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ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISEASE* 
practice, we object not—we rather court it ; to the exposure of 
abuses anv where, and of every kind, we will lend a ready and 
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISEASE. 
% Mr. W. You att. 
“ Casts round the world an equal eye, 
And feels for all that live.” 
Cholera. 
Aug. 23, 1833.—I was in the Zoological Gardens, and had 
been sitting for a considerable time over the paddock of the 
female zebra; she was walking about as usual, with nothing 
about her to indicate disease. I was told afterwards that , she 
had not eaten her food that afternoon; but this occasionally 
happened. One of the keepers passing about seven o’clock 
thought that she heaved more than usual, and, as he watched her, 
she purged a thin yellowish fluid. He immediately started off 
for my house. I was then a-bed, and had leeches on me, for I 
had been for a considerable period indisposed. One of my 
pupils returned with the keeper. The purging continued—it was 
of a thin, whey-like consistence, somewhat tinged with yellow. 
She was uneasy—occasionally pawing—striking at the belly- 
looking round at the flanks—stretching out every limb, as if 
cramped or in pain—grinding the teeth—lying down and getting 
up immediately—the flanks heaving laboriously—the mouth and 
muzzle were cold—the limbs intensely so—the pulse not to be felt 
at the jaw, and llOat the side: prostration of strength rapidly came 
on, and before he left her she began to stagger as she walked. 
Mr. Chapman attempted to bleed her, but before half a pint of 
blood was withdrawn she fell. When she rose, he tried again to 
get more blood, but she almost immediately fell again, and he 
gave it up. He represented the blood as trickling down the neck 
like so much treacle. I saw the blood on the following morning, 
and it did not give any indication of inflammation. He then tried 
to stimulate the abdomen with spirit of turpentine and liquor 
ammonise. They were well rubbed in, but they did not seem to 
make the slightest impression. He then gave her a ball, con¬ 
taining antimonial powder, nitre, and opium, and ordered warm 
water to be frequently offered to her. 
The purging continued, but the pain gradually abated ; the 
prostration of strength, however, rapidly increased: about ten 
