PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE. 369 
little improved, and he moves more freely. Continue medicine, 
hand-rub the extremities, and wash the blistered surfaces. 
13^/i, 7 o'clock , A.M. —This morning he is considerably worse; 
appetite gone; stands obstinately in one position, and appears as 
though only half conscious; pulse 60 and respirations 17 per 
minute : the pulse is hard and regular; the respiratory murmur 
through the right lung is greatly subdued; the same through the 
lower half of the left lung ; the panniculus muscle over the trunk 
is thrown into longitudinal masses ; a short grunt is emitted during 
the act of inspiration. The opening in the trachea is nearly grown 
up, and the breathing is freely carried on through the nostrils. 
Abstract six pounds of blood from the neck, and give the following 
in a drench :— 
Ammonia sesquicarb. 
• • 
.3U 
Pulvis colchii. 
.3ij 
Pul vis camphorse. 
.3j 
Spirits nitre. 
. 
Aquae.. 
.3 V11 J 
During the day the symptoms varied considerably from better to 
worse. The blood which I abstracted I examined after it had 
stood in the vessel about four hours ; the coagulum was very firm, 
deeply cupped upon its surface, and nearly the whole of its mass 
consisted of fibrin. 
Nine o'clock, P.M. —To-night the animal is again much worse; 
the muscles of the abdomen and neck are severely cramped, and 
the joints of the left fore and hind limbs are so exceeding painful, 
that it is dangerous in some degree to touch them . he attempts to 
bite, and dash himself upon any one going towards him for such a 
purpose : the pulse is 84 and respirations 32 per minute ; the action 
of the pulse is irregular or tumultuous; he grinds his teeth, lays 
down occasionally, and appears as though suffering from colic. 
Gave a draught to allay the intestinal pains, and left with almost 
a certain conviction of finding the animal dead in the morning. 
1 5ih. —Has continued to grow weaker since last night; pulse 89, 
respirations 44 per minute ; the heart beats with a strange jerking 
action, at one time quick, then it suddenly stops for a period of five 
or six beats, and commences again, furious as ever: he sobs vio¬ 
lently, and perspires in patches, which is cold and clammy; he 
is greatly emaciated, and has become, in fact, the mere ghost of a 
horse. He died about 11 o’clock, A.M. 
Examination, three hours after Death. Organs of the Chest .— 
The cavity of the chest contained about three quarts of serum ; the 
pleura in connexion with the ribs, on both sides of the chest for 
about three parts of its depth, was much roughened and intensely 
congested ; the colour of the membrane varied from a faint-like 
