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were regular and fairly strong, and the pulse was good. Respiration 38 ; 

 pulse 72 ; temperature 38*5° C. 



On the 8th the general condition was excellent. On auscultation 

 the tubal murmur had disappeared, and diffuse crepitation, together 

 with bronchial rales, was heard on both sides. Respiration 34 ; pulse 

 74; temperature 39*3° C. Treatment was reduced to administration 

 of sodium sulphate and bicarbonate. 



On the 13th the respiration was still 26, pulse 74, and temperature 

 a little over 38° C. On the 14th and 15th the breathing diminished 

 in frequency. During the following days the last troubles disappeared. 

 On the i8th the temperature was 38° C. 



A week after leaving hospital the horse was brought back again 

 suffering from a deep-seated metapneumonic abscess in the withers. 

 The pus contained streptococci. 



186. A five-year-old gelding, entered hospital March 15th, 1899. 



Chart IX. 



For some days it had been dull, had eaten little, and coughed 

 frequently. It had been treated for pulmonary attack during the 

 spring of 1898. 



State on Examination. — The animal was stiff, and moved with 

 difficulty; the conjunctiva was deep yellow; the breathing and pulse 

 were very rapid ; the cough was strong and loose. Percussion of the 

 thorax failed to reveal dulness. On auscultation some moist crepitant 

 rales were heard in the lower part of the left lung ; the heart-sounds 

 were normal and the pulse was good. The animal ate slowly but 

 consumed all its food. Respiration 25; pulse 70; temperature 41° C. 



Treatment. — Injection into the jugular vein of five and a half fluid 

 drachms of i per cent, iodine solution. At 7 p.m. respiration 27 ; 

 pulse 60; temperature 41*4° C. 



Next day respiration 27 ; pulse 60 ; temperature 408° C. Partial 

 dulness and crepitant rale in the lower part of the left lung. Nothing 

 on the right side. During the day three intra-venous injections of two 



