On hysteria in the mare, with illustrative cases / by W. Haycock.

  • Haycock, William.
Date:
1854
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Credit: On hysteria in the mare, with illustrative cases / by W. Haycock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    She again perspires, but not profusely so ; the harduess of the muscles remains the same; it is the most severe upon the right quarter. Occasionally she is uneasy ; and at seven o'clock she made two or three attempts to rise upon her feet, but was unable to do so. The hind limbs, from the joints of the hock to the feet, are very cold. Upon the whole the animal is very patient; the skin, where the perspiration is present, is very hot. To have Aconite 5/o, in aquae J ij ; to be repeated every hour until a change is deemed necessary. 11 o'clock, p.m.—Mare remains lying ; pulse GO, and respira- tions still variable, but not so much so as they were. Matters, I think, are slowly improving. The Aconite has been given every hour, in the quantity specified. She is again a little uneasy; and thinking she might be better upon her feet if able to stand, I placed a number of men to lift at her fore and hind quarters; and, with hard work and a little management, she was got up. The gluteal muscles remain much as they were, but the skin generally is much cooler. I set three or four men to hand-rub her briskly. She parted with a quantity of urine, resembling barrel grounds, or not unlike a mixture consisting of porter and yeast. Specific gravity of urine, 1-39; and, on applying the usual tests, I found it to contain a large amount of albumen. To have Belladonna 5/i, in aquae ^ ij ; also Aconite 5/i, in aquae | ij ; to be given alternately every two hours. To have also a change of clothing, and a quantity of fresh straw. 27th, 3 o'clock, a.m.—She is very greatly improved ; she walks about the box; the muscles of the hind quarters are relaxing of their hardness: she is becoming lively, and she seems desirous of food. A mash was gjycn to her, which she partook of with great relish. She has just dunged for the first time since she became ill. She has also urinated another large quantity of the brown coloured urine.* * Further particulars respecting the urine.—The first specimen of urine, or that which was caught at 11 o'clock on the night of the 26th, was of the colour of cocoa, or perhaps a shade darker; its specific gravity was 1.39. I poured 4 ounces of it into a glass measure; and after allowing it to stand for 9 hours, I found it much the same as when I left it—the fluid was so thick and gummy as to prevent any precipitation from taking place. I added it to