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ruptured, with, however, but slight injury to the skin. Pulse 24 ; 
temperature 99°. Great dullness and general depression, and 
animal rapidly becoming semi-comatose. A prognosis of phre- 
nitis and death, although turning out to be incorrect, was per¬ 
haps justifiable. Immediate treatment consisted in the adminis¬ 
tration of diffusible stimulents. mild dose of physic, thorough 
cleansing of wounds, with extraction of all loose pieces of bone. 
In four hours the pulse rose to 32, temperature 100°. Constant 
irrigation of the whole head with hot water was then had re¬ 
course to, with experimental doses of bromide of potassium, 3ij 
every four hours. 
The following day, April 26th, and up to the seventh day, this 
course was steadily persevered in. The general effect seemed to 
be to keep the mare in a constant state of quietude. On the 
third day the temperature rose to 103°, but by the aid of two 
doses of sod. salicyl. this was at once reduced. The pulse in¬ 
variably stood at 26 to 30 during these seven days. No inflam¬ 
mation of the brain occurred and the wound assumed a healthy 
suppurating character. The swelling, however, was very great. 
On the third day large portions of the frontal, and smaller por¬ 
tions of the inferior floor of the orbit were taken away. The 
frontal sinus was thus opened at the superior extremity, which 
opening admitted the entrance of three fingers. The tempera¬ 
ture of the water used for irrigation was gradually reduced , 
until nothing but cold water was applied. After the seventh day 
the bromide was discontinued, and the pulse rose within thirty- 
six hours to 40, and temperature 100°. During the whole of the 
seven days the mare showed no inclination to drink anything, savu 
about two pints a day of cold water. No gruel of any description 
could she be induced to drink; and of course eating was out of * 
the question, on account of fracture of the jaw. She had ad¬ 
ministered to her, daily, from one to two pounds of finely chopped 
raw beef in the shape of balls. At the end of the seventh day 
she began slowly to take a little nourishment herself, in the form 
of thick oatmeal gruel, with chopped carrots; and gradually but 
surely she took different varieties of food, and in greater quanti¬ 
ties. The meat balls were discontinued gradually. Cold water 
