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suppository of solid extract of belladonna 3 ii. The straining 
stopped in about three quarters of an hour. I then gave oleum 
lini 3 iv., and the solution of soda every eight hours. The mare 
was fed with grass and cooked oats. 
July 27th.—Pulse, 60 ; respiration, 48 ; temperature, 104:. The 
general appearance of the animal is much improved; the urine 
quite light in color and not so thick; the faeces are soft. I dis¬ 
continued the soda and gave alcoholic stimulants. 
July 28th.—Pulse, 48 ; respiration, 36 ; temperature, 102 1-5. 
The visible mucous membranes are of a lighter color. She stands 
without slings. Same treatment. 
July 29th.—Pulse, 48; respiration, 36 ; temperature, 101 3-5. 
The mare passes about a pint of urine, light in color, every two 
hours ; faeces nearly normal. 
July 31st, received telegram mare worse. I found her with a 
pulse of 72 ; respiration, 50 ; temperature, 105 2-5. Contrary to 
direction, the mare had been fed hay and raw oats, and had re¬ 
ceived some medicine from her owner. She was straining, and 
voiding bloody and turbid urine. The fasces were very dry and 
hard, and covered with a bloody slime. There seemed to be a gen¬ 
eral loss of strength, and in my perplexity I tried the effect of 
spirits turpentine 3 i. every three hours in oil 3 iv., with another 
suppository, and left the mare, expecting to make a post-mortem 
on the morrow. 
August 1 .—Pulse, 60; respiration, 40 ; temperature, 103. The 
straining gradually diminished after my departure and was suc¬ 
ceeded by a profuse perspiration, which dried off about midnight* 
At 2 a. m. the mare drank half a bucket of gruel, and in the 
morning ate a few boiled oats. The urine is quite thick and 
streaked with a yellow pus ; the fascis are hard and covered with 
a yellow slime. I prescribed fluid ext. ergot 3 iv every six 
hours with a stimulant boll. ammo, carb, 3 ii, gum camph. 3 i, 
pulv. barb, allces 3 b pulv. gentin 3 i, one every eight hours. 
August 2 .— Pulse stronger, 50 ; respiration, 32 ; temperature, 
102 ; urine quite clear; faeces soft. The body of the mare feels 
greasy; over each eye and external angles of the ilium abscesses 
are formed from which two to four ounces of foetid pus escaped 
when opened. 
