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pulse was intermittent, and 70 in the minute. By ausculta¬ 
tion, I found the lungs extensively diseased; the breathing 
was quick and short, and accompanied with considerable 
foetor; the head was perfectly pendulous, and the animal was 
unable to raise it; a hard and painful cough was also present; 
the mucous tissues were of a dark purple aspect, the sub¬ 
maxillary glands hard and tumefied ; a rale likewise existed 
throughout the entire length of the trachea, the urine was high- 
coloured and scanty, and the extremities cold. He has eaten 
nothing since the 11th instant, but drinks gruel and hay tea. 
Prognosis. —Unfavorable. 
Treatment .—Apply the Ol. Mylabris Cichorii freely to the 
throat, neck, and sides ; give Ammon. Carb., Potassse Nitras 
et Pulv. Gentianae in bol.; stimulate the extremities well, 
clothe the body, and allow linseed tea and gruel ad libitum. 
February l6th, 9 a.m.—The aged animal is relieved, and 
eats a small quantity of hay. Exhibit a stimulant and as¬ 
tringent combined. Apply friction to the extremities, and 
bandage them; continue the linseed tea, allowing a small 
quantity of oats, if he will eat them. 
The younger horse has all yesterday’s train of symptoms 
aggravated ; and the foetor of the breath is unbearable. I 
removed him to a large airy box. He has eaten nothing, and 
will not now drink; but the attendant has given him plenty 
of gruel. Believing this to be a hopeless case, I advised the 
owner to destroy him at once, but he declined doing so, and 
death terminated his sufferings at 10 p.m. 
February 17 th.—Autopsy at 10 a.m.. The contents of 
the abdomen were normal in every respect. On opening the 
thorax, about a quart of sanguineous fluid escaped; the lungs 
were in a gangrenous condition, and abscesses measuring 
nearly an inch in diameter, and containing grumous foetid pus, 
existed in their structure; the bronchi and trachea were 
nearly filled throughout their entire length with a dark-red 
frothy mucus, just sufficient space being left free to pass a 
probe down; the lining membrane was of a dirty purple hue, 
as was also that of the larynx and nares. 
The only history of the case I was able to glean is, that the 
horse, fifteen months ago, was purchased for thirty pounds 
from a farmer, who bred him. Since he came into Mr.Ward’s 
possession he had been liberally fed, and used daily through 
all kinds of weather, and he had never been off his feed or ill 
during all the time ; the wagoner had not even noticed him 
cough or appear dull until the evening of the 11th, at 9 p.m., 
when he went to feed the horses as usual, ere he left for the 
night. 
