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TWO CASES OF CANKER. 
blood was very bufFy and tough. Six drachms of aloes were 
given him in a ball; linseed tea to drink instead of water; and 
two ounces of gum arabic night and morning in solution. The 
loins stimulated with spirits of sal ammoniac and oil, and kept 
warm with flannel, a fresh sheep’s skin not to be procured. 
Wth ,—Has not eaten any food since yesterday: symptoms 
more violent;' pulse 80 to 100, and increased ten to twenty in a 
minute on the animal rising or turning in the stall. Urine thick 
and high coloured, with a considerable quantity of sand settling 
at the bottom of the vessel. Seven quarts of blood were taken. 
Linseed tea and gruel to drink. Gum arabic in solution as be¬ 
fore. Tucked up very much in the carcass. 
\2th ,—No better. Urine high coloured as before; does not 
lie down so much ; does not feed. Bleed to the amount of seven 
quarts, which produced fainting. Aloes, four drachms. Lin¬ 
seed and gruel as before. Two ounces of gum arabic night and 
morning. 
13^/i.—As before ; but bowels opened. Gruel, linseed tea, 
and gum arabic, as before. 
14^//.—Pulse 82. Same as yesterday. Treatment the same. 
15M.—No amendment in the symptoms. Urine high coloured 
as before. Treatment as before. Stimulate the loins more ac¬ 
tively. 
16M.—Rather better. Urine not so high coloured. Sedi¬ 
ment less in quantity. Digitalis half drachm night and morn¬ 
ing. Linseed tea. Feeds a little. Pulse 60. 
V7th .—Ball as before. Linseed tea to drink. Feeds much 
better. 
19/^.—Considerably better. Urine of the natural colour. 
Feeds better. Ball as before: was not seen after. Soon reco¬ 
vered. 
TWO CASES OF CANKER. 
By the same. 
CASE I. 
July 27, 1832.-^An aged draught horse had been lame in 
the near hind foot for six months; on examination, the crust 
was found to be hollow on the outside, with a foetid discharge of 
matter peculiar to canker. After removing the crust from the 
heel one-third part round the foot, the laminae were found dis¬ 
eased : spurious granulations had arisen on the surface. After 
properly paring out the part, it was dressed with powdered 
white arsenic. 
