PY2EMIA IN THE HORSE. 
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the pectoralis magnus and panniculus carnosus, the latter 
more particularly ; the visible mucous membranes had as¬ 
sumed a semi-leaden and yellow hue, and the Schneiderian 
membrane was of the same colour, the saliva very tenacious, 
the breath fetid and much below its normal temperature, the 
surface of body very sore, more especially over the region 
of the submaxillary space, shoulders, knee-joints, and hind 
quarters showing a disposition to tumefaction, the pulse 
intermittent and almost imperceptible, and he had not voided 
any faeces nor urinated since the day previous. On my 
inquiring into the history of the case, I was informed by 
the first coachman that the animal had been recently pur¬ 
chased by the prince in France, and had only been in their 
stable seven days, since which time he had refused to feed; 
a discharge from the nostrils also existed, and a cough, with 
a swelling between the fauces. The coachman, considering 
it, as he said, to be a common case of strangles, thought it 
right to give the horse a five-drachm dose of aloes, and to 
blister the throat. He informed me that it went on favorably 
for a day or two, but, to his surprise, on the following morning 
he found the animal much worse; that the swelling of the 
throat had quite disappeared, likewise the discharge from the 
nostrils had ceased ; and the animal, in fact, was showing all 
the symptoms I have described. It was from a knowledge of 
these facts, blended with the symptoms, that caused me to 
infer that I had a case of pyaemia to contend with, more 
especially when I considered the large amount of materies 
morbi which must have been carried into the circulation; 
this being sufficient to account for the symptoms related. 
Knowing that my first effort must be to try to restore the 
circulation to its normal condition, I gave the following 
draught: 
fib Spt. Ammonias co., 3J; 
Solut. Ammon. Carb., §ss; 
Decoct. Sarsse co., ^ij; 
Tinct. Calumbse, 3ij; 
Ether. Chloric., 5iij; 
Aq. Menth. Pip., q. s. Eiat haustus. 
To be repeated every five hours. 
Strict injunctions were given that the head should be 
steamed, the animal well clothed, and the legs bandaged. A 
clyster was also thrown up. 
7 a.m.—The animal is a little better, evidenced by the re¬ 
spiration being more tranquil, the circulation much more 
natural, and the extremities warmer. But the head is rather 
more swollen and pendulous \ the urine is thick and offensive ; 
