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RUPTURE OF THE STOMACH. 
4l/i. a * m .—Pulse 30, with intermission; swelling of the ex¬ 
tremities increased; bowels rather relaxed ; feces of a pale co¬ 
lour and slimy ; no appetite ; a mucous discharge from the nos¬ 
trils ; Schneiderian membrane of a pale violet hue; conjunctiva 
and membrane of the mouth of a yellow tinge. I gave the follow¬ 
ing ball three times a-day : pulv. gent. 3 ii; digitalis, ant. tart, 
et nit. pot. aa 3 b She refusing all kinds of food, I ordered good 
gruel to be horned down frequently, and the extremities to be 
well hand-rubbed. Diet as before. 
5th. —Symptoms much the same as yesterday. As she con¬ 
tinued to refuse her diet in the stable, I ordered her to be turned 
into a paddock a few hours during the day, with the medicine 
and gruel continued. 
6th. —Swelling of the extremities less; pulse still irregular ; 
bowels rather constipated ; respiration more hurried : I gave aloes 
3 iii, fever medicine and gruel as before. She has eaten but 
little grass; her general appearance very dull; and she has fallen 
away much in flesh. 
7th. —Fences of a better consistence, but of a pale colour; 
pulse 45 , but still irregular: appeared more lively, has eaten 
more of the grass, and, all circumstances considered, better. 
8 ^/?.— She appeared to be gradually mending, with the medi¬ 
cine and gruel continued ; occasionally taking a mash with a 
few oats until the 20 th p.m., when the following symptoms 
appeared:—Pulse 50, very irregular, with long intermissions; 
hurried respiration ; haggard countenance ; great disinclination 
to move; feces buttony; a craving after every rubbish in prefer¬ 
ence to natural food, such as dirty litter, and other similar things 
highly improper and unnatural. I entertained very slight hope 
of her recovery, but administered the following medicine, aloes 
3 iii, gentian, nit. pot. of each 3jj, in a ball, v. s. lb. vi. The enema 
and gruel as before. ^ 
21 st, a.m. —Pulse still irregular; disinclination for food ; res¬ 
piration something better; countenance more lively; but she is 
still reluctant to move: inclined principally to eat sour grass ; 
feces rather softer, but buttony. 1 gave her aloes 3iss, digitalis 
et ant. tart, aa 3j, and gruel continued. 
Very little alteration occurred until the 27th p.m., when I dis¬ 
covered her labouring under great excitement, evidently from a 
sudden change which had taken place in some of the abdominal 
viscera, as she would frequently give signs of great agony by 
looking towards her flanks. Her pulse was very much oppressed ; 
no visible alteration in the membranes of the eye and nostrils; 
hurried respiration, and extremities cold ; the rectum was par¬ 
ticularly hot and dry, but no feces. I ordered her to have ol. 
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