STONE IN THE BLADDER OF THE HORSE. 279 
daily those of the cerebral system, large doses of medicine may 
be given with scarcely any sensible effect; and that in a state of 
health less than half the dose would prove fatal. I . gave bleeding 
a fair trial, and pushed it to its full extent. The pulse, in general, 
indicated this course. Both horses were exposed to the cool air, 
as they were placed in a fold-yard, and the heavens watered them 
pretty plentifully. The muscles of the head first lost the spasmo¬ 
dic affection; then those of the neck and body; and, lastly, the 
muscles of the hind extremities. It was six weeks or two months 
before the hind legs could be said to be perfectly free from spasm. 
I turned them to grass about the twentieth day, when the ani¬ 
mals were enabled to get their heads conveniently to the ground to 
graze. The medicine was usually given two hours after the bleed¬ 
ing ; the muscles were then somewhat less rigid, and the animal 
could swallow better. In the first case the jaws were so com¬ 
pletely closed, that fruitless efforts were made to give the medi¬ 
cine previously to the bleeding; but it was given with the greatest 
ease afterwards.' I observed considerable caution in not agitating 
the patient more than was absolutely necessary in giving the me¬ 
dicine. The following year I had the pleasure to see the first 
horse broken in, and sold for fifty guineas. 
A CASE OF STONE IN THE BLADDER OF THE 
HORSE. 
To the Editor of The Veterinarian. 
Sir, 
EVERY case of stone in the bladder of the horse, though compa¬ 
ratively, in regard to human surgery, a rare occurrence, is of im¬ 
portance, and worthy of record on account of the torture and dan¬ 
ger which uniformly attend it. Under this impression I send you 
the following case for insertion. It is of old date; but for the ac¬ 
curacy of it I can answer, for the minutes were recorded by my¬ 
self at the time. 
The subject of this disease first attracted attention on the 25th 
April, 1824, when he appeared to labour under a spasmodic at¬ 
tack of the bowels; for which he was treated in the usual way, 
with bleeding, turpentine, and external stimulants to the belly. 
No relief was obtained: he lay down, rolled, rose up again, broke 
out into profuse sweats, with a pulse at one time very small and 
