JS THE INTELLECTUAL PRINCIPLE IN THE HORSE. 
another, it is the subject of mind or reason in animals . Do not 
imagine, however, from this prologue, that your humble servant 
is going to present you with a dissertation thereon : no, no ;—that 
must come from other and abler hands. In the meantime, by 
way of elucidation, let me throw a few loose observations con¬ 
nected therewith into your journal. 
I once was called to attend a case of ordinary spasms of the 
bowels, the subject of which was lost entirely from the uncon¬ 
trollable influence of mind or temper (or whatever you please to 
call it) over body. The dread this horse had for any thing in 
the shape of medicine or operation, rendered every attempt, even 
to the last, to administer remedies in anywise efficaciously, quite 
and altogether ineffectual. Although he was a subject, both 
from age and condition, well able to bear the loss of a large 
quantity of blood, yet every effort to extract more than two 
quarts from him (and that only after repeated attempts) totally 
failed. No sooner was he struck by the phleam—nay, hardly 
was his head held up for the purpose—than he was seized all over 
with shivering, and would commence panting at the flanks, and 
reel and stagger about as if gallons of blood had already flowed 
from him : under which sense of fear and faintness, we were 
compelled to desist, and subsequently relinquish the intended 
detraction of blood, pin the neck up, and release him again ; 
and in the course of a few minutes all trembling would subside, 
and the symptoms of gripes (which were not very violent) would 
be renewed. In the same manner was I foiled in every subse¬ 
quent attempt at phlebotomy. The administration of medicine 
he obstinately opposed. A ball he would not and could not be 
made to swallow; and he employed seven men in forcing liquid 
into his stomach : but although the latter was accomplished, the 
efforts at repulsion were such, that no benefit seemed to be de¬ 
rived from it. In fact, this animal, strange as it may appear, 
died a martyr against the cause of physic. 
Both in horses and men, such is the influence of the mind 
under certain circumstances, that it takes away the desire for 
food, and that even in a state of health. A man separated from 
those he loves, a horse segregated from his associates and con¬ 
fined alone, will refuse his food, and pine and fall away in flesh. 
Restore him to his companions, and he will cease to fret, and 
will recover his appetite. Here is an example, then, of the ne¬ 
cessity of the veterinary surgeon directing his attention to the 
mind of his patient. 
A horse suffering from a sinuous and painful fistula in the 
withers, of long duration and extensive depth, and for which he 
had had on very many occasions applied sharp escharotic dress- 
