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position and passed about a teacupfull of urine. I discovered the 
indications for treatment to consist of the administration of diffusi¬ 
ble stimulants and opiates, and I gave alcohol 3 ii, tinct opii 5 b 
in a pint of water, and repeated it at intervals of an half hour 
until five o’clock. Woolens wrung out in hot water were applied 
over the lumbar region, and the application renewed every twenty 
minutes. 
Four 0 clock .—The respiration remained about the same, except 
at intervals, when the noise would cease, during which he seemed 
easier. He had no pulse ; all the other symptoms about the same. 
At times his head and ears were quite erect, at others depressed, 
with his nose almost touching the floor. The inclination to uri¬ 
nate attracted my attention as a prominent symptom, but I 
thought then as now, that he endeavored to urinate simply from 
excitement. He had not laid down but had made several attempts, 
going down on his knees and after remaining in that position for 
half a minute or so, rising again. 
Five o’clock .—He laid down carefully and remained with his 
legs all under him, making no attempt to roll or stretch out for a 
period of about 15 minutes. When he arose, lie got up behind 
first, like a cow. He was apparently somewhat affected by the 
opium, but remained pulseless and cold as before. There was less 
excitability, but no weakness. Again at 5J- o’clock he laid down 
carefully as before, stretched his forward legs out in front of him, 
got partly up on his haunches, and then lowered himself down 
again, making a heaving motion, as if to vomit. This he repeated 
several times, but did not vomit; neither at any time was there 
any eructation of gas. 1 had not been in a hurry about making 
a diagnosis, because in many respects it looked to me to be a very 
unusual case. At first I feared some trouble with the heart, the 
exact nature of which I could not discover. Later I suspected 
ruptured stomach, and made this diagnosis more positively than I 
had the other. From the first it was easy to see that his was a 
hopeless case, but the vitality exhibited by the animal was 
unusual in my experience. 
I had predicted his death to occur by 6 o’clock, but he lived 
until 7:30 ; then he fell down on the right side, turned his head 
