214 ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN IN THE HORSE. 
in one attack of inflammation of the lungs, he lost twenty-six 
quarts before he recovered. He hunted for six years, during 
which time, at the end of each hunting season, I gave him 
calomel 3 j, emetic tartar 3 ss, opium 3 ss, every day for nine or 
ten days following, at which time it produced an inflammation of 
the gums and strong foetor of the breath; he would then chew 
young grass, but was unable to swallow it, and was supported 
on bran mashes and gruel. I then used to give him in solution 
one pound of Epsom salts, and as soon as the inflammation of 
the mouth and throat subsided, again repeated it. This per¬ 
fectly restored him for his next winter’s work, with the exception 
of his sometimes hunting in cold winds, wet and long checks, 
which shut up the pores of his skin, and lumps of the size of a 
small nutmeg would appear on his skin, a scurf over the eye¬ 
lid, constipated bowels, dung of a light clayey colour, with a 
peculiar toss of the head. Aloes would then have no effect on 
him, but he was always relieved by the following balls, two 
or three times administered; calomel sij, emetic tartar 3 ij, anti- 
monial powder 3ij, opium 3 j* This would again perfectly restore 
him. He was a horse of great power, and, notwithstanding 
these repeated attacks of illness, was capable of almost in¬ 
credible exertions. I once saw him leap over a ditch, without 
touching it, the distance from the place where he took off to 
that on which he landed being thirty-two feet; and he could carry 
sixteen stone to the tail of the fastest hounds. He was well 
known in the Devonshire hunts, where he repeatedly signalized 
himself by his superior speed and bottom. An account of his 
exploits is recorded in rhyme, in which he is described, by 
George Templar, Esq. of Stovor, as “ fleet-footed Clarence.” 
CASE III. 
The third is Sultan, a hunter, who was never beaten, and for 
whom no day was too long, belonging also to J. M. Woollcombe, 
Esq. The horse was unexpectedly called upon for his services 
in the field, when totally unfit for the exertion. In consequence 
of the great fleetness of Mr. W.’s hounds, he was ridden exces¬ 
sively hard across a very heavy country, and came home com¬ 
pletely blown and exhausted. The next day there was a total 
loss of appetite, a high degree of fever, and his urine in a state 
similar to that of Mr. Leach’s horse. I then passed my arm up 
the rectum, as before, and felt the spleen very much enlarged. 
I then bled him copiously, administered some laxative medi¬ 
cines, and in about a week he appeared perfectly recovered. I 
then again passed up my arm to feel if the enlargement still 
