A DOUBTFUL CASE. 
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TREATMENT. —01. lini Jij, ol. terebinth, ^j, to be given 
every other day. Legs to be kept bandaged, body clothed, and 
poultices discontinued. 
April 1 5th .—Very much improved. Pulse 40, and regular. 
He is able to stand upon his legs perpendicularly, without trem¬ 
bling, and to move about his box freely. Appetite still im¬ 
proving ; pain is evinced on pressure over the muscles behind 
the scapula. 
Liniment, as before, ordered to be occasionally applied to the 
shoulders and chest, and warmth maintained. 
The pony gained his health and the proper use of his limbs 
about six weeks after the attack, but suffered extreme loss of 
flesh. 
Case 3d.—Another case, having many of the leading cha¬ 
racteristics of rheumatism. A brown chaise mare, aged eight 
years, the property of a gentleman in this town, had had sudden 
and severe attacks of lameness in the near hind leg, and as 
suddenly recovered. 
April 5th, 1852, she had a still more severe attack whilst on 
a journey, and could only with difficulty walk home. 
The following day I was requested to attend. I found her 
standing in her box, with the near hind leg flexed, the toe 
merely resting upon the ground. There was fulness in front of 
the stifle joint, and a hard elastic tumour, about the size of a 
hen’s egg, outside the same joint, which was remarkably tender; 
also, inside the thigh was tender, and the groin was hot and 
moist. In motion there was a dragging of the limb, and the 
heels were not put to the ground by a considerable distance. 
Treatment. —To have olei lini Jiv, pulv. colchici 3iss, 
olei tereb. Jij, morning and night. Liniment, as used in the 
other cases, to be applied over the front and outside of the 
stifle joint. 
In four days the mare was free from lameness, and in a week 
resumed her usual work, which she has performed sound. 
A DOUBTFUL CASE. 
Sir,— SHOULD you deem the following case worthy of in¬ 
sertion in your valuable Journal, it is at your service. I should 
be happy to receive the benefit of your experience upon the ob¬ 
servations I have affixed to this account. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
A Veterinary Student. 
