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A CASE OF 
discretion, he will always be ready. The two following cases will 
illustrate his meaning, in each of which his opinion has been soli- 
cited. 
The first is from a young friend. It is of somewhat unfre- 
quent occurrence, and is manageable enough when early and de- 
cidedly treated. 
A horse, seven years old, that had led an idle kind of life from 
the time that he came from the breaker’s hands, was put to coach 
work, and continued at it about four months. He was then sud- 
denly taken ill. He hung his head, and appeared very dull — 
refused every thing in the shape of food — his extremities were alter- 
nately hot and cold, and the Schneiderian membrane was very 
highly injected. The pulse was 42 — the respiration tranquil, and 
there was no appearance of acute pain. Small doses of aloes, nitre, 
and calomel were at first administered; but without apparent 
relief. A seton was inserted between the jaws, for there began to 
be some swelling about the mouth and face, although not clearly 
including the parotids. A seton was also inserted on each side 
of the poll, but neither of them acted. 
He continued in this unsatisfactory state six or seven days. 
Calomel and opium had now been given. A discharge of dirty 
coloured pus had ensued from the mouth — the breath became 
dreadfully foetid — the pulse rapidly increased in frequency — it rose 
to 64, and on the twelfth day from the commencement of the 
attack, the patient died. 
The small intestines presented a healthy appearance, but the 
mucous surface of the caecum and colon was inflamed, as was 
also the whole of the villous portion of the stomach. The liver 
was paler than usual, but firm in texture. The pleura was per- 
fectly healthy, but the lungs were highly congested. The larynx 
was very much inflamed, but the inflammation did not extend 
down the trachea. The fauces were filled with a serous fluid. On 
each side of the upper part of the tongue were two black ulcers, 
and small ones here and there on the gums. A veterinary friend 
thought that there was rather more fluid than there should have 
been in the lateral ventricles of the brain. 
This case presents little or no difficulty, as to the general prin- 
ciples on which its treatment should be conducted. A horse, un- 
