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she stands rigid, hangs the head, and seems greatly averse to the 
act; the cough is short and catching, and attended with a tremor 
of the muscles at the sides. 
Repeat medicine; cut away the hair along the course of the 
trachea and in front of the breast, and blister the parts; also apply 
more blister to the sides. 
2 5th.—Eight o'clock , A.M.: This morning she appears somewhat 
better in one or two respects; she has eaten a little; drunk some 
gruel; has dunged twice during the night; pulse 74 and respira¬ 
tions 18 per minute ; cough the same ; extremities cold; mucous 
rale not heard in the bronchial tubes, but I hear a croaking sound, 
which apparently is confined to the nostrils or top of the larynx. 
The blisters have acted a little both on the sides of the chest and 
down the course of the neck. 
Gave the following in a drench :— 
R Potass, nitratis. 3 ij 
Pulv. camphorae. 3 j 
Digitalis . 3 j 
Acetat ammoniae. Jv 
Spirit, nitric. 3iij 
Aquae. |vj 
To have a little of any thing to eat she will take; the neck and 
sides to be washed. At noon I gave another dose of the acetate 
of ammonia and spirit of nitre. 
Nine o'clock , P.M. —Much the same as in the morning: repeat 
medicine. 
2 6th.—Seven o'clock, A.M. : No better; she, however, has eaten a 
little, and the bowels are regular; pulse 77, and wiry; respirations 
14 per minute; dulness over the whole chest; sometimes the mur¬ 
mur is clearer than at others. On the inferior region of the right 
side I have twice distinctly detected the veiled puff; a little effu¬ 
sion has also taken place; cough constrained and suffocative; breath 
foetid; three of the extremities are cold, and the fourth warm. 
Repeat medicine. The day being very warm and fine, T had 
her led into a field adjoining the stable, and turned loose: instead of 
attempting, however, to eat, she wanders slowly about. Her walk 
is feeble, and she takes not the slightest notice of any thing : she 
remained out about two hours. 
Nine o'clock, P M. —To-night the mare is in that peculiar linger¬ 
ing state which I detest: pulse 75 and respiration 16 per minute: 
the mucous rale is so very loud that I cannot detect any other 
sound—it masks it completely ; \ can hear the rale the length of 
the stable. When I was giving the medicine to her, she coughed 
violently, and immediately after there issued from both her nostrils 
