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liberally fed with corn. I also left strict orders that they should 
let me know how the horse went on. 
On the 7th, I sent three balls, compounded of pulv. cort. 
cinch.; pulv. gentianae et zingiberis, terend. cum terebinth, et 
bal. copaibse; one to be given every alternate day. 
I heard no more of my patient till the 19th, when I was re¬ 
quested to attend him in great haste. Upon inquiry, I was in¬ 
formed that the horse had fed well, and had become cheerful in 
his gentle exercise, and that the swelling had nearly disappeared ; 
but the blacksmith had given him another dose of physic , and 
rowelled him , thinking it would cure him. On my visit, I found 
the horse very weak, and standing, with his legs and sheath tu¬ 
mefied ; countenance anxious, frequently turning his head to his 
sides; appetite lost; pulse frequent and small; with copious 
watery alvine dejections, accompanied with a rumbling noise of 
the bowels ; the urine was high coloured, and frequently voided 
in small quantities. I gave him creta pp., et. pulv. kino comp, in 
pint and a half of thick starch ; and ordered his legs to be fo¬ 
mented with bran and warm water, and to be afterwards ban¬ 
daged : starch clysters to be given, and his water to be thickened 
w 7 ith arrow root. 
20th. —The horse had not been down, but appeared rather 
better. He had eaten a small quantity of hay, and drunk some 
thick arrow root: the excrement was thicker; pulse not so fre¬ 
quent, and rather fuller:—medicine and clysters repeated. Con¬ 
tinue the arrow root, fomentation, &c.; appetite coaxed with car¬ 
rots, oats in the straw, clover, &c. 
21 st. —The purging and rumbling had nearly ceased, with the 
pulse and appetite improved ; urine voided of a better colour, 
and not so frequent; but he had not been down. Small doses of 
amnion, carb., gum kino, pulv. opii, cascaril. et cinnamom. cum 
creta pp., were given in a ball every twelve hours. Water, 
which had been boiled, and a handful of oatmeal stirred into it, 
was placed within his reach. 
2 2d. —Still standing; bowels relieved; staling improved; 
but in other respects much the same. 
23 d .—He had not lain down. The near fore leg being in¬ 
flamed and painful, was fomented with an infusion of camomile 
flowers. He had voided some faeces during the night of the 
22d, of their natural consistence; appetite and pulse slightly 
improved; medicine discontinued, and boiled water allowed him 
to drink. 
I did not see him on the 24th, but early in the morning of 
the 25th I w r as informed that the horse was dead ; and that he 
became very restless on the previous night, at eleven o’clock; 
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