DISEASED LUMGS OF A HORSE, 
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compression; the breathing hurried and laborious; he refused 
his food, and grunted on being turned in the box. There 
was no discharge from the nostrils; the visible mucous mem¬ 
branes were healthy. I could perceive no difference in the 
rhoncus, but could distinctly hear the ingress and egress of 
air from the lungs. From these appearances and auscultation 
I concluded that some constitutional disturbance had taken 
place in the chest. I applied counter-irritants consisting of 
Ung. Bini. Hyd. repeatedly over the surface of the ribs, but 
with no apparent effect; febrifuges and narcotics in small 
doses were administered in the form of a draught twice a 
day until the 16th, when the pulse had fallen to 50; the 
breathing was about the same, and the conjunctiva around 
the margin of the eyelid injected. I administered stimulants 
with vegetable tonics, the appetite being much improved. 
20th.—The pulse remains the same. I thought I perceived 
indications of effusion in the chest, but none was present; 
the breathing is laborious, the appetite lost, but he drinks from 
two to three pails of gruel daily. An immoderate discharge 
of urine is present. Tonics, with astringents, were given in 
mucilage twice a day until the 26th, when the pulse was still 
60 and very small, the breathing difficult, but the diabetes 
and thirst had subsided. He now partook of from three to 
four feeds of corn, with carrots, hay and gruel, looked 
cheerful, and would approach any one on going near him. 
Gave mineral and vegetable tonics, combined, increasing 
them to strong doses. 
February 4th.—Pulse 70. The horse appears to be in 
pain, is frequently lying down and getting up; the pulsation 
increased to 100, and the buccal membrane has assumed a 
livid hue. These symptoms continued until the 9th, when 
the animal died. 
I have to remark that the symptoms during the progress of 
the disease were somewhat of a peculiar character. The 
cough was strong, but not frequent; the ears cold, and 
extremities warm, which continued throughout his illness; 
the faeces were fair in quantity, and of a natural consistence; 
the animal appeared cheerful, and would lie down in appa¬ 
rently a comfortable position; and although he appeared to 
have improved in his feeding, and was doing well until about 
the 4th, he quickly wasted away, and died quite emaciated, 
being reduced almost to a skeleton. 
I beg to subjoin the 'post-mortem examination. The lumbar 
region of the abdominal viscera was tolerably healthy; the 
intestines and various parts were pale and flabby; the peri¬ 
cardium and heart were inflamed, the latter containing a 
