656 MUSTARD SEEDS IN STAGGERS. 
always resting against the manger; the neck bent, now on one 
side, and presently on the other ; the hind limbs in the attitude 
of a horse drawing with all his might. Sometimes she lost her 
equilibrium for a moment; her fore legs bent under her, and 
then she would make a sudden bound to recover herself and 
avoid a fall. Her eyes were protruding, yet half closed, and the 
skin about the orbits was excoriated, from the continuance and 
force of the pressure against the wall and manger. Her extre¬ 
mities had gained their natural temperature. The clysters came 
from her untinged. An electuary, composed of eight ounces of 
honey, and the same quantity of Glauber’s salt, was divided 
into three doses; and two large setons, well stimulated, were 
inserted along the neck, almost in spite of the owner. Towards 
night she pushed more violently against the wall, and broke out 
into partial sweats. The respiration was embarrassed ; the pulse 
was small and concentrated : there was a constant gnashing of 
the jaws, and a viscid foam was abundantly discharged. ’ The 
setons bad no effect; the mare refused all drink ; the pulse be¬ 
came smaller and more accelerated, and the danger was imminent. 
On the third day, the pulse was scarcely perceptible, and I 
could not think that bleeding was indicated. For two days I had 
resisted the solicitations of the owner to take away more blood. 
I attempted to move the mare; she staggered a few paces, 
threatening to fall every moment: her hind quarters were almost 
paralyzed. As soon as I quitted her she resumed her old pos¬ 
ture, pushing against the wall, but not violently: she began to 
paw with her foot. The same electuary, &c. were ordered to be 
repeated, with frequent dry rubbings. 
4 th day .—The setons have neither swelled nor discharged; 
partial sweats : she must have had some exacerbation of symp¬ 
toms during the night, for her eyes are more protruded and the 
lids more excoriated, and there is a considerable and tender cord 
along the flank. She could no longer be moved ; she seemed 
every moment ready to fall. I determined to give her three 
ounces of white mustard-seed, after having washed out her 
mouth with a gargle. In a few hours afterwards there was a 
marked improvement; she pushed with less force; the neck was 
straighter; the cord of the flank and the partial sweats disap¬ 
peared; the arching of the back diminished, and the natural 
temperature of the frame returned. She would have drunk, but 
the viscid saliva prevented her. The setons in the neck, which 
had been insensible, began to be tender. 
5th day .—The improvement continues. The animal changed 
her situation several times, and went to support her head in 
another place: the pressure is evidently much diminished; it 
