CASE OF INFLAMED LAMINA. 
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LItli of June last, and driven in a gig from Middleham in 
Yorkshire, to Appleby in Westmorland, about 42 miles, on a very 
rough road, and I believe in the course of one day. Previously to 
this the mare had been used for slow work, as carting, and she 
was very fat. She was started back again on the evening of the 
12th, by the same route, and arrived at Middleham on the 13th, 
about 2 o’clock a. m. 
On the 14th, about 9 o’clock a.m. she was brought to me. 
At first sight, and before I saw her move, I suspected inflamma¬ 
tion of the lungs; but when she walked, and I had examined her 
feet, I had no doubt on my mind as to the seat of the disease. 
On inquiry of the owner, he said that he thought her not right 
on their arrival at Appleby, as she shifted her hind legs and ap¬ 
peared uneasy: nothing, however, was done until the 13th, 
when she was bled from the jugular by a farrier, and some hot 
tar poured into her feet. After that she was led out about a 
quarter of a mile into some wet grass. 
Her pulse, when she was brought to me on the 14th, was up¬ 
wards of 70. I took off her shoes, thinned the soles and crust, 
took five pounds of blood from each foot (all of them were af¬ 
fected), and applied cold poultices, ordering them to be kept wet 
with the coldest water. I also gave an injection, and a dose of 
aloes combined with fever medicine. 
As I had previously made an appointment to go to Newcastle, 
I named this to the owner, and told him I would forego my en¬ 
gagement ; but he w 7 ould not listen to this, as he probably 
thought he could call in Mr. Fryer, who at that time was in at¬ 
tendance, nearly every day, at some of the training stables ; and 
I was not over anxious to continue to attend the case, because 
on a prior occasion I had not been treated quite well by this 
gentleman. Accordingly I started for Newcastle at one o’clock 
in the morning of the 15th, and heard no more of the mare until 
my return on the 21st, when I was told that she had died 
the day before. Mr. Fryer had been called in, as I expected ; and 
he stated to the owner, that the treatment I had used to the mare 
he (Mr. Fryer) would not have adopted. This gentleman has 
been in extensive practice upwards of 18 years, and therefore 
such a condemnation from him was not only annoying, but 
would probably be very injurious to me ; and, indeed, this con¬ 
demnation must have been couched in strong terms, for such was 
the impression which it made on the mind of the owner, that 
when we met he made use of very abusive language, and told 
me I had killed his mare ; nay, he went so far as to strike me. I 
told him he had nothing more to do than to prove what he as- 
