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vations, and scarlet spots or patches were always present on the 
visible surfaces of the mouth and nostrils; yet the patients always 
drank and ate mashes freely, which they could not have done se 
readily had their throats been sore and ulcerated. 
The author would intimate, however, that, should the disease 
ever become malignant in the horse, it may also become, as in the 
human subject, contagious and infectious. Perhaps the reason 
why it has not attained a malignant type in this country is, be- 
cause it is of recent origin; whereas, among the members of the 
human family, scarlatina has been known to exist for several 
hundred years, and may have acquired intensity and malignancy 
with age. In anticipation of such an event, the author recom- 
mends that scarlet-fever patients be sevarated from other inmates 
of the stable. 
The following case is from the author’s note-book, and may 
serve to instruct the reader on the theory and practice of the 
malady: .\ short time ago, a bay gelding, aged about nine years, 
was admitted into the Chicago Infirmary. On examination, the 
following symptoms were observed: 
Symptoms.—The hair about the neck and fore and hind limbs 
was elevated in blotches, with corresponding elevations on the 
skin beneath; the membranes within the cavities of the nostrils 
had scarlet spots, variable in size; all the limbs were more or lesg 
swollen; the breath was hot and fetid; the animal was unsteady 
in his gait, apparently very weak; had great thirst, yet little ap- 
petite. The elevations on the surface of the body, and the scarlet 
spots on the nasal membrane, constituted the diagnostic symptoms 
of scarlet fever. 
Treatment.—During the first three days, I drenched the animal 
with three ounces of liquor acetate of ammonia, in an equal quan- 
tity of cold water. The elevations on the surface of the body 
were sponged once a day with a lotion composed of two ounces 
of aqua ammonia and one quart of rain-water. A sloppy bran- 
mash was cccasionally furnished, of which the patient partook 
freely. This tended to keep the bowels loose, and moderate the 
febrile symptoms. On the fourth day all the limbs became very 
much swollen, from dropsical effusions, which feature of the casa 
is very apt to present itself. I now changed the treatment— 
emitted the lotion bathing, and gave, night and morning, two- 
onnce doses of compound fluid extract of buchu and juniper ber- 
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