376 EFFECT OF CANTHARIDES IN FARCY. 
of Lady Amelia Key. I found him labouring under an acute 
attack of pneumonia, combined with farcy in the posterior ex¬ 
tremities. 
The groom informed me that he had periodically physicked 
him, butjin consequence of her ladyship changing her residence, it 
had been neglected this season. For the last week he had been 
worked hard in the carriage, sweating a great deal, and after¬ 
wards standing till a late hour in the streets of Chester. He 
had only arrived at his new stables yesterday afternoon, and, 
when the coachman left him last thing at night, he appeared in 
good health. I bled him until the pulse faltered and symptoms 
of faintness appeared, and I afterwards gave a nauseating ball of 
aloes, digitalis, and tart, ant., and clothed him warmly, and 
bandaged the legs, &c. 
\^th .—No better ; v.s. xii lbs. I gave a ball of potass, nitrat., 
ant. tart., and digitalis, and applied a stimulating embrocation 
to the fore extremities. 
\Qth, —The pneum.atic symptoms have subsided, but the far¬ 
cied legs are worse. Gave an aperient ball. 
V7th A.M. —The physic had not operated; the groom wanted 
him to have more, but I objected to it. p.m. —Purging. 
—Purging. I gave an opiate at night. 
19M.—The physic is set; the horse eats a little better to-day. 
20th .—Much as yesterday ; I gave no medicine to-day. 
2\st. —The inflammatory symptoms have quite left him ; but 
the farcied limbs are worse; the absorbents are corded on both 
legs, from the hock upwards. He feeds better, and for the hrst 
time (since he was taken ill) he has lain down. 
22d .—I now ventured upon tonics, and gave the p. lyttae gr. 
iv, et gent., zing., carui sem. pulv., ana 3 ] daily up to the ^9th, 
during which time ray patient rapidly improved in condition. 
He now feeds well, is in good spirits, and the enlargement of 
the limbs and the corded absorbents have quite disappeared. 
There still remains a swelling along the inferior surface of the 
abdomen, which began to be seen when the inflammation of the 
lungs disappeared. I applied the linim. lyttae, which dispersed 
it in a few days. 
CASE IV. 
On February 15th of the present year, Mr. J. Lowe, of New¬ 
ton, requested me to see a mare that had been returned as un¬ 
sound. He bought her of a neighbouring farmer, on the 1st or 
2d of January, for the person that returned her. She was in 
Mr. Lowe’s possession about a fortnight prior to the purchaser 
taking her away, during which time she was observed to have a 
