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cause for the attack. The jaws not being quite closed, the 
following draught was administered: 
^ Sol. Aloes BB., 5 v 'j, et 
Ext. Belladonnse, 5iv. 
I also removed a quantity of hardened faeces from the 
rectum, and blistered the poll and whole course of the 
spine. 
27th. — Symptoms about the same. Thinking this a good 
case for trying chloroform, of which there has been so much 
said of late, I procured a linen bag and had a hole cut at 
one of its corners to admit atmospheric air, and into it I 
put a sponge on which was poured about 5j of chloroform. 
The bag being placed on the nose and secured with a tape 
upon the head, in about four minutes and a half the donkey 
staggered and fell, evidently from the influence of the agent. 
In this state I kept her for the space of three hours and a 
half, without much change in the severity of the symptoms, 
with the exception of the breathing, which was loud and 
deep. During this time she frequently strained as if about 
to foal. I now left her for the night, making her as com- 
fortable as circumstances would allow. 
28 tb. — The bowels have not acted, but the donkey strains 
now and then. Thinking that the state of pregnancy might 
have something to do with the disease, she being so very 
large, I had some hope there wmuld be a change for the 
better if she were delivered. I therefore determined to ex- 
plore the uterus, and for this purpose I applied a sponge 
charged w ith sulphuric ether to the nostrils, after the manner 
I had seen the* agent used at the College upon a sheep and a 
horse operated on by Professors Spooner and Simonds. 
Finding the mouth of the womb relaxed I with difficulty ex- 
tracted a full-grown and unusually large foal, which was 
alive during the time I w^as taking it away, but died shortly 
afterwards. The animal seemed for a time much relieved, 
but no relaxation in the least degree of the tetanic symptoms 
took place. She shortly afterwards became much worse, and 
therefore I ordered her to be destroyed ; wffiich being done 
during my absence, she was taken away without my having 
an opportunity of making a post-mortem examination. 
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