THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXII, 
No. 259. 
JULY 1849. 
Third Series, 
No. 19. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATHOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF 
VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
By W. HAYCOCK, Veterinary Surgeon, 
(Member of the Veterinary College, Edinburgh) 
King-street , Huddersfield. 
Sixth Contribution. 
Rheumatism, Pleuritis, 8$c. 
Case I. 
Dec. 3 d, 1846.—Was requested about four o’clock P M., to at¬ 
tend upon a horse the property of Mr. J. Scott, coach proprietor 
in this town. 
History, S;c. —The animal is of a grey colour, stands fifteen 
hands three inches high, is three parts bred, and six years of age; 
he is of a spare conformation, long in the extremities, small in the 
body, flat in the ribs, and large in the head: he is a bad feeder 
and a bad thriver; has been in the possession of Mr. Scott about a 
year, during which period he has suffered thrice from the effects of 
colic; he has also on several occasions been affected with cough: 
his business is that of a leader in a stage coach, to run six miles 
and a halt' out and six and a half in for five days a week. About 
a week ago this said horse was attacked with the (then) prevailing 
epizootic, from which he is now rapidly recovering. Within the 
last ten or fifteen minutes the man in attendance fed the animal 
pretty liberally with hay, and in a few minutes after he had begun 
to eat he was heard to cough, and commence struggling violently, 
and to breathe with great difficulty; when my attendance was 
immediately requested. 
Present Symptoms. —Pulse 48 per minute, and respirations 
16 ditto; the eye has a wild appearance; the extremities are of 
a normal temperature; thick ropy saliva issues in profusion from 
the mouth; a rale is present in the trachea, so loud that it can be 
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