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When we saw the patient the next morning, the tongue was 
hanging out of the mouth ; there was a profuse salivation, 
and the animal was unable to eat. The appearance of the 
mouth showed that the horse had chewed the chloral. The 
gums around the molar teeth, the mucous membrane of the 
cheeks and tongue, especially on the left side, as well as the 
gum around the lower incisors, were horribly burned, the 
epithelium was sloughing off by large patches, and the mouth, 
lips, and cheeks were very much swollen. His temperature 
was up to 1045°. A sling was advised for the tongue, to be 
placed in the mouth, and cold, astringent gargles of honey, 
vinegar and water to be applied as often as possible. 
This was continued for a day or two, when the man in 
charge removed the sling and allowed the tongue to hang 
ou£, as he said, to let the horse put his tongue in the cold 
water. This was bad practise, as the horse held his tongue 
always between his incisors, biting it, and cutting off the circu¬ 
lation to an extent which endangered the sloughing of the 
anterior portion of the organ. The slings were immediately 
re-applied and the patient ordered to the hospital, where he 
entered the same day, April 22. The horse then had a tem¬ 
perature of ioi°, the mouth and tongue were very much 
swollen, and very raw, the gums being extensively ulcerated 
at the base of the incisors and molars; and a very fcetid odor 
and profuse, thick , repidsive discharge of saliva escaped from 
the mouth. The horse was totally unable to eat anything, 
whether soft or even liquid food. The mouth was then gar¬ 
gled with a three per cent, solution of creolin, and swabbed 
thoroughly with a ten per cent, solution of peroxide of hydro¬ 
gen. On the 23d there was no change, the fcetid odor being 
still very much marked, and the mouth so sore on the left 
side that the patient would not allow it to be touched. The 
mouth was syringed again with creolin, when large pieces of 
sloughing membrane came away. The buccal cavity was 
then sprayed with a thirty per cent, solution of peroxide, re¬ 
newed three times a day. For the first time the animal par¬ 
took, though with great difficulty, of some green grass. 
On the 24th the temperature was normal; the smell of the 
mouth had greatly subsided ; the wounds of the mouth looked 
