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bleeding; I let the blood flow from a wide orifice until the pulse 
began to falter, and lose its hard beating action : also gave a 
draught, administered an injection, and had the hind limb fomented 
with warm water, and afterwards lightly bandaged. 
Eleven o'clock, A.M. —Every bad symptom appears to have 
gone; the breathing is very tranquil, and pulse 56, round and 
soft; the surface of the body is dry. The dung is pultaceous, and 
the animal has a lively cheerful look. He continued better 
throughout the day, but towards night he was a little more feverish. 
Ylth. Eight o'clock, A.M. —Better in every respect; physic is 
purging very gently; pulse 49, and respirations 15 per minute : 
extremities warm, and free from pain ; appetite not good : to have 
a few boiled oats to eat, and some gruel to drink; draught 
repeated. 
13 th. Eight o'clock, A.M. —Pulse 46, round and regular; respi¬ 
rations 15 per minute; looks cheerful ; has lain down during the 
night; medicine continues to purge gently. Continue the boiled 
corn ; hand-rub extremities, and repeat draught. 
1 5th. —Is wonderfully improved in spirits and appetite; pulse 40 
and respirations 10 per minute ; the animal to have walking exer¬ 
cise, and the extremities to be well hand-rubbed. 
17 th. —Pulse normal; appetite and spirits good; respiration a 
little hurried, which I think arises from the soreness caused by the 
blister. Continue the walking exercise, and feed in a regular way, 
only less in quantity. Cured, with the exception of the effects 
upon the side arising from the blister. 
State of the Blood. —The blood, on both occasions, was caught 
in a deep narrow vessel; the first time the horse was bled the 
current throughout was very dark, and its flow was free; but after 
it had stood in the vessel about two hours 1 examined it carefully, 
and the vessel contained but a very small amount of serum ; the 
clot was uncommonly firm—it admitted of being rolled about without 
any portion of the mass separating from the rest; the entire mass 
weighed 10 pounds; it was cupped on the surface; eight inches 
of its depth consisted entirely of fibrin, at the bottom of which was 
a fine layer of corpuscles, exactly three inches in depth ; the fibrin 
did not pass gradually into the dark coagulum ; on the contrary, the 
transition was sudden and clearly marked. On the second occa¬ 
sion I abstracted more in quantity from the animal; its weight, 
however, I did not ascertain : the coagulum was not so firm, nor 
the fibrin so abundant; the layer of fibrin measured five inches 
and a half in depth ; the rest was corpuscles ; the transition from 
one to the other was gradual, and the serum was rather more 
abundant. 
Remarks. —In Case I of the present Contribution, the animal 
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