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diagnosis of post pharyngeal abscess, with a good prognosis. 
Temperature now ioof°, pulse 42, respiration 14 and eating 
three pints of oats besides oatmeal, gruel and also grass and 
apples. But yet the head was held stiff as in poll evil, and if 
we attempted to move the head it gave her great pain. This 
condition lasted without change until the 21st, when in the 
night she commenced with a violent hemorrhage, bleeding 
fully six quarts. When I arrived it had nearly stopped, but 
was ffowing from nostrils and mouth, the mouth champing. 
The discharge was without cough and did not discommode 
her, as she would offer to eat while bleeding. The blood was 
pure blood and without foam; gave her ext. ergot, when the 
hemorrhage stopped. In about one hour she commenced 
coughing and sneezing, when the hemorrhage again com¬ 
menced. We admistered morphia and canabis ind., followed 
by ext. ergot ff. 3 iii every twenty minutes until she took 
§iii, when we had no more hemorrhage. Next morning 
gave her whiskey, milk and eggs, also tr. bellad., cinchonas 
sulp. and spt. mts. dulc. The next morning, 22d, Dr. Raynor 
again saw her, when he approved of my treatment. The 
temperature now rose to 103°, respiration remained 15, pulse 
90, and weak but regular. The prognosis was now grave, 
as the mare refused to take any nourishment. On the 23d 
she began to take gruel, but had much difficulty in swallow¬ 
ing it. Temperature rose to 104°, respiration normal, pulse 
84, weak. On the 24th Dr. Raynor again saw her. He 
thought it best to swab her throat out with a solution of ferri 
sulph., which was done. Temperature 103°, pulse 80, respira¬ 
tion 14. On the 25th temperature I02|° in vagina, respiration 
18, pulse 90; not eating; eye looks dull; countenance hag¬ 
gard ; nose straight out; head in corner ; legs cold ; rectum 
patulous ; examined lungs ; did not feel sure as to their con¬ 
dition ; also thought I had trouble in guttural pouch, and 
wanted to perform hyovertebrotomy but wished advice. Sent 
for Dr. Zuill, who found a small patch of pneumonia in 
right lung, and did not think there was anything wrong with 
the guttural pouchs, so did not approve of operation. Ap¬ 
plied blister to right side of chest. The left lung seemed all 
