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DOUBLE METASTASIS. 
plied a strong mustard embrocation to the sides, and excited the 
circulation in the extremities by constant hand-rubbing, bandaging, 
&c.; but finding the disease to be rapidly gaining ground, I re¬ 
solved, much against my inclination, to bleed. I abstracted four 
quarts of blood, and on looking at the blood as it stood in the ves¬ 
sel, I was particularly struck by the surface shewing a deep blue 
or purple colour; and, thinking light or shade had something to do 
with it, I removed the vessel into the box ; but there the pecu¬ 
liarity was, if any thing, more conspicuously shewn. I then had 
the pin again taken out, and after allowing a few ounces of blood 
to escape, I caught a tumblerful, which afforded me a good oppor¬ 
tunity of observing its colour. The serum and coagulable lymph 
assumed a dark nankeen colour, the lower part gradually changing 
towards a blue; and from the time of its separation from the cras- 
samentum, the mass from a light blue gradually deepened to a 
most beautiful purple, ending, at last, in the most perfect black I 
think I ever saw blood exhibit. 
26th, 9 A.M. —The animal appears easier; though still breath¬ 
ing quickly, with pulse 80, but small and wiry. Repeated the 
embrocation to the chest. Bowels are quite relieved. Gruel 
given ad libitum, and the horse tempted with a little mash. In 
the evening the horse began to shift his feet and shew evident 
pain, with a perceptible heat over the crust and round the coronets. 
His shoes were removed, his feet well fomented, and at night 
both feet were placed in large warm poultices. Febrifuge medicine, 
consisting of tartarized antimony, resin, and nitre, was given twice 
during the day. At night, the pulse being wiry, I again bled from 
the neck to the extent of four quarts : the blood presented exactly 
the same peculiarities as before noted. 
21th .—This morning the pain in the feet is extreme; the animal 
is continually lying down and groaning. So great is the pain, that 
he is sweating and blowing from it: when he rises from the ground, 
he is afraid to bear his weight upon his feet. I now bled largely 
from the toe of each fore foot: the blood was still of the same cha¬ 
racter as before. After bleeding, the feet were enveloped in large 
warm poultices, and the poultices kept continually hot. 
28th, 9 A.M. —The animal in great pain in his feet, and is con¬ 
stantly lying down. Poulticing continued, and febrifuge medicine 
during the day. 
At 4 P. M. I was surprised to see what I at first took to be a 
sudden amendment; for the animal was standing up and moving 
about totally different to what he had done in the morning : a more 
close watching, however, convinced me that it was a kind of care¬ 
less walk, as though moving without knowing where he was going. 
On examining the eyes, I found that they exhibited evidence of 
