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the horse we have never known of such a case, and other writers 

 vouch for the rarity of the condition among equines; wounds, such 

 as punctured feet, either as a consequence of carlessness on the 

 part of a blacksmith or through picking up a nail in the street, 

 may easily be attended by blood poisoning; wounds inflicted dur- 

 ing an important surgical operation, if there are any putrefactive 

 products in the immediate neighborhood, may easily account for 

 the ultimate development of blood poisoning; while there is no 

 doubt it may appear during the course of or as a sequel to some 

 well-defined disease. Blood poisoning is generally ushered in with 

 marked suddenness; the elevation of the internal temperature is 

 very rapid; the horse exhibits marked indications of systemic ex- 

 haustion; when the abscesses form internally the lungs are often 

 the organs attacked, consequently all the symptoms of pneumonia 

 in an aggravated form are present; this latter condition is peculiar 

 to a disease known among racing men in Great Britain as ' ' New- 

 market Fever,'' which will be referred to more in detail farther on, 

 the author assuming that racing men in the United States will be 

 interested in this peculiar, and among sportsmen, well-known dis- 

 ease, the consequences of which are recognized as responsible for 

 so many thoroughbreds disappointing their owners during their 

 running career. When the infection takes place through a wound 

 the condition may be recognized b}' some local changes in the sur- 

 rounding parts, which become dark, and as though an unusual 

 quantity of blood were collected thereabouts; the wound looks 

 angry, and ultimately the skin appears dead and pieces will drop 

 off and the wound instead of healing in the ordinary way continues 

 to discharge a thin, reddish-black fluid. 



Treat:mext. — Allopathy evidently knows of nothing but anti- 

 septic measures apparently with the object of destroying the 

 bacteria in the blood; but as the orthodox profession is compelled 

 to admit, no doubt with great reluctance, the majority of cases 

 prove fatal; homoeopathists can fortunately show an altogether 

 different record. America has a very notable case in point, that 

 of the late lamented Dr. Carroll Dunham, to whom passing refer- 

 ence has already been made; he was the subject of blood poison- 

 ing, as the result of a wound inflicted during the performance of 

 an autopsy, and we believe we are well within the truth when we 

 state that he was so ill in consequence as to be nigh unto death, 



