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beats were unequal and the pulse feeble. Quinine was discontinued, 

 and i^ drachms of digitalis given in electuary. 



On the 26th the general state was similar to that of the previous 

 evening. The temperature began to fall. Respirations 26, pulse 72, 

 temperature 39*7° C. The heart's action was more regular, the pulse 

 larger and stronger. 



On the 27th the general condition was still better than on the 

 preceding days. Respirations 24, pulse 60, temperature 38'^° C. The 

 murmur remained ; dulness was stationary. 



On the 28th the general condition was excellent. Respirations 20, 

 pulse 52, temperature 38'2° C. The cough had become easier and 

 more frequent. There was some dulness on percussion, and the crepi- 

 tant rale peculiar to resolution had returned. 



During the following days the last troubles disappeared. The 

 animal left hospital entirely cured on the 7th January. 



182. A twelve-year-old entire horse, entered hospital January 26th, 

 1899. Had come from a stable in which contagious pneumonia was 

 rife, four animals having been affected and two having died. On the 

 evening of the 25th, after a hard day's work, this animal had refused 

 its food, breathing had become rapid, and the animal had shown slight 

 shivering fits. Brought to the College next day. 



State on Examination. — The animal was depressed, and took no 

 notice of what passed around it. The gait was careless, the limbs 



Chart V. 



dragged along the ground. The skin was warm, the conjunctiva 

 injected, the pulse 70, feeble and soft, the respirations 20, and the tem- 

 perature 40° C. Pressure on the larynx produced a deep cough ; a little 

 brownish discharge ran from the nostrils. On percussion the thorax 

 was normally resonant. Auscultation detected exaggerated vesicular 

 murmur throughout the depth of both pulmonary lobes. 



Treatment. — Mustard applications to the lower portion of the chest ; 

 internal administration of 3.3 ounces of sodium bicarbonate, 5 drachms 

 sulphate of quinine in two doses, and 35- fluid ounces of alcohol. 



At II a.m. on the 26th January the temperature was 40° C. Two 



