49° CLINICAL VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 



The animal lay down, but rose at the end of an hour. At this time the 

 temperature was 40*3° C. ; at 4 p.m. 40*6° C, The second dose of 

 quinine was given. Temperature at 5 p.m. 40*4° C. ; at 6 p.m. 

 40*5° C. ; at 8.30 p.m. 40*2° C. 



On the 14th the general condition remained stationary. Tempera- 

 ture 39*3° C. Respiration was still more rapid and sighing. The 

 pulmonary dulness was unaltered, the tubal murmur strong. The left 

 lobe remained normal. 



The heart showed signs of weakness and irregular intermittency ; 

 the second sound was diminished, and almost lost at certain moments. 

 The patient took the greater part of its food. One and a quarter 

 drachms of digitalis were added to its medicine. At 9 a.m., the tem- 

 perature being 39*3° C, two drachms of quinine sulphate were given. 

 Temperature at io a.m. 38*9° C. ; at 11 a.m. 38*8° C. ; at midday 

 38*6° C. ; at I p.m. 39'i° C. ; at 3 p.m. 39*0° C. At 4 p.m. the second 

 dose of two drachms of quinine was given. At 5.30 p.m. the tempera- 

 ture was 39"i° C. ; at 6 p.m. 39° C. ; at 8 p.m. 39° C. The animal 

 was very weak, and during the day lay down several times. It re- 

 ceived three subcutaneous injections of two and a half drachms of ether. 



On the 15th it was still greatly depressed. Temperature 39*4° 

 to 39"8° C. ; respiration 48 ; pulse 76. The lower half of the right lung 

 remained dull on percussion, though to a less degree at certain points. 

 Over the tenth and eleventh ribs, near the (vertical) centre of the 

 chest, was an area of tympanic resonance as large as the palm of a 

 man's hand. On auscultation crepitant rales were heard in the pos- 

 terior portion of the lung, and mucous rales about the centre. The 

 left lung appeared normal on auscultation. The iirst heart-sound had 

 a metallic ring, the second was dull. The cough was strong and loud. 

 A little whitish discharge ran from the nostrils. One drachm of digi- 

 talis, three and a half ounces of sodium bicarbonate, three and a half 

 fluid ounces of alcohol, and carbolic enemata were given. 



On the 1 6th the temperature was 39*4° C. Respiration was less 

 rapid, but continued short and sighing. Crepitant rales were heard 

 in the upper thirds of the right lung, but in the lower third only heart- 

 sounds could be detected. Cough was frequent. During the night 

 the animal lay down on the right side, and showed so much excite- 

 ment that a fatal isSue was feared. It was lifted and placed in slings. 



,On the 17th respiration 30; temperature 39"8° C. Crepitation, 

 alternating with localised liquid sounds, was heard over the entire area 

 of the right lung. The heart-beats were scarcely perceptible. The 

 pulse could not be counted. 



Treatment as on the previous day. The allowance of hay was 

 eaten ; the gruel, etc., refused. The urine still remained albuminous. 



On the i8th weakness was extreme. Temperature 39'6° C. Aus- 

 cultation of the right lung revealed the same liquid sounds as on the 

 previous day. The animal's hind legs seemed painful. At 9 a.m. it 

 was taken out. It moved with difficulty. The right hind limb was 

 paralysed, the joints yielded, and the limb rested on the fetlock when- 

 ever weight was placed on it. The symptoms resembled those of 

 paralysis of the great sciatic. The patient refused to walk, and leaned 



