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of t!:e city, I could not be found, and he returned home to find 
the animal dead. The duration of this case was about twelve 
hours. 
(Residing on an island, about five miles from Charleston, I 
usually go over to the city about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, re¬ 
turning the following morning at about 9 o’clock, leaving my fa¬ 
ther to attend to any cases that may occur during my absence.)— 
Last evening, my father was requested to see a case with this his¬ 
tory : 
3. The patient was a mare. She was in our shoeing shop yes¬ 
terday morning, and seemed quite well, but during the afternoon, 
(having been driven steadily through the day,) she appeared to 
become weak in her hind quarters, and before her owner could 
get her home, she gave out entirely, and upon arriving at the sta¬ 
ble, fell down without the power to regain her feet. She perspir¬ 
ed profusely. On my arrival in the city this morning, I went to 
see her immediately. I found her down, on her right side. She 
still perspired freely ; the surface of the body was hot; the pulse 
strong and quick; she moved her head and her legs with much 
strength and frequency ; the tongue hung from the partly-opened 
mouth, from apparent inability to control the parts ; the power 
of deglutition seemed entirely lost—my father stating that on ad¬ 
ministering a stimulating ball, she was unable to swallow it, and 
it remained in the oesophagus. She died in about a half-hour af 
ter my seeing her, and in from fifteen to seventeen hours from the 
commencement of the attack. 
4. Pony, driven to baker’s cart, came on Saturday last, owner 
saying that pony was not well, and had gone through his work 
very lazily that morning. I administered a stimulating ball, and 
sent him home. When my father called to see him that night he 
had considerable difficulty in swallowing liquids, and could not be 
made to swallow a bolus given him. On Sunday I found him 
quiet, but lying down a great deal at full length—temperature 
101. I had ice put on his head, and prescribed tine, aconite and 
belladonna, in small doses on the tongue, every hour. He died 
about forty-eight hours after the commencement of the attack. 
After seeing this case I was inclined to attribute the trouble to 
