170 STOMACH STAGGERS FOLLOWED BY AMAUROSIS. 
An hour afterwards he became dull, and had shivering fits, 
which were succeeded by violent colic. It was then that they 
sent for me. 
On my arrival in the morning the whole of the body was 
covered with perspiration ; the ears and extremities were cold; 
the animal rolled convulsively about, got up, and fell down 
again like a dead weight; stretched out his neck; the pulse was 
small and scarcely perceptible, &c. I ordered a purgative drink 
composed of an ounce of aloes, a drachm of emetic tartar, and a 
pound of honey, to be dissolved in three bottles of warm water 
and given in two doses; embrocations of warm water, slightly 
saline, were rubbed under the belly. 
Towards four or five o’clock in the evening thecholicky spasms, 
which had been almost incessant, ceased; the pulse rose, and 
the night was passed tolerably quietly, but there was no evacu¬ 
ation. 
On the 23d the cholic had not returned, but the horse still 
pressed his muzzle against the bottom of the manger, and his fore¬ 
head violently against the wall, but without any spasms: the 
skin was burning, especially about the head ; the respiration was 
difficult; the pulse full and oppressed. He had lost both hear¬ 
ing and sight. Eight pounds of blood were taken from the jugu¬ 
lar, cooling applications were applied to the head, and also 
fomentations. He was bled again at two o’clock in the afternoon 
and at eight in the evening. 
On the morning of the 24th he was sensibly better; he had 
had during the night copious dejections of urine, and half-liquid 
excrements : the pulse was not so full, and the temperature of the 
skin was diminished. (The cooling applications were continued, 
also the fomentations.) 
The intensity of the symptoms continued to diminish until the 
2d of January; and at this period we might have regarded the 
horse as completely cured, if he had recovered his sight; but his 
pupils were dilated, and did not contract under the influence of 
quick and strong light, and the eye was perfectly transparent: 
in a word, there was positive amaurosis. As soon as I perceived 
this, I applied two blisters on the cheeks, and ordered laxative 
drinks. At the end of eight days the blisters were replaced by 
setons in the neck, and the laxative drinks continued. Towards 
the thirteenth day of this treatment the sight began to return : it 
was completely restored on the twentieth day. 
CASE II. 
September 8, 1825.—A seven-year old draught horse, belong¬ 
ing to M. Henri, proprietor of La Croix (Meuse). 
