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P. M.—Animal looks bright ; respiration easy ; has drank several 
pailsfull of gruel through the day, and tried to eat a little grass, but 
jaws are too stiff ; temperature, 101E Morning of 26th.—Swelling 
subsides around the face, and has eaten a little crushed oats and grass ; 
skin at the back of carpal and in front of tarsal region cracking, and a 
sanguinous fluid escaping; also large discharge from sheath ; requested 
parts to be bathed with a sol. carbolic and oil after hot water bathing. 
Tube to be removed and cleansed twice a day, and annointed with sol. 
carbolic acid and water before insertion. Two grains strychnia every 
four hours, and same local measures. A slight swelling around tube, 
but hot water bathing holding it in check. P. M. 27th.—General ap¬ 
pearance good ; swelling around face almost gone ; around legs and 
sheath becoming smaller; breathes pretty well through nostrils; slight 
hemorrhage from nostrils and urine bloody, and stools, first hard and 
dark and then soft; has had slight colicy pains. Gave tinct. opii, oz. i, 
acidi. sulph. dil., drs. ii. in oil, and to be repeated, if necessary, every 
two hours until easy. A fatal diarrhoea, when the swellings disappear 
rapidly, has proved destructive in many a patient with me, and such is 
the history of Purpura Haemorragica gleaned from medical works 
Requested animal to receive during day three balls, containing in each 
strychnia £«., ferri. sulph. dr. gent. 9 s. During the day has eaten several 
small feeds of oats—in all four quarts—some grass and hay; also eaten and 
lay down for the first time, and arose without help. Temperature, 101i. 
From this day, until the 3d of May, nothing of note occurred. Swell¬ 
ing rapidly disappeared. Some few -bed sores formed on the exposed 
angles, which were treated by having hot and then cold water dashed 
on them, as recommended by Brown-Sequard, but proved easy to eradi¬ 
cate. On the morning of the third I removed the tube, and brought the 
edges, after scraping them, together by the deep, as well as superficial 
sutures. Feeling satisfied with the action of strychnia I had patient 
placed under sol. arsenicum, Fowler’s, grains 5 in day, and given sun¬ 
shine baths. Removed sutures in seven or eight days, and the granula¬ 
tions touched with nitrate silver a few times. On May 16th, discharged, 
looking very fine, particularly about the face and legs. 
I remain, respectfully yours, 
R. W. Finlay, V. S., 
