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ing: pulse 44. Repeat the fever ball without the aloes; con¬ 
tinue the mash, and give a few tares. 
7 p.M.—The case is materially altered : the pulse is 56, and 
has a wiry feeling ; the horse is very uneasy, and continually 
shifting his posture ; the mouth is not hot ; the membrane of 
the nose is pallid, with a tinge of lividness ; and the extremities 
are getting cold. The sides are becoming exceedingly tender; 
the horse shrinks almost to falling when they are touched. The 
spasms of the sub-cutaneous muscle appear like little w-avy lines 
creeping over the sides : it amounts to shivering in the pectoral 
muscles. 
Bleed again until the pulse is affected : when about 6 lbs. w’ere 
taken away he began to stagger. Give fever ball. 
16^//, 8 A.M. —Much in the same state, except that the extre¬ 
mities are deathy cold. I proposed to blister the sides, but it 
was decidedly objected to by the stable-keeper, on account of 
the blemish it would make. A large rowel was therefore insert¬ 
ed between the fore legs. Sling a pail of very thin gruel in the 
box, the horse refusing altogether to eat. Give fever ball with 
aloes oii. 
3 p.m. —Apparently better: pulse 46, and softer; the extre¬ 
mities regaining their natural w^armth ; has eaten a little mash 
and a few tares, and drunk the w hole of his gruel; the aloes have 
operated slightly. Give fever ball. 
7 p.M. —Not so well: pulse got up to 64, small and wiry; 
again uneasy, and frequently pawdng; and the extremities are 
once more getting cold. Give fever ball w'ith aloes 3ii. 
17/^, 7 A.M. —Materially w'orse. The animal has a peculiar 
glaring anxious look ; the pulse is got up to 84, small and wary ; 
the extremities are icy cold, and the coldness reaches consider¬ 
ably above the hocks. The horse is unwdlling to move a limb, 
and stands straddling wddely. The wavy lines again appear upon 
the sides ; the breathing is quickened and interrupted. 
Take aw'ay more blood*: about six pounds being abstracted the 
pulse began to falter, and then suddenly rose to 100, with much 
irregularity. Give fever ball. Use plenty of hand-rubbing about 
the legs, and bandage them warmly and high. 
. The stable-keeper, mistaking the unwillingness of the horse to 
move for mere debility, and attributing the coldness and the 
shivering to the same cause, warmly remonstrated against this 
third bleeding; and said, in no measured terms, to my assistant, 
that I did not understand the case, and that he should have far¬ 
ther advice. He did condescend to ask my assistant whether I 
wms in the habit of meeting Mr. Field, and immediately sent off 
for him. On being informed of this I wrote without delay to the 
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