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EXTRACTS FROM CASE-BOOK. 
10 p.M. Still rambles about, but not incessantly: bowels not 
moved to day: begins again to look at his flanks: extremities 
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very cold: cough entirely ceased. Medicine repeated: blister 
the sides, and insert two rowels in the chest. 
17/A. —6 a. m. Horse less irritable, but yet wanders a little: 
pulse 80, but softer: has eaten two or three carrots. Blister has 
nicely risen. Medicine as before. The dung rather small and 
hard. v ' . ; ,, 
4 p. m. Has ceased to run round; heaves less: membrane of 
the nose yet too red: pulse 72, softer: cough begins to return; 
bowels rather confined. Medicines as before. Injections of soap 
and water. 
18 th. —8 a.m. Horse in better spirits; feeds tolerably, but 
does not lie down: pulse as before : no evacuation in the night. 
Give half a pint each of castor and linseed oil, with half a 
drachm of oil of aniseed. 
19 th. —The horse has been moderately purged, is considerably 
better, eats any thing, but does not lie down ; pulse 60, a little 
irregular: membrane of nose of a more uniform colour, and less 
reddened: extremities warm. Levigated antimony tw r o drachms, 
nitre and sulphur each four drachms, morning and night. 
20 th. —Feeds well; countenance improved; extremities warm: 
pulse 56: has not lain down. Medicine as yesterday. 
21s/.—No alteration, except the membrane of the nose a little 
more reddened. Digitalis one drachm, emetic tartar a drachm 
and a half, and nitre three drachms, morning and night. 
2 2d. —Horse dull; refuses to eat; extremities a little cold ; 
slight heaving ; acceleration of pulse, but small and hard; nose 
red, mouth hot. Bleed to six pounds. Medicine as yesterday. 
23 d. —Extremities warmer; heaving subdued; nose less rea; 
pulse as quick, but rounder and softer. Horse very low; eats 
a little. Two drachms of cordial mass, and six of diuretic in the 
morning, and ball of the 19th at night. 
24th. —Horse better; feeds tolerably: medicine as before. 
2oth .—Appetite and spirits improving, but profuse staling has 
come on: no medicine. 
2 6th. —The profuse staling materially lessened ; horse better, 
and has lain down for the first time: no more medicine was 
given, and he rapidly got well. 
STRANGLES. 
June 24 th. —Horse four years old, too well fed, and that is 
scarcely out of the stable twice in the week, was yesterday 
driven rather fast. When he came home he refused his food, 
shivered, and heaved. The coachman took away eight pounds 
