PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 
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Eight o'clock, P.M. — Much the same in every respect as in the 
morning. Medicine not yet operated. Can eat mashes and drink 
gruel freely. Repeat draught, &c. 
1th .—Eats his mash and drinks his gruel with zest. Pulse 44, 
respirations 12 per minute; lameness in the hind limb remains 
much the same; the hock joint is slightly swollen, and it is a little 
tender when pressed upon. I removed the tube from the trachea, 
and placed my hand over the opening, when I found the horse 
could breathe with ease without it. The medicine has not yet 
operated. He seems lively, and yet I do not altogether like his 
appearance: the muscles of the body have a tightened character, 
and, when I move him round in the stall, I can detect a feeble 
grunt. To have additional clothing placed over him, and gently 
exercised in the yard for about half an hour. Afterwards repeat 
the draught, to which add aloes 3H- 
Eight o'clock, P.M. —All at once the animal began to breathe 
quicker, and hold up the near fore leg; respirations are now at 15 
and pulse at 50 per minute; he breathes through the nostrils, and 
the saliva has ceased to run from the mouth since yesterday. The 
cramped state of the abdominal muscles has increased in that 
respect since morning; respiratory murmur clear through both 
sides of the chest. Medicine not yet purged. Abstracted five 
quarts of blood from the jugular. Gave the following in 
drench:— 
a 
R Aloes Barb. 3 ’iv 
Sodae carbonas......3ij 
Potass, nitratis.3ij 
Spts. nitre.^ij 
Aquae.Jvj 
8 tli. — Pulse 46 and respirations 10 per minute. The fore 
limb is more painful than it was last night; the pain in the near 
hind limb is also increased in intensity ; the front of the knee of the 
fore limb is swollen; the same again along the course of the back 
tendons and in front of the fetlock joint; the abdominal muscles 
are relaxed in some degree. Gave the following :— 
R Potass, nitratis . 3ij 
Pulvis camphorae . 3 ] 
Pulvis colchii .3ij 
Spts. nitre.Jj 
Aquae. .^vj 
Eight o'clock, P.M. —Pulse and respirations the same as in the 
morning; pain in the hind limb less acute; in the fore leg it is 
more severe, and he is very averse to having it touched, however 
lightly the hand is laid upon it. Dung pultaceous. Drinks mode¬ 
rately freely of water, and has eaten a small portion of boiled oats. 
