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A CASE OF PNEUMONIA. 
By Mr. James Kerr, Southampton, late V.S. to the ls£ Regi¬ 
ment of Bengal Cavalry. 
On Tuesday, the 28th of October, 1827, I was requested by 
Captain G., of this town, to see a valuable hunter which had 
been off his feed since the previous Sunday, but which the groom 
thought arose from lampas. I found the patient labouring under 
inflamed lungs, and, on inquiry, learned that he was hunted on the 
Saturday before, and that Captain G. was obliged, after the chase, 
to ride the horse through a running stream. This appeared to me 
to be the exciting cause of the disease. The subject was a bay 
horse, in high hunting condition. 
Tuesday, Oct . 28 th. —Pulse 68, very full and strong; breath¬ 
ing hurried and laborious; mouth very hot; countenance dis¬ 
tressed ; ears, skin, and extremities very cold; fore legs wide 
apart, and fixed. 
V.S. Jfeviiiss. He became faint, and broke out into a profuse 
perspiration. Buff about one inch. The extremities were rubbed 
and bandaged, and the following medicine given:—Aloes, 3ii; 
nitre, 3iii ; soap, 3ii. 
Wednesday, Oct. 29 th. —Pulse 76, very full and strong; mouth 
hotter, and feeling like dry green baize; breathing more labori¬ 
ous ; skin and extremities colder; does not lie down; fore legs 
appear as though fixed to the ground. 
V.S. ifeviii; buff about one inch. Turpentine liniment to the 
legs, and bandage. R. Nitre, 3vi; aloes, 3iii; water, Ifej : make 
into a mixture. 
Thursday, Oct . 30 th, 10 a.m.— Pulse 78; respiration violent; 
other symptoms about the same, with the exception of his begin¬ 
ning to cough. 
V.S. ftjviiiss; he could not Dear more. Buff two inches. 
R. Aloes, ^i; soap, ; make into eight balls, and give one 
morning and evening. 
8 p.m.— Pulse 76, but not so strong; extremities, &c. a little 
warmer; bowels slightly relaxed; is continually gaping. 
Friday, Oct. 31st, 7 a.m. —Pulse 78, but has increased in 
strength; ears, skin, and extremities colder; mouth hot, and 
perfectly free from secretion; respiration about the same; purple 
hue is now appearing on the membrane of the nose. On putting 
my face to the nostrils, I found the breath cold. He lay down, 
for a few minutes, in the early part of the night. 
V.S. fbvi; about four inches of buff. The blood, at this bleed¬ 
ing, took an unusual length of time to coagulate to its utmost, 
