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A CASE OF ANASARCA. 
28/^.—Symptoms as before : again administered the camphor 
in the morning; and at nig;ht. 
29^/i.—The symptoms nearly similar: gave the camphor, &c. 
morning and night. 
^Oth .—No alteration: repeated the camphor, &c. morning 
and nio;ht. 
315^.—Much as before : repeated the camphor, 8cc. morning 
and night. 
Nou. Is^.—Considerably worse; pulse 85 or 86, very small, 
and wiry (from the effect of the camphor, I presumed^): gave 
pulv. potassse nit. ^j. During the day he fell down once, but did 
not remain long down. At night, pulse 85 or 86, quick, weak, 
and small, but not so wiiy: gave pulv. digitalis 3j. 
2d. —Symptoms increased ; and I thought that an effusion of 
fluid was likely to take place; pulse 80 to 82 or 83, quick, 
weak, and small: gave pulv. potassae nit. ^ii, pulv. digitalis, 
During the day the horse fell down two or three times. At 
night, horned some gruel into him, he not having tasted food 
during the w^hole of the preceding time. 
—An extensive effusion of fluid in the cellular membrane 
under the belly ; pulse quick, w eak, and small: gave three pints 
of a strong decoction of the spartium scoparium (the common 
broom), with two drachms of nitre, morning and night. Horned 
him with gruel. 
Ath ,—Symptoms not altered; skin very tight; the effusion 
under the belly veiy considerably increased ; scarified it in two 
or three places: gave the strong decoction morning and night, 
and supported the horse with gruel. 
—Much as before: repeated the decoction morning and 
night. 
Gth .—As usual: gave the decoction morning and night. It 
w’ould be tedious, and occupy too much space in The Veteri¬ 
narian, to continue the relation of the case thus minutely; I shall 
therefore brieflv state, that the decoction was administered 
twice a-day until the 23d, when the effusion had totally disap¬ 
peared ; the horse recovering his appetite; the skin partly re¬ 
gained its natural feeling and appearance, and the animal might 
be considered as convalescent. 
After this time he daily improved ; and on the 9th of Decem¬ 
ber he w^ent from Lancaster to Boltoii-le-8ands, about five miles 
* We do not quite agree with this. Anasarca is either the natural pro¬ 
gress of the previous disease, or one of nature’s curative measures; but we 
wish that some experienced practitioner would tell us a little about this 
camphor, and whether it is good for any thing, and what it does, or is likely 
to do.—E dit. 
