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and loss of flesh followed, from which she required several weeks 
to recover. 
A chesnut horse belonging to David Cathcart, Esq., was 
seized in the same manner with a rash over his whole body, 
his eyelids nearly closed, and his lips so much swelled, that he 
could scarcely feed ,* the whole, however, was quite gone next 
day. He was bled to six quarts; and a dose of laxative medi¬ 
cine was given, with soft food. 
In about three weeks afterwards, a year-old filly, belonging 
to the same gentleman, and kept in a loose box immediately 
adjoining, was affected in the same manner. A gentle dose of 
laxative medicine was given, and she was bled to nearly two 
quarts, which produced syncope, but from which she imme¬ 
diately recovered. The swellings, however, did not entirely dis¬ 
appear for two days. 
In neither of these cases was the pulse much altered; and 
nothing like the shiverings was observed in the two last: in the 
one case, bleeding appeared to be of service; in the other, I 
think not. 
Within these four weeks, two cases of another rare affection 
have occurred. One is that of a horse that was seized in the 
street with what was supposed to be colic. There were symp¬ 
toms of considerable pain ; and he tossed himself about for a 
short time; but, after being bled, and a large enema of soap 
and warm water being injected, he became quiet, and passed 
a quantity of urine highly tinged with blood. As he seemed, 
two or three hours afterwards to be much recovered, he was sent 
home; but he became worse on the road, and was exceedingly 
lame, which, from the description of his symptoms, I am dis¬ 
posed to consider as arising from spasm, as I found the lame¬ 
ness gone in about an hour afterwards. 
In the ensuing week I was sent for to see a mare about three 
miles from town, which was attacked in a similar manner. She 
was quite well, and playful, when the owner (a farmer, near 
Sclateford) left home; but he had not gone two miles, when he 
found her very ill. She had leaped a small fence soon after going 
out; and the owner stated that, unless that was the cause, he knew 
of no other. When I saw her, the pulse was 80, and weak; she had 
been bled freely, and was considerably better, but was still uneasy, 
and she had passed a quantity of urine red with blood. On lead¬ 
ing her out of the stable, she straddled wdth her hind legs ; and 
they were, at the same time, curiously flexed, as if from spasm 
of the perforatus muscle. I ordered fomentations to her loins, 
and a dose of laxative medicine, and left her. In about an 
hour after I had gone, a spasmodic twntching of the diaphragm. 
