A CASE OF PNEUMONIA, WITH ULCERATION 
OF THE BLADDER. 
By the same. 
On the 23d of April last, I was sent for to attend a cart mare, 
nine years old, belonging to Mr. Stroud, of Spetisbury. When 
I first saw her, about 5 p.m., she was covered with a cold sweat, 
pulse 100, and which could scarcely be felt; respiration 60, and 
very laborious ; the extremities cold, and the Schneiderian and 
conjunctive membranes highly injected. I found that she had 
been about ten miles on the road, during the day, but would not 
pull a pound either going or returning. They had just bled her, 
and given her some gin and beer. I immediately abstracted 
eight pounds of blood from the jugular, and, having no other me¬ 
dicine with me, I administered a drachm of aloes. The blood 
coagulated in the usual time; its texture was rather hard, but no 
buff appeared on the surface. 
I visited her again at 9 o’clock in the evening, and found the 
pulse 85, respiration 50, and not so hard. Five pounds of blood 
were taken away, and one scruple of white hellebore, two scruples 
of aloes, and three drachms of nitre were given every four hours. 
A strong blister was applied to the sides and brisket. 
24 lit. —The blister lias taken but veiy little effect; pulse 80; 
breathing 40 ; skin dry, but legs and ears cold. Seven pounds 
of blood were abstracted, but no buff on the blood; pulse sunk to 
60 shortly after the bleeding. 
8 p. m. —Pulse 76, respiration 35; does not lie down; stales 
and dungs. Give one scruple of white hellebore and two 
drachms of nitre every four hours. 
25 th .—Mare seems better; the blistered sides swell, but no dis¬ 
charge; pulse 70, respiration 30; the ball was repeated. 
2 6th. —Not so well; pulse 80, respiration 35; bleeding to six 
pounds; and half a drachm of white hellebore was given. 
27 th. —Pulse 80, respiration 25; stales often, once perhaps 
every hour, but without pain or difficulty. The urine appears to 
be in its natural state. The mare evinces no signs of pain on 
pressure being made on the loins and pubes. Bleeding repeated 
to six pounds. The blood was longer coagulating than it has hi¬ 
therto been, and a buffy coat an inch thick appeared on the sur¬ 
face for the first time. Give of white hellebore and aloes half a 
drachm each in a ball every four hours. 
28 th .—Pulse 85, respiration 30; stales often. I suspect some 
other organ to be diseased besides the lungs, as the heart con- 
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