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tions 16 per minute; sighs at times; respiratory murmur clear 
throughout the chest. 
Treatment , §c. —Bled to the amount of eight pounds. Gave a 
draught suitable for the case, also an enema of warm water and 
soap; extremities to be bandaged, and surface of the abdomen to 
be hand-rubbed for fifteen or twenty minutes. 
Two o'clock , P.M. —Cannot detect, on the whole, any visible im¬ 
provement, nor yet can I say the animal is worse; not voided 
any dung or urine since the attack ; attempted to back-rake, but 
found the rectum quite empty. Gave the following in a drench :— 
R Aloes Barb. 3 iv 
Calomel. 
Tinct. opii.Jij 
Spt. nitric.Jj 
Aqute.Jvj 
Repeat the injection, and afterwards have the animal walked 
gently about. 
Five o'clock, P.M. —Mare still uneasy; pulse 56 ; respirations 
18 per minute ; surface of the body more dry than in the morning; 
looks at her right and occasionally also at her left side; grinds 
her teeth; extremities somewhat colder than natural. The ex¬ 
tremities and surface of the abdomen to be well hand-rubbed, then 
re-bandage the extremities. To have also some warm gruel or 
chilled water to drink. She drank about two quarts of the gruel 
pretty freely, and then laid down apparently with less pain than 
she had shewn for some time. 
Eight o'clock .—Since five o’clock, until within the last fifteen 
minutes, she has been very easy; now she is worse; the old 
symptoms are present, and, if any thing, more intense in charac¬ 
ter than before. The abdomen, over its whole extent, to be 
fomented with large quantities of hot water; the fomentation to 
be continued for an hour at least; the abdomen to be immediately 
afterwards wiped dry, and fresh clothing and bandages applied to 
the body and extremities. Gave the following in a draught:— 
R Aloes Barb.3vj 
Sodae carbon.3ij 
Calomel . 3 ss 
Spt. nitre.3ij 
Aquae.fvj 
I attempted again to back-rake the animal, but the rectum still 
remained empty, and, what is perhaps worthy of remark, the 
bowel, on introducing the hand or in forcing it forwards, offered 
little or no resistance ; its contractile force appeared lost: this was 
the case the first time I explored its cavity; but at the time I 
paid little attention to it. On withdrawing the hand, the rectum 
for a considerable time afterwards remained partially open. I next 
