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of the other mucosae. The loss of appetite, indigestion, \'ellow 

 liquid faeces, suggest the possible presence of parasites as a cause, 

 and the prescribed treatment by common salt, juniper berries and 

 tonics strengthens the suspicion. Other forms must be treated 

 according to cause on the lines laid down above. 



JAUNDICE OF THE NEW-BORN. ICTERUS NOUVEAUX 



nf:s. 



In mules ; less frequently in horses and cattle. Bacteridian. Predispo- 

 sition from alleged miscegeneration. Offspring of lymphatic mares. Spoiled 

 fodders, foul buildings, exposure, infection by umbilicus. From gastro- 

 enteritis, diarrhoea, dysentery. Congenital. Symptoms : refuses the teat, 

 scours, red urine, palpitation, colics, perspirations, inflammations, or ab- 

 scesses of navel, arthritis, other internal disorders. Death from exhaustion 

 or in convulsions. Or symptoms subside and pass in 15 days. Diagnosis : 

 prostration, palpitation, icterus, and bloody urine with omphalitis. Strep- 

 tococci. Prognosis: with haematuria nine-tenths fatal. Lesions: icterus, 

 heart soft, flabby, lungs congested, general ecchymosis, blood black, clot 

 diffluent, liver congested, enlarged, spleen, swollen, softened with spots of 

 brownish yellow, meconium blood-stained, kidneys swollen, congested, 

 points of infarction or necrosis, urine bloody, navel lesions. Treatment : 

 for congenital cases improve hygiene for dams ; for offspring, antiseptics 

 to navel, shelter, warm box ; aloes to dam, or oil to colt, anti.septics inter- 

 nally, demulcents, stimulants, derivatives, opium, water, alkalies. 



This has been observed in cattle (Kitt), and in horses (Levrier, 

 Bernadin, Lhomnie) but above all in mules (Villa-Roya, Carrere, 

 Levriere, Bernadin, Ehomme, Hartmann, Dieckerhoff ). 



The affection is a bacteridian disease, in which there is a great 

 destruction of red globules, and liberation of haematin, with 

 haematuria and yellow coloration of the tissues. 



Causes. Carrere attributes much to a supposed congenital weak- 

 ness induced by the tumatural generation of ass with mare. 

 Cadeac noticed that the offspring of certain mares and horses re- 

 mained .soiuid, while the progeu}^ of the same animals, and asses 

 suffered largel}' from icterus. Levrier found it especially in the 

 mules born of mares having a lymphatic temperament or suffering 

 from canker, grease or chronic lymphangiectasis. Bernadin and 



