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and appears bright-eyed as a horse starving to 

 death. 



About the third or fourth day, the mucous 

 membrane lining the mouth is the seat of ulcers, 

 varying in size from a pea to the circumference 

 of a quarter; they have irregular and ragged 

 edges and stubbornly resist ordinary treatment. 

 They emit a very foul odor and slowly increase 

 in size. They are most marked around the mar- 

 gin of the gums and on the sides of the tongue. 



Later edematous swellings appear in the extre- 

 mities and abdomen. Death results, apparently 

 from cachexia, in ten days to two weeks, when the 

 horse gets down and remains in the recumbent 

 state for a day or two before the end. 



In one case we saw the ulcerations involve the 

 skin also. 



At first these cases gave us much worry, but 

 we found later that we could handle them satis- 

 factorily with large doses of oil of eucalyptus. 

 The ulcerative stomatitis was treated locally, 

 with Friars' balsam. 



The first few doses of eucalyptus were given 

 with a full dose of opium, until the scours were 

 improved. The usual treatments for scours were 

 of no avail in this disease. 



Convalesence is very tardy following an attack 

 of lupinosis; the horse is slow to regain his 

 former vigor and powers of endurance. In some 

 cases a persistent polyuria supervenes, which 

 resists all treatment. 



The only time I ever got an abscess from a 

 subcutaneous injection was in a case of this kind. 



