212 ON CHOLERA IN DOMi:;?TICAT£D ANIMALS. 
the villous coat of the colon had an inflamed appearance, but 
not well marked ; the small intestines contained a yellowish-like 
mucous fluid, while the large intestines had within them a dark 
blue, clay-like, thin fluid, with a most disagreeable odour. The 
bladder was contracted and empty. The lungs were pale, and 
rather of a healthy appearance j and the ventricles and auricles of 
the heart were empty of blood. The brain was not examined. 
I)uring the same week, and within half a mile of the same 
place, a case of diarrhoea also occurred. A fine young brown 
mare, belonging to Mr. Porteous, at Morningside, was attacked 
with a severe purging, for which a dose of oil was first given, and 
afterwards an astringent, composed of 3 * opium and ^i cretse 
preeparat., and which in some measure had the desired effect; 
but, two days afterwards she was again brought back, the disease 
having returned rather suddenly. It was again stopped by 
astringents, but she was attacked a^third time, after the lapse of 
two or three days, and was once more brought to my infirmary: 
and more astringent medicine was given,which succeeded in finally 
removing the complaint. 
After this a more than ordinary number of cases of diseases of 
the bowels made their appearance, the greater number of the 
subjects of which were old horses, belonging to coal carters : but 
I have no particular account of them, as they are a sort of dis¬ 
pensary patients. One, however, which occurred about four 
weeks ago, was of such a peculiar character as to deserve par¬ 
ticular notice. He belonged to a person at Rosebank, of the 
name of Telford, and had shewn, during the night, symptoms of 
colic. He 'was brought to me in the morning: his pulse w'as 
irregular, but not increased in frequency; he had not fed in the 
morning; and he shewed no symptoms of uneasiness while with 
me. He had had an attack of bronchitis about twelve ^months 
y^reviously. There was a want of the respiratory murmur in 
the low'er part of the chest, from which, with the irregularity of 
the pulse, and the circumstance of his having had disease of the 
lungs before, I was led to suspect either a slight effusion into 
the chest, or chronic inflammation and hepatization. Sulphat. ferri 
et camph. 3i made into a ball with linseed meal, was given. 
He was not brought back until two days had passed, as he had 
been less uneasy; but then I found that during the preceding 
night he had had severe colic pains, and had been purging from 
the commencement. His pulse was still irregular, but with some 
strength ; and I therefore bled him, and gave a laxative of aloes 
^ss, by which the purging for the following day was greatly in¬ 
creased, but on the second day he was so much recovered that 
he was put to work, and got quite well. 
