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A CASE OF PNEUMONIA, &C. 
tinues to beat with such strength and frequency, and the breathing 
' and other symptoms do not correspond. 
Evening .—Much the same; pulse 95 and hard ; sides and ab¬ 
domen scalded with hot water. Bleeding to six pounds; half a 
drachm of hellebore every four hours. 
29 th. —Pulse 90, respiration 25. Blister ointment applied to 
the sides. 
_ _ * 
Afternoon .—Pulse 100. Bleeding to eight pounds; a little 
buff on the surface of the blood. Give of digitalis, cream of 
tartar, and emetic tartar, two drachms each in a bolus, every six 
hours. 
30 th .—Pulse 100. I expect her death to-day. 
Evening .—Pulse 140; legs cold ; lies down, and looks round 
frequently. 
Post-mortem Examination . 
On opening the abdomen a large quantity of fluid escaped, of 
a brown colour and muddy appearance. The bladder was much 
diminished in size, and a large hole was perceived near its fundus. 
The edges of the orifice were smooth, and it appeared to have 
been occasioned by ulceration; the coats were thickened, but the 
bladder itself did not appear to be much inflamed, except imme¬ 
diately round the orifice. Every time the mare staled a portion 
of the urine must have been discharged through the orifice into 
the cavity of the abdomen. The lungs were quite black, the 
pleura much inflamed, particularly that portion of it lining the 
diaphragm. The bowels and liver were slightly inflamed, the 
peritoneum much injected, the kidneys and ureters free from dis¬ 
ease, and a large hydatid found on one of the ovaries. A great 
number of bots were found in the stomach, many of them attached 
to the villous portion, and a few had penetrated through the 
mucous, and nearly through the muscular coat. 
The above appears to be a singular and uncommon case. Pro¬ 
fessor Coleman relates, in his lectures, a case of ulceration of the 
bladder; but there the cause was cystitis, from caustic injections 
into the bladder, and great pain was manifested. In this case, 
I have no reason to suspect any thing of the kind had taken 
place ; and no acute pain was manifested differing from the usual 
symptoms of pneumonia, except on the day previous to the ani¬ 
mal’s death. She dunged and staled from the beginning of her 
illness without difficulty: had it been otherwise, I should have 
examined the state of the bladder per vaginam. 
She had been in the possession of the owner four years ; never 
had any thing the matter with her; and the carter never observed 
her to stale differently from, or more frequently than, his other 
horses. 
