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in dancing a hornpipe. Did not recollect how he got home, but 
was quite sure he was there ; has some faint recollection prior to 
the accident of the mare going rather fast; feels certain that he 
did not set her off, and that blame cannot be fixed upon him ; and 
wonders greatly how it was that he failed to see the toll bar before 
running into it. 
Present state .—The mare is standing in the stall with her head 
and neck to all appearance in a very rigid state. Her neck, when 
the animal is in a state of health, is somewhat arched; now it is 
the reverse in form, and resembles that of a camel: from the poll 
to the withers it is deeply forced inwards, from which position the 
head is necessarily elevated, and she appears as though her atten¬ 
tion was intently fixed upon something in connexion with the 
ceiling ; the pupils of the eyes are greatly dilated, and the eyes 
are totally insensible to the glare of a lighted candle. Across the 
forehead, above the middle portion of the frontal bones, and about 
a quarter of an inch in depth, is a depression, which is caused by 
the solid structures being forced inwards. I cannot, however, 
detect a fracture, neither is the abrasion of skin considerable : two 
or three places, each of the size of a sixpence, are all I can discover 
denuded of hair, beyond which nothing more is to be observed. 
The pulse beats at 64 per minute, and the respirations are 17 per 
minute; the extremities are cold, and the skin is covered with a 
clammy sweat. 
Treatment , fyc. —The mare to be wisped completely dry; the 
extremities to be bandaged, and the body warmly clothed. Had 
the head and neck fomented with hot water; gave an anodyne 
draught, administered an injection, and left her for the night. 
13/A, 7 o'clock , A. M. —The pony is standing exactly where she 
was left last night; the head is elevated in the same fixed manner, 
and the eyes remain insensible to light. She has not parted with 
any dung or urine. Pulse 72, and respirations 18 per minute ; 
ears and extremities warm, and surface of the body dry. I ab¬ 
stracted blood to the amount of eight pounds, repeated the injec¬ 
tion, and cleared out the rectum. Gave the following in a draught: 
R Aloes Barb. 3 vij 
Antim. tart. 3iss 
Spt. nitre . Jj 
Aquae . "|vj; 
also applied a blister to the poll and on each side of the neck at 
its superior part; the course of the spine was also strongly 
stimulated with a powerful liniment. 
Eight o'clock, P.M. — During the day the animal has moved 
about a little; she has also eaten a small portion of bran, and par¬ 
taken twice of water: pulse 70; respirations 16 per minute: blis- 
