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supplied with milk. In addition to this he was allowed oats, corn, or a 
little of any nutritious food that he would eat. The swollen parts were 
fomented with warm water, and then dressed with a lotion of car¬ 
bolic acid. The medicines used internally were whisky, belladonna, 
iron sulphate, nux vomica, and ginger. The whisky was given in his 
milk, and the belladonna in a syrup thrown on his tongue. These were 
given during the period when the vital powers were most prostrated. 
The iron, nux vomica and ginger when convalescence was apparent. 
His recovery was complete about the 1st of August. 
— On the 30th day of November last, I was called to attend a valuable 
black mare, six years old, about sixteen hands high, well proportioned, 
and in a condition that showed her system had been well nourished, 
possessing an abundance of both fatty and muscular tissue, an animal 
that had been converted from a pacer to a trotter, and capable of trot¬ 
ting a mile in .less than 2.40, the property of S. G. Curtice, Esq., of this 
city. 
In reply to inquiries, I was informed that she had never h id strangles, 
nor had shebeen a victim of the epizootic influenza in 1872, although she 
had been permitted to run in a field with other horses that were affected 
with it at that time. She had not been used prior to this sickness from 
February, 1876, until within four days previous to this attack. She had 
been allowed this period of idleness in consequence of a curb she had 
thrown out. She appeared well and lively the first and second time she 
was driven, but on harnessing her the third time, an abrasion of the 
skin and a swelling at the base of the tail (caused by the crupper,) was 
discovered. Swelling and inflammation rapidly increased until the day 
1 was called, when I found diffuse inflammation and suppuration of the 
tail, extending throughout its entire length. I made a number of open¬ 
ings from which pus freely escaped. There was also much swelling and 
tenderness along side of and over the region of the sacrum at this time. 
Her pulse was 62 per minute, soft and compressible—appeared much 
depressed. Next day I was informed that she showed some difficulty 
in swallowing either food or water. On examination I attributed this 
to a want of power in the muscles of deglutition, the result of the gen¬ 
erally depressed condition of her system, as I found no swelling of any 
kind about the submaxillary region, nor any evidence of pharyngitis or 
laryngitis. In a few days pus had formed and collected over the region 
of the sacrum, which was also provided with an opening. She now 
showed great prostration, and could scarcely move without danger of 
falling. I placed her in slings, and ordered a liberal allowance of milk 
