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SPASMODIC ACTION OF THE DIAPHRAGM. 
The mare was standing, and appeared in other respects much 
better; her bowels were open, and the voided excrement con¬ 
sisted chiefly of unmasticated oats. I gave her muriatic acid 
and compound spirit of lavender very largely diluted with water, 
and I ordered small quantities of young grass to be put before 
her, which she ate with avidity. 
Aith ,—Still purging whole oats ; pulse and appetite pretty good. 
I was informed that the convulsive action ceased about three 
o’clock on the preceding day. The draught was repeated in the 
evenino:. 
5M.—The purging had stopt; the pulse and a])petite good, and 
the mare going on well. The medicine was given on the 6th ; and 
on the 7th day she was turned out, and soon recovered her 
usual strength. 
CASE II. 
The subject of this attack was a bay horse, five years-old, 
which I was requested to attend on the 20th of August, 1831. 
I was from home, and the message left was, that the horse^s 
bodi/ was jumping so that you might hear him across the yard^ 
With this clue 1 put a dose of physic, and ammon. carb. in 
my pocket, and hurried to see my patient. He was standing 
with his head a little elevated, but did not appear in much dis¬ 
tress : his whole body was jerking; and, on examination, the 
symptoms were similar to those I have just described, except 
that they appeared on both sides with an additional correspond¬ 
ing convulsive respiration. The pulsations of the submaxillary 
artery were from fifty to fifty-five in a minute, and rather tre¬ 
mulous. On inquiry, I was informed that the horse had also 
been taken from grass the day before; that he was difficult to 
catch; and that the men had foolishly run him down. He had 
been bled before I saw him, but was not relieved by it. I gave 
him four drachms of the purging mass and two of carbonate of 
ammonia in solution, about five p. m., and soon after ten all 
was tranquil. I saw him in the evening of the 21st: the con¬ 
vulsions had cea>?ed ; his bowels were lax ; the pulse nearly na¬ 
tural ; and in two or three days he was quite well. 
CASE III. 
This was an aged bay-horse, the property of a gentleman 
whose residence is aoout six miles from Melton. Early on 
the morning of June the 11th, 1832, the horse was found in 
the field rolling about in great pain. He was taken home, 
and bled ; after which they gave him some gin and ale; but, 
in consequence of that not affording any relief, my attendance 
