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they were allowed as much as they would drink of lukewarm 
water. 
For three or four hours the pulse was accelerated, and occa- 
sionally to 90, after which it gradually sunk to about 50. It 
was full, with slight intermissions. The sedative effect of the 
drug was then apparent. The animal lay down, and continued 
chiefly down for twelve hours, after which the symptoms, with 
the exception of cough, were very much relieved. No blister 
was had recourse to. The cough gave little trouble, for it was 
changed to a full free one, such as we find in common cold, and 
which readily yielded to a few doses of emetic tartar and nitre, 
with a laxative, given two days after the opiate. There was, 
however, one exception, and a somewhat singular one. A 
Highland pony was so much better after the above treatment, 
that, twenty-four hours after the first attack, which was a severe 
one, it bolted out of the stable when I went to visit it, and gal- 
loped about the fields for an hour, with all the people in the 
place running after it. Inflammation of the lungs exhibited it- 
self on the next day, and of which it ultimately died. 
I do not mean to say that this practice will do in all cases. 
The disease may have advanced too far before our assistance is 
required, and then the administration of opium would be worse 
than folly ; but when we see our patient within six or seven 
hours, or where he is immediately under our eye, I think that 
the profession would find it worthy of a trial. I should be 
thankful to obtain the opinion of my brethren on this subject. 
A CASE OF RHEUMATISM AND TETANUS 
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED. 
j By Mr. T. G. Webb, Whitechapel. 
Jan. 25th, 1841, I was requested by Mr. John Cramp, of 
Whitechapel, to attend to his bay horse. He had had rheuma- 
tism, or partial paralysis of the hind extremities, caused by hav- 
ing been driven until he was warm, and then standing some time 
at the door exposed to cold and wet. I had him removed into a 
large box, and abstracted about eight pounds of blood, when the 
pulse began to falter; after which I gave 3 viij of Barbadoes aloes 
and life of ol. lini, and applied the mustard embrocation to the 
lumbar and posterior part of the dorsal vertebrae. A pail of warm 
water was fixed to the manger, warm mashes were ordered, and 
enemas were frequently injected. 
