RECTUM. 
flank, first on the right, and then on the left side, and pawing with 
her fore feet — when she lay down, preferring to be on her back. 
The udder was a little swollen and tender, and on examining the 
rectum finding the faeces hard and dry, I abstracted 12 lbs. of blood 
from her, and gave her a solution of aloes with oil, ordering 
fomentations to be applied to the belly and udder. 
On the 12th she was a great deal better, but the swelling in- 
creased, and was very tender. I gave her two more drachms of 
aloes, and left two to be given in solution, providing her bowels 
were not acted upon. I also applied the camphor liniment with oil 
to the swelling. 
14 th . — Nearly the same as on the first day, with the exception 
of her bowels being quite open. I took away 6 lbs. of blood from 
her, being all she could bear to lose. The swelling being larger, 
and extending to the navel, and being very hard, I applied a liquid 
blister to it. 
1 5th . — She was better ; and the blister having acted slightly, 
I repeated it, and gave her a solution of aloes with oil, her bowels 
being a little more confined. 
2lst . — She had continued to improve. 
On the 4th of January I saw her again, when the swelling being 
nearly gone, and her coat staring or standing a little erect, and 
her bowels being somewhat confined, I sent a few mild aperient 
balls for her. 
She kept improving until about the 13th of February, when the 
owner came and wanted more balls for her, stating that the others 
had done her so much good that he wished to have a few by him ; 
but he added, that he thought she had not looked quite so well for a 
few days back. The balls contained two drachms of aloes and two 
of resin. 
He came again on the 13th of March, stating the same as on his 
last visit. 
On the 16th I was sent for, the messenger telling me that she 
was down and could not get up. I found her down ; her pulse 
good ; the breathing good ; the bowels confined. On inquiry, I 
found he had given one of the balls on the 13th, and said that he 
durst not give another, for he thought that this would have brought 
her inside away, she purged so violently. She passed her urine 
easily and well. 
1 applied a rug wrung out of boiling water to her back, and 
poured hot water on it for the space of about ten minutes, when 
she sprung upon her feet and appeared as if nothing was amiss, ex- 
cepting straining to dung, and her loins appearing like those of an 
old worn-out mare. 
On examining the rectum 1 found a stricture nearly twenty 
