A CASE OF BRONCHITIS. 
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cough, which had quite left him; lie was gradually getting 
weaker. 
Vbth, 6 A.M. —I thought there was a slight intemiitting in 
the pulse; it was evidently weaker, and not so frequent. The 
animal much nauseated. I omitted the medicine. When I saw 
him at noon, the intermittence was inore clear: I gave him 
enemas of good gruel, well boiled. In the evening the actual 
pulsations were but 42 in a minute. The animal’s debility seemed 
to gain ground rapidly ; he threw off the enemas as soon as they 
were administered. 
16^//-.—His breathing is clear, and the inflammatory action has 
disappeared. His pulse is now 64 ; but his disinclination to take 
any support is such, and has remained so long, that I deemed it 
necessary to give him some food. About a quart of gruel, with 
one drachm of ginger (as a stomachic), w’as horned dowm tw ice 
in the course of the morning. At 7 p. m. he had eaten a hand¬ 
ful of grass : pulse much the same. 
\7th. —There was scarcely any alteration. His pulse beats 
smarter, and was rather on the rise. I feared hydrothorax, and 
gave digitalis 9i, with potas. nit. 3 iii twice in the day. 
18^/?.—Treatment the same. 
19^/i.—I was confident there was effusion into the chest: liis 
breathing was accelerated and performed by jerks; his pulse 
higher, 70; and he refused his food. I administered ^i of the 
fever mass (digitalis, emetic tartar, and nitre) with 3i of cha¬ 
momile. 
20th. —He ate small portions of grass, hay, and linseed mash. 
His breathing was much more difficult, and of the character we 
generally meet with in hydro thorax : the intercostal muscles in 
constant action ; pulse 78, and struck my finger smartly, de¬ 
noting the labour the heart was performing. About 2 o’clock he 
fell down, and with some difficulty was got on his feet again, 
for he could not bear to lie dowm. 
In this state he remained, with but very slight alteration, until 
the 22d, wdien he seemed to improve a little, his pulse having 
fallen to 68, and other symptoms more favourable ; the medicine 
was continued three times a-day, which kept up a slight 
action on the kidneys. 
23c? and 24M.—No alteration made in his treatment, under 
which he seems to do well: his breathing is tranquil, and to all 
appearance easy ; the pulse has fallen to 46, but retains too 
much the character which denotes the presence of water in the 
thoracic cavity. 
2^th. —I now determined to give small doses of the chamo¬ 
mile, with the fever mass, and slight diuretic medicine, alter- 
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