The management and treatment of the horse in the stable, field, and ...

In the Stable, Field, and on the Road, 135
as they thought, vomit ; in consequence, I saw her at
eleven p.m., and no particular decided symptoms were
manifested; the pulse was 48 and soft, there was slight
tympanitis, the breathing was slightly accelerated, and
the temperature was normal. At intervals it was
seized with a peculiar spasmodic action of the throat,
as of difficulty of swallowing, and the eructations
occurring at intervals of fifteen minutes, and continuing
a few minutes, increasing in severity each time, until
the third occurrence, when a quantity— probably half-a-
pint of sour smelling fluid, mixed with portions of
badly masticated food was discharged through the
nostrils. This was followed by a fit of violent cough-
ing, caused evidently by the passage of some fluid
into the larynx. I mentioned the probability of rup-
tured stomach to the owner ; but from the absence of
any urgent symptoms always present in cases of rupture,
I thought it possible that the emesis might have
either been induced by the nature or more probably the
quantity of food consumed by the mare while in a
hungry and exhausted condition. I administered spirit
nitre aBther two ounces, spirit ammonia aromat, one
ounce, ext. hyoscyomi one drachm, aq. menthge. pip. two
ounces. This seemed slightly to allay the irritability of
the stomach, but the coughing and spasms continued for
some time, and about half-an-hour afterwards the mare
lay down. The spasms with occasional discharge of watery
fluid through the nostrils continuing, she lay quietly on
her left side for an hour, when she got up, seemed easier,
and drank water. The pulse was GO and full. I then
gave tinct. opii. two ounces in linseed gruel, and some oil-