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ON THE DISEASES OF THE HEART. 
her a pouud of salts, and bled her. Not being able to go, I sent a 
fever drink, ordering half to be given that night, and the remain¬ 
der in the morning. 
Dec. Sth ,—I saw her; she appeared very dull. Pulse GO. 
Respiration difficult; nose dry; mouth clammy; faeces rather 
hard ; no appetite. R Sulph. ^iij ; ant. tart. 3ij ; nitr. potassae 
gj, M., and given in gruel. 
9M.—Much worse. Pulse 80 ; extremities cold ; breathing 
more difficult. The skin and membranes are now highly tinged 
with yellow ; the faeces are become extremely hard, plainly in¬ 
dicating the seat of the disease. R Calomel gruel, 
and let a half lb. magnes. sulph. be given twelve hours after¬ 
wards. 
\0th .—Bowels slightly moved. Little appetite. 
11^^.—Much better. Bowels well acted on; faeces good co¬ 
lour. Feeds well. 
V^th .—Going on well. 
lAth .—Quite recovered. Does not require my attendance any 
longer. 
This disease is in this part generally termed the yellows, as I 
believe it is in most others, and treated with comfortable drinks, 
viz. black pepper, ginger, [^aniseed, &c. given in strong ale, 
which soon produce what any reasonable man might expect,— 
death. In the second case, the substance of the liver was proba¬ 
bly affected, but the calomel effected a cure, and is a most valu¬ 
able medicine in these affections. 
ON THE DISEASES OF THE HEART. 
By Mr. Pritchard, F.aS., Wolverhampton. 
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pleted their fifth volume; and I am right glad to find them still 
persevering, and anxious to keep up and improve,^as much as 
possible, the character and usefulness of the work. I think it an 
incumbent duty upon the members of the profession, a service 
they owe to themselves, to bear their share in the labour. It is 
in the .power of every practitioner to give us information through 
the medium of its pages ; and it is a work devoted exclusively to 
our interest, and at all times willing and ready to make known to 
our brethren our opinions and supposed discoveries. There can 
be but few who have regularly read The Veterinarian with¬ 
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