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miles. When he reached a rising part of the road, he 
attempted to cough, and as the man expressed himself, 
“ looked as if he had something in his throat, which he 
couldn't get up/” 
At length he stopped, when a violent fit of coughing 
ensued, and clots of blood were expelled, together with a large 
quantity from the mouth and nostrils in a fluid state. 
The symptoms were distressing, and the man loosed the 
animal and brought him home, w r hen a messenger was im¬ 
mediately despatched for me. 
I found the horse standing perfectly quiet, the bleeding 
having subsided; pulse thirty and weak, ears cold, legs not 
quite so, coat staring, appetite defective, bowels costive and 
alternately relaxed. In answer to inquiries I learned that 
he had not been observed to lie down for six weeks;—the 
time he had been under the care of the present attendant. 
He has been heard to cough but seldom, groans when he 
turns round, abdomen is tucked up, respiration only partially 
heard in the right lung, pain on intercostal pressure, visible 
mucous membranes pale, mouth moist and cool, great de¬ 
pression, staggering gait, and stiffness of the extremities. 
Previous to the time above named, my patient had been 
lent to a farmer conspicuous for his team of skeletons, 
under whose care the foundation of the disease in question 
was laid. 
By appropriate treatment a marked improvement was 
effected, and shortly the horse was pronounced able to do light 
work. 
I saw no more of the animal for the space of six weeks; 
during which time the owner, not having sufficient work for 
him, lent him to a brewer, by whom he was sent out in all 
kinds of weather, at all hours, and eventually sent home 
because he was not fit for work. 
I was again requested to see him, and observed the follow¬ 
ing symptoms:— 
Pulse sixty-eight, full and rather strong ; respiration acce¬ 
lerated, short and laboured; abdomen tucked up; mouth 
hot, ears and legs temperate ; conjunctival membranes pallid; 
eyes half closed; Schneiderian membrane dirty pink colour, 
with a thin nasty discharge of mucus hanging about the 
nostrils; breath extremely offensive ; bowels irregular ; con¬ 
dition low; coat staring and unthrifty ; staggering gait, and 
total loss of appetite. 
Upon auscultation the left lung was found to be pervious 
at the base and middle portion only. In the right no respi¬ 
ratory murmur was heard, but a sonorous gurgling sound, 
