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CHOLIC FOLLOWED BY RUPTURE 
At nine o’clock in the morning the animal still had no appe¬ 
tite, and refused his oats, which were exchanged for a mash, to 
which he shewed the same repugnance. In the course of the 
same day the right hind leg swelled a little from the fetlock to 
the hock. The animal, however, did not seem to feel any diffi¬ 
culty in standing on it. 
I did not see him until ten o’clock; and the following are the 
symptoms which I observed :— 
The swelling which had risen on the leg was hot, although not 
very painful; the horse was not lame; the pulse was small, 
hard, and accelerated. The animal was brought to the infirmary 
at nine in the morning, and water slightly nitrated was given 
him; the leg was frequently bathed with emollient lotions; drinks 
composed of a decoction of barley'and honey were given ; and se¬ 
veral emollient clysters were administered, but they were returned 
without any mixture of faecal matter. The atmosphere of the 
stable was 57° Fah. and a covering of flannelwas put on the back 
of the horse. In spite of these precautions, violent cholics came 
on about half past twelve : the animal bent his legs, and fell so 
rapidly, that it was dangerous to approach him. While on the 
ground, he struggled violently, tried to roll on and to keep him¬ 
self on his back. He then got up suddenly, but only to fall 
again, sometimes on one side, and sometimes on the other. When 
he was on his legs he tried to make water, sometimes the penis 
was drawn from the sheath, but not a drop of urine was emitted. 
Perspirations soon appeared on the flanks and under the belly, 
and about the genital organs. The antiphlogistic treatment was 
resorted to, but did not produce any good effect. 
About two o’clock we profited by an interval of calmness to 
take six pounds of blood from the left jugular. Although the 
opening in the vein was made tolerably large, the blood ran but 
slowly; it was almost of a jet black hue, thick and oily, such 
as has been remarked in some intense and very deep inflamma¬ 
tory affections named charbonneuses by some authors. 
Two or three minutes after the bleeding, the intensity of the 
symptoms became greatly increased; the pulse was very much 
accelerated, small and hard; the artery was distended ; the per¬ 
spiration was more abundant; the mucous membranes were 
livid ; the eyes dull and sunken in their orbits; the mouth partly 
filled with a frothy saliva, &c.; and although this serious affection 
was rapidly destroying the animal, his flanks were scarcely agitated . 
I believe it proper to notice, that one of the general symptoms 
which characterize colic in the horse, was not manifested in this 
animal, nor in two horses, on opening which one was found to 
have the stomach ruptured at its large curvature, and in the 
