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BOTRYOMYCOSIS 



In two cases of extensive botryomycosis of the skin in horses, 

 reported by Mielke, the red corpuscles were 8 and 8.8 millions and 

 the leucocytes 24,000 and 23,200 per cinm. Mielke states that 

 the red corpuscles were normal. In one case the varieties of leu- 

 cocytes per cmm. were, lymphocytes 5,208, large mononuclears 

 none, polymorphs 18,408 and eosins 384; while in the other case 

 there were, lymphocytes 3,016, large mononuclears 464, poly- 

 morphs 19,720 and no eosins. There were no mast cells in either 

 case. These two cases showed a polynuclear leucocytosis. 



HERPES TONSURANS 



Meier reports a case in a gelding five years old, with 8,120,000 

 red corpuscles and 8,500 leucocytes. Of the leucocytes there were 

 16.1% lymphocytes, 3.5% large mononuclears, 75% polymorphs, 

 and 5.4% eosins. 



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