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On examining the leg, I found considerable effusion and ex¬ 
travasation all round it, as high up as the knee ; the inner sessa- 
moid was shivered to atoms; some portions of the bone adhering 
to the ligament, some loose ; the outer bone remained entire. 
My opinion was, that it must either have been caused by a violent 
blow with the other legs, either before or behind (most probably 
from behind), or in consequence of the sudden and unusual exer¬ 
tion the ligament was put to. 
EXTRACTS FROM MY CASE BOOK. 
By Mr. J. Simpson, V.S ., Southampton. 
No. II. 
SUPERPURGATION. 
On the evening of Saturday, May 26th, I was requested to 
attend at-, near Southampton, the residence of J. F., 
Esq. Upon my arrival, I found one of the carriage horses was to 
be my patient; and having made some inquiries, it appeared that 
the animal had been attacked with catarrhal fever, or influenza, 
on the preceding Wednesday. Mr. F. himself undertook the ma¬ 
nagement of the case at that time, and bled the horse that 
evening : next morning (I believe) he administered a dose of 
physic, consisting of eight drachms of Barbadoes aloes, and a 
number of other ingredients, which I am sorry I cannot enume¬ 
rate. The horse is still labouring under considerable febrile 
affection: the mouth is hot and dry; conjunctiva and Schneide¬ 
rian membrane injected; eyes dull and heavy, and eyelids 
swollen; pulse forty-two ; no appetite, &c.; but as the physic is 
still operating, I refrain from administering any medicine. 
27th, eight a.m. —The physic is now nearly set, and the febrile 
symptoms are considerably abated; yet still they exist, and are 
accompanied by excessive prostration of strength. Pulse forty- 
one ; not the slightest inclination for food. R Pulv. digitalis 9ij, 
ant. tart. 3iss, nitre ^ss ; green meat to be offered to him, 
which, however, he would not touch. 
28 tli .—Violent purging has supervened ; liquid faeces are 
flowing from the animal in great quantities : pulse about forty, 
and there is no appearance of any great pain, or any particular 
inflammatory affection: he has not yet tasted food. R Cretae 
preparat. ^ij sol. in aquae Oj. Remove green meat; offer thick 
gruel. 
