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INTi:iliM ITT£NT FEV£R. 
tom quickly disappeared. During the reiiiaindor of the day she 
appeared to be perfectly well. 
\2lh. —A similar febrile attack. A small quantity of blood 
w'as taken away. 
13M.—In order to break the charm, she was taken out a 
quarter of a league, but the same symptoms w^ere manifested with 
greater severity; there was much rumbling of the bowels—she 
looked anxiously at her flanks—she placed her limbs in a poS' 
ture for lying down, and at length she laid herself down in 
the middle of the road. After five minutes had passed, her 
owner made her get up, which she accomplished with difficulty. 
She was gathered, as it w'ere, altogether, and walked as if the 
spine was perfectly inflexible. Having returned to the stable, 
she soon became tranquil, and apparently well. 
14^/^.—Nothino' unusual occurred. 
15M.~She was turned in the field before the usual attack, 
but the symptoms came on violently, and it w'as deemed neces¬ 
sary to bring her into the stable again. 
16^/i.—I now saw her. There did not seem to be any thing 
the matter with her, nor was there during the day. The owner 
told me, that, about fifteen days before, he had began to feed her 
liberally with peas and barley, and that the increase of condition 
which followed was rapid and surprising. After this I could not 
doubt that this febrile action was the result of some irritation of 
the digestive organs, and which was otherwise sufficiently mani¬ 
fested by the colicky pains which she evidently suffered during 
the exacerbation of the symptoms. Six pounds of blood w^ere 
abstracted ; a mash diet was ordered, and soothing powders mixed 
with honey: emollient injections vvere administered. 
J7th. —A new access of fever. 
18^//.—Perfect health during the day. 
19//n—A slight febrile reaction; after which the disease 
ceased to appear. 
Many cases of intermittent fever have been published by vete¬ 
rinarians ; nevertheless, it is of rarer occurrence in the horse than 
in the human being. If, however, we carefully review our own 
practice and that of others, we shall probably find more cases of 
it than we suspect. A horse is a little ofl* his feed—shivers—is 
uneasy—hangs his head : a little while afterwards he is better— 
he is well; and then,on the following day, or at some uncertain 
time, the symptoms return. If these states of febrile reaction are 
of short duration, the owner pays no attention to them; and, as the 
horse is not withdrawn from the influence of the causes which 
produced this irregularity of action, but on the contrary the 
fever is increased by food more choice or more abundant than 
