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STRANGULATION OF THE RECTUM, AND INFLAM¬ 
MATION OF THE COLON AND CiECUM. 
Bj/ Mr.W. A. Cartwright, Whitchurch. 
On Tuesday, 23d Sept. 1834, Mr. Cookson, jun. of the 
Woodhouses, had been riding a grey gelding of his six years old, 
and returned with him home about ten at night, when he w^as 
cleaned and made perfectly dry. In about half an hour after¬ 
wards a bucket-full of water was given to him, and he was then 
left for the night. The next morning, about five o’clock, he was 
discovered by the waggoner to have the gripes. A drink composed 
of ol. juniper and oil of turpentine was given by the owner, 
and the horsS was walked about a good deal. He did not 
sweat, but rolled over very often, and the pulse was very little 
quickened than natural. 
24:thy 8 A.M.— No better. Three quarts of blood were taken 
from him, and he was clystered. 12 m.—N o change. One pint 
and a half of linseed oil and two ounces tinct. opii were given ; 
the clysters were repeated, and the animal was walked about. 
6 p. M. —The same. Three quarts more blood were abstracted, 
but which, like the former bleeding, did not seem to give him 
any relief; he continued rolling about, and over and over, and 
getting up and lying down most of the night. No dung had 
come from him since the commencement of the attack, but his 
bowels were rumbling all the night as if they were about 
to discharge their contents. He was not swelled. 
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25th, 2 p.M. —I first saw him. He was then lying on his 
near side, all at full length, and breathing quickly—his pulse 
was 73. Eyes inflamed ; legs and ears, and up his nostrils, 
intensely cold—he rolled over on his back, and was often looking 
towards his side. I had no hope of his recovering, and con¬ 
sequently did not carry the bleeding to the extent I generally 
do : he had been ill too long, and the general symptoms made me 
despair. I however gave aloes Cape jiij, antim. tart. 3iss, and 
opium 3SS, in a drink ; and made an infusion of 3iij lyttae, and 
rubbed it on the abdomen, but which produced no effect. 4 p.m. 
—Gave aloes ^iss, antim. 3iss, and opium 3ss, in some water, 
and took about two quarts of blood from him; but I had great 
difficulty in obtaining even that quantity. 7 p.m. —No better: 
the opium evidently produced a desire for sleep, and calmed the 
system generally ; the pulse also decreased in rapidity, and the 
respiration became nearly natural, but its effects subsided in the 
course of half an hour, and he became then as bad as ever. I left 
two doses of medicine, composed of aloes and antimony, to be 
