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mucous membranes presenting the same yellowish purple 

 hue, as is frequently seen in bad cases of influenza; the 

 mouth hot, and the tongue and gums covered with a soapy 

 saliva; the pulse small, and almost imperceptible at the jaw> 

 beating 60 per minute; the breathing quickened, but not 

 laboured; deglutition difficult, countenance dull; thin mucous 

 discharge from nostrils; extremities rather cold; loss of appe- 

 tite; faeces dark-coloured, passed in small quantities, and 

 covered with a slimy mucus; great disinclination to move in 

 his box. 



" On the second day after entering the infirmary stables, 

 the Schneiderian membrane was studded with bright scarlet 

 spots, varying in size from a pea to a pin's head; in two or 

 three places the petechiae had apparently spread from the 

 centre to the circumference, so as to coalesce, forming ir- 

 regular patches; scarlet spots were also observable on the 

 membrane lining the lips. Some days the spots and patches 

 were very much brighter in colour than in others; and 

 when so, the general symptoms were less favourable than 

 at other times. The treatment consisted of a mild aperient 

 fever medicine, counter-irritation to the throat, and warm 

 water enemata. Little or no alteration of symptoms oc- 

 curred until the fourteenth day after his first attack, when 

 the infirmary horsekeeper came in haste to say that the pony 

 had been kicked during the night, and the ' rind ' of his belly 

 was broken, the ' man supposing it a case of hernia. On 

 visiting my patient, I found an enormous dropsical enlarge- 

 ment extending from the ensiform cartilage backward, in- 

 volving the whole of the prepuce. On the evening of the 

 same day, the effusion had extended to the left fore-leg. On 

 the following day, the breast and right fore-leg were affected; 

 the breathing now became increased, and somewhat laboured; 

 the pulse full and much stronger; the countenance became 



