SUPERPUEGATION FROM THE FARINA OF THE 
' CROTON SEED, 
[ Bt/ the same.'\ 
On Friday, 9th INIay, 1828, I was sent for to a pony three 
years old, and 12 or 13 hands hioh that had an iniiamed eve. 
The next morning I ordered a goulArd lotion for the eye, and 
gave it 25 gmins of the farina of the croton seed. 
11th.— Eye better, and physick operating. 
12th and 13th.—Physick still operating. Lies down occa¬ 
sionally, and appears veiy dull: legs and ears rather cold. 
]4th.—Physick not set. Ordered to have oatmeal gruel, 
and in the course of the day he drank and was drenched 
with a considerable quantity of thick arrowroot, starch, and 
gruel: pulse vaiying from 60 to 70. Towards night he ap¬ 
peared to be better; his extremities were warmer, his pulse- 
more natural, and his bowels ceasino'to rumble: at 11P.M. 
he began to purge again, and became rapidly weak. 
15th.—.1 A.M. I gave him 3fs tinct. opii. in some gruel. In a 
' few minutes after he leaned forwards, propped his head against 
the manger, and continued to press his head with so much force 
. against the wall, that two men could scarcely hold him back. 
He appeared quite insensible, and would have fallen had he 
not been supported by the wall. The pulse continued to vary 
between 60 and 70, and his breathing was very little affected. 
He grated his teeth, and his jaws were partially locked. Two 
pounds of blood were then taken from him; and, in a quarter of 
an hour, he fell down, and, lay still a short time, when he sud¬ 
denly sprang up, and appeared better. 3j spts. vini. were then 
given in some .gruel, after which he became very drowsy. 
Towards three o’clock he was much better, and I almost hoped 
he would do well; but purging came on again at inteivals 
during the day, and at five o’clock in the afternoon he laydown, 
never to rise more. He struggled slightly at times, and ap-^ 
peared in some little pain, and died about seven o’clock. 
Dissection .—The colon was studded over, rather thickly, 
with ulcerated spots, of the size of small peas, similar to 
those places where bots have adhered to the stomach. A patch 
(six or seven inches square) of the colon was abraded, and the 
mucous membrane partially destroyed. The coecum had ul¬ 
cerated spots on it like those on the colon, but not so numerous; 
nor was any of its surface abraded. The other intestines v>^ere 
perfectly sound. One lobe of the lungs was inflamed, and com¬ 
pletely gorged with blood. 
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