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TREATMENT. —The horse had been bled previously to my 
arrival; but as no abatement of the disease had taken place, 
I judged it requisite to repeat the operation, and again let the 
vital fluid flow until syncope was about to take place. After 
arresting the flow of blood the horse appeared very sick indeed, 
and I considered myself in error for having allowed so much 
blood to be lost. But in a short time he rallied, and appeared 
quite relieved. After this I administered a fever ball, combined 
with a little laxative medicine, his bowels not having responded 
to the oil. I next blistered his sides extensively, considering 
it preferable to rowels or setons, although the owner wished 
them to be had recourse to. I told him, however, if I was to 
treat the horse—and he must excuse me for saying so—I wished 
to, and must , have my own way of doing so. Next, I had his 
legs well bandaged with flannel, also an additional covering 
thrown over him, with other little doings of minor importance. 
The laxative fever medicine was repeated every eight hours, 
along with injections, and his legs well hand-rubbed, such things 
being offered him to eat as we deemed most proper. But as to 
eating, he persisted in refusing every thing. In this manner he 
was treated until the evening of the 26th. I may here remark, 
that up to this time T had been in constant attendance. Visiting 
him, as T did, very often, his symptoms were found to change 
so much from better to worse, and vice versa , that I scarcelv 
could anticipate, when I next paid him a visit, how I should 
find him. But on the evening of this date I thought him im¬ 
proving. The blisters were acting well, and the bowels slightly 
responding to the medicine. So I left for home, business com¬ 
pelling me so to do. 
27^4.—This morning I was hastily summoned again, in con¬ 
sequence of the horse having got worse during the night. When 
I arrived, I found him breathing laboriously, and at times cough¬ 
ing ; his ears and legs cold ; mucous membranes red or orange 
red (indeed, these all along had remained so) ; mouth hot and 
dry; pulse quick; and no evacuation per anum. Beholding 
him in this state, I thought it was nowall up. I again resorted 
to the lancet; took blood until the pulse warned me to desist; 
gave a laxative, and fever draught; threw up an injection ; and 
waited to see the result. In the space of fifteen or twenty 
minutes the quickening of the pulse had materially quieted 
down; the respirations had become slower; mouth cooler; with 
a copious flow of excrement along with the injection : also, the 
visible mucous membranes were much paler, this being the first 
time bleeding had made any impression upon them. I may like¬ 
wise here remark, that at the different times blood was abstracted, 
