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pulse 74, and almost imperceptible at the jaw, and the respira¬ 
tion accelerated in proportion. The palpitation of the heart was 
most violent, and so loud as to resemble nothing so much as the 
beating of a hammer on the ribs, and it might be heard outside 
the stable door: the eyes had a peculiar glassy appearance, and 
the horse seemed insensible to every thing around him. V. S. 
xivlb.; aloes cap. 3 vj in solution. The horse removed to a 
loose house; both sides of the chest well rubbed with strong 
blister ointment after the hair had been closely clipped. He was 
back-raked, and a saline clyster administered ; fresh hood and 
cover were applied, and other means used to promote a con¬ 
tinuance of the perspiration. 
Ath .—Bowels have been opened ; palpitation and other symp¬ 
toms unabated; great thirst. V. S. x Ib ; R ver. rad. 3iij, nit. et 
sup. tart. pot. a a Jij, molasses q. s.; divide this into six balls, 
and give one every four hours. Blister renewed on the chest. 
Patient thoroughly rubbed and dressed, and fresh clothing ap¬ 
plied ; to have plenty of thin gruel to drink, and be kept as 
quiet as possible. 
5M.—Much worse; pulse 86, small and wiry, and intermittent: 
the beating of the heart, though not so violent or loud, evidently 
betokens an approaching dissolution; the extremities are cold, 
the ears hang down, and the body, in parts, is covered with a 
cold and clammy sweat. The patient, with his head in one 
corner of the loose house, stands quiet and motionless; but when 
urged to move would run against the wall as if blind, and ap¬ 
pears quite unconscious of everything around him. His urine is 
high-coloured, and he stales frequently, and in large quantities. 
Sub. mur. hyd. ^ij in bolus, prescribed by Mr. C. Small, and to be 
repeated every four hours until the mouth is affected. Sides 
fomented for an hour with verv hot water, and blister ascain 
applied; stimulating embrocation to the legs, and bandage. 
iSth .—A man arrived to let us know that the horse died before 
eleven o’clock this morning. He stood till within five minutes 
of his death, and the palpitation of the heart was loud and dis¬ 
tinct to the last. 
Sectio cadaveris .—Immediately under the skin, on both sides 
of the chest, a large quantity of a yellow serous fluid was inter¬ 
spersed through the cellular membrane—the effect of the blister. 
On carefully laying open the thorax, the cavity presented a 
general healthy appearance; but on removing the lungs and 
heart, the latter we found to be highly inflamed, particularly the 
right side, which was much enlarged, and so tender as to be 
easily torn with the finger. A lym[)hous or yellow gelatinous 
substance adhered to the heart on the outside of its base. The 
