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5 th .—Much in the same state as yesterday; takes.a little 
bran. 
6th :—Has fallen again in the night; got her up ; gave her a 
laxative ball, and blistered her along the neck: she has eaten a 
little grass and a mash of bran to-day. 
7 th .—Rather better; stiffness has left her off hind leg; pulse 
45: eating a little bran and grass, and looks more lively. 
8th .—Continues better ; stiffness of the neck somewhat re¬ 
laxed ; takes bran and grass rather greedily, and has now re¬ 
gained the power of mastication pretty well. 
9th .—Still better ; laxative ball given ; blisters dressed : eats 
her bran and grass tolerably. 
10 th .—Much better; bran and grass given same as yesterday; 
bowels relaxed, and the contraction of the muscles has now, in a 
great measure, disappeared. 
11th .—Continues still improving; and, as the blistered parts 
are nearly healed, turned her out to a grass park, where she ate 
from the ground with apparent ease, and continued in this man¬ 
ner gradually improving till the 3d of July, when the owner again 
commenced working her, and she is now perfectly well. 
MEDICAL EMPIRICISM—PHYSICKING WITH A 
VENGEANCE. 
By the same. 
A short time ago, I was requested to attend a valuable young 
colt, belonging to a farmer at a considerable distance from this 
place, who, thinking that the animal had only a slight cold, had 
sent for a pretended Doctor in that quarter to see him, who had 
bled the colt to the amount of six quarts, and given him a cordial 
hall, as he called it, composed of only 3 oz. of Barb, aloes, in¬ 
stead of 6 oz. as he had intended ; but, unluckily for the Doctor, 
he did not get the full dose, as the druggist had no more. 
The event proved that there was fully enough without the addi¬ 
tional quantity, as it brought on violent superpurgation; and 
when I saw the colt it was evidently hastening to his long home. 
He died in the course of the same night; the Doctor affirming 
that the animal had been lost in consequence of not getting the 
quantity of medicine prescribed by him. 
