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5th. —Every stitch has sloughed out, and the whole is one 
gaping wound ; there is not the slightest adhesion between the 
parietes of the cyst, but the food gets into it from the mouth, 
and escapes through the cheek. ..... 
I scarified the inside of the cyst and the edges of the incision ; 
brought them together again, and secured them by four ligatures. 
Took° away all solid food, and ordered gruel alone, which he 
rsfuscd. 
7th.—He still will not take his gruel; give him oats and bran, 
but no hay: the new ligatures beginning to give way. 
8th. —His legs swell; the stitches are all out, except for 
about half an inch at the upper part of the incision ; the cyst a 
little, and but a little, closed. Foment to abate the local inflam¬ 
mation ; give bal. purg. -,11 
12th.— Cyst nearly filled up, and the wound seems considerably 
contracting. The opening into the mouth readily felt; and about 
an inch and a half in length. Apply the lunai caustic fieely 
about the internal edges of the wound. Continue the corn and 
bran as before. 
15th.— The cyst nearly obliterated, and the wound gradually 
filling up, both above and below. Caustic again employed. 
20th. —Dismissed, and two months afterwards there was 
scarcely the vestige of a scar. 
Dec. 2d, 1832. Catarrh.— A roan horse, belonging to 
]\,I essrs ,- ( brewers, has been coughing, somewhat sorely, for 
nearly a fortnight. Has been bled twice, and had digitalis, nitre, 
and emetic tartar, occasionally. Coughs quite as badly ; pulse 
52 ; somewhat off his feed; and mouth a little hot. 
Cannot be spared from work; continue the same balls daily, 
and bran mash. 
5th. —Rather worse; off his feed ; very dull; mouth hot and 
dry. Pulse 58; very uneasy, lying down ; turning his head 
round to his flank ; they will not spare him from work. Give 
fever ball. 
6th. —Much the same ; bleed to twelve pounds. Gave fever 
ball, and ordered him a bran mash. Kept him at home, after 
much altercation. 
7th .—Rather better. Gave three fever balls in the course of 
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the day. 
8th. —Better: pulse 32; repeat the ball night and morning. 
9th. —Much better. Sent to work, yet unwillingly; but there 
was no help for it. 
10//*.—Not feeding w^ell; the pulse, however, and the mem¬ 
brane of the nose in a more satisfactory state. Give a good 
mash and a cordial diuretic ball every night. 
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