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A CASE OF FATAL METASTASIS OF 
to constipation. I therefore gave sulph. mag. ^iv, sulph. lev. ^ij, 
zingib. 3j, in two quarts of warm milk and water. The diet was 
ordered to be mashes and gruel. 
March 2 d . — Quite recovered, except a little debility, which 
lasted a few days. I ordered a small quantity of good hay, and that 
the beast should be fed moderately. 
A CASE OF FATAL METASTASIS OF INFLAMMATION 
IN A COLT. 
By Mr. W. W. BADDELEY, Hanley, Staffordshire. 
Being a constant reader of your valuable periodical, I feel it an 
imperative duty to contribute my mite towards that fund of vete- 
rinary knowledge with which your publication uniformly abounds. 
The following is a statement of a singular and provoking case. 
On the 8th of August, 1837, at 3 P. M., T was requested to attend 
on a black colt, three years old, the property of Mr. P , of this 
town. The following were the symptoms exhibited : He walked 
with his hind legs very much under him ; the fore feet were very 
hot; the pulse was 60 per minute, and the pulsation of the plantar 
arteries was peculiarly strong ; the respiration was also quickened, 
and the bowels a little constipated. I at once declared it to be 
a case of inflammation of both fore feet, and on inquiry I heard 
that he had been a long journey on the previous day, and had been 
bled this morning to the amount of four quarts. I had his shoes 
taken off, which was accomplished with difficulty, and I bled him 
at both heels. The feet were well pared, and rasped quite thin, 
and placed in warm water, in order to encourage the bleeding. 
We obtained at least four pounds of blood from the feet. I then 
applied poultices to the feet, and ordered them to be kept wet with 
a cold lotion. I administered internally three drachms of Barbadoes 
aloes, half an ounce of nitrate of potash, and a drachm of tartarized 
antimony. 
8 th, P.M. — He is no better. He is lying down — his feet are 
still hot — the pulse is 62, and hard, and the respiration is the same 
as before. I got him up, and bled him to the amount of ten pounds ; 
after which I plunged my lancet again into both heels. Two 
drachms of Barbadoes aloes, an ounce of nitre, two drachms of tar- 
tarized antimony, and a drachm of powdered digitalis, were divided 
into two parcels, one to be given immediately, and the other quite 
early in the morning. Clysters were administered ; the poultices 
were continued ; plenty of warm water was placed within his reach, 
and he had nothing but mashes to oat. 
