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EXTRACTS FROM MY CASE BOOK. 
By Mr. W. Simpson, V.S., Southampton. 
No. XII. 
Inflammation of the mucous Surface of the Intestines , with 
Metastasis to the Heart and Lungs. 
October 11 , 1834.—The patient is a pony, belonging to 
R. T. Parker, Esq. Guerdon Hall, very fat, a pet, and conse¬ 
quently unaccustomed to any thing like hard work; in fact, its 
chief employment consists in drawing a light vehicle about the 
grounds and neighbourhood, driven by its mistress. It appears 
that the pony was fed at 6 a.m., and cleared his manger as usual: 
about 8 he was noticed to be uneasy, lying down and getting up 
frequently, and very soon after he began purging, discharging 
fluid faeces eight times in half an hour. A bungling and ineffectual 
attempt to bleed him was made, and a “fever and opening ball” 
administered. At 1 p.m. I saw the case, when the symptoms 
were as follow:—Pulse 48, and hard, but not wiry; surface of 
body and extremities tolerably warm; mouth dry ; dejections 
frequent, foetid, and occasionally accompanied by a small quantity 
of mucus ; breathing a little accelerated, but not to such an extent 
as to betoken any affection of the respiratory organs ; great 
restlessness, the patient frequently lying down, groaning, 
and stretching, but not expressing signs of very violent pain. 
On inquiring into the previous history of the case, I cannot elicit 
any information which can throw' light upon the cause of the 
affection : his life has been pursuing its usual undisturbed round, 
without any increase of work, or any exposure more than common 
to the influence of the atmosphere. There has been no change 
in the stable management, nor in the nature of the food, having 
been eating the same oats and hay for three weeks at least; 
there has not, in fact, been any deviation from the regular routine 
of his existence which can at all account for his illness. 
I opened the jugular vein, from which the blood flowed slowly : 
when I had obtained about seven pounds, syncope supervened, 
and the pony fell in the stall, but soon recovered ; a large rowel 
was inserted in the chest; injections of starch, which were not 
long retained; legs bandaged, having been previously rubbed 
with stimulating liniment; warm clothing ; stimulating liniment 
to the abdomen. R Pulv. opii 9ij; creta preparat. ^j; extr. 
catechu, 3iss, to be repeated in six hours: directed to have 
