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lieved ; he eats and drinks all that is offered him, and lies 
down and rises without any apparent difficulty. Continue 
diet as before. 
6 p.m. — Pulse 46; bowels still unrelieved; surface of the 
body cold and trembling. Put on an extra blanket, and 
gave a diffusible stimulant consisting of — 
Sp. Eth. Nit., ^ij ; 
Tinct. Zinzib., ; 
Aquae Destill., Oj. 
8th, a.m. — Better. Medicine operating freely. Gave a 
handful of moistened hay, which he ate freely ; ordered a 
mash at noon. 
7 p.m. — Has not eaten his mash, but he is evidently 
improving. Gave no medicine. 
9th, a.m. — Still improving; medicine again setting. Ap- 
petite better ; pulse 40 ; mouth and tongue cool ; surface 
of the body warm ; urinary passages free. Diet as yester- 
day. 
10th. — Convalescent. Ordered gentle walking exercise 
and moderate feeding, and promised to call on the following 
day. 
1 1th, 2 p.m. — On entering the stable I was hardly able to 
recognise my patient. He had seemingly grown to an enor- 
mous size ; his hair was standing erect all over the body, 
and also the extremities, which appeared as round as a log. 
Upon examination, 1 discovered a kind of crepitation of the 
skin, that the epidermis was easily broken, and with the 
hair readily detached from the cutis, in the form of the spe- 
cimen I here send you. I directed the same diet to be con- 
tinued ; and wishing to be allowed time to reflect on the 
case, proposed seeing him again on the morrow. 
12th, 8 a.m. — The animal looks dull and languid; the ap- 
petite is impaired ; pulse 48 ; mouth hot ; bowels again 
costive, and he evinces some pain by pawing occasionally; 
the visible mucous surfaces are slightly injected ; respiration 
undisturbed. He is extremely thirsty. Does not attempt 
to lie down, but is continually stepping from one side to the 
other in his stall. Gave Mass. Cathartic, ^ss, cum Hyd. 
Chi., 5 j., et Pulv. Opii, gss. Continue diet as before. 
13th. — He is the strangest looking animal I ever saw/ 
the hairy covering is hanging in many parts of the body in 
pieces from two to four inches in diameter; indeed, the horse 
appears something like a sheep, with her fleece torn by the 
bushes. But with all this, the general health of the animal 
was little disturbed. The only symptom which seemed of 
