708 IRREGULAR STANGLES-PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA. 
the lips were also swollen, and bright scarlet patches of 
petechial spots existed over the nasal membrane ; the skin of 
all four heels had sloughed, and she had become a loathsome 
object to look upon or to handle. One morning Mr. Irwin 
came into town, and called to tell me that he had left men 
digging a grave for her, as he would shoot her on his return. 
I begged a reprieve for her for a few days longer, to try the 
effect of different treatment, and to this Mr. Irwin assented. 
1 then sent out some doses of Hyd. Potassae to be given her, 
continuing the tonic and diuretic medicines as before; and I 
must say that the result appeared almost magical, so speedily 
did she recover. She was afterwards sold, and worked in 
the Coleraine mail for some time, when I lost sight of her. 
Case 2 .—A brown mare, aged, the property of Mr. 
Stevenson, merchant, of this town, was under treatment in 
September last for influenza, for which her throat was blis¬ 
tered, and such medicine given as the case required. The 
case progressed very satisfactorily until the night of the 
2nd of October, when I was sent for to her, as a number of 
large, soft, diffused swellings, had made their appearance on 
several parts of her body, head, and thighs. She was dull, 
pulse feeble, and a number of petechial spots existed on the 
nasal membrane. I gave a mild aperient, and, after its opera¬ 
tion, directed Hyd. Potassae in solution, and a tonic diuretic 
ball to be given, the former in the morning, the latter in the 
evening, occasionally combining with the latter a small por¬ 
tion of purgative mass. The swellings would suddenly dis¬ 
appear, and as suddenly reappear in other places. Suffice to 
say that this treatment was continued till the 26th of October, 
when the animal was struck off the sick list, and soon got 
into splendid condition. 
Case 3.—The subject of this case was a bay cart-horse, 
aged, the property of Mr. Robert Burns, of Ballynakelly. 
The animal had influenza, as in the case of No. 2, when 
suddenly large patches of swelling appeared in a number of 
places over his body, breast, and legs, out of which oozed a 
quantit} r of serum; the nasal membrane was also covered 
with petechial spots, as in the former case. The same treat¬ 
ment was adopted in this instance as the others, and with 
the same result. 
