506 INDIAN VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
tration of the serum and coagulable lymph into the cellular 
and serous tissues, and by the singularly large claret-coloured 
patches of ecchymoses found everywhere, especially in the 
proximity of the larger vessels, and also by the distended 
state and peculiar dark blue colour of the venous system 
generally, even pervading the superficial veins of the integu- 
ment. The congested and heaped up blood found in the 
lungs (the right especially), in the heart, and all the glands, 
and vena cava, is pitchy black, and does not redden when 
exposed to the air. Frequent autopsy all presented the same 
leading characteristics ; and the fatal cases mostly terminated 
in from two to six hours from attack. The epidemic is, in 
my opinion, a veritable equine cholera ; and in some of its 
appearances and symptoms seems to bear a resemblance to 
the epidemics treated of by French authors, such as Charbon 
or Charbonneuse. I must refrain from further detail of the 
description and symptoms of this disease, which, from its 
interest in my eyes, may, I fear, lead me into writing some- 
thing as long as an essay on the subject. I will only add 
that, from such investigation into the apparent cause of the 
disease, and from my views of the same, I invariably had 
recourse, on the first marked symptoms of the disease, to a 
stimulant. Giving the Carbonate of Ammonia in 43 balls, 
and following this by a diffusible stimulant, in a maximum 
draught of the Liquor Ammoniae Acetatis, and Nitric Spirit 
of ^Ether. When a reaction had been produced by the two 
medicaments— which generally was much marked — I ab- 
stracted a small quantity, say four quarts, of blood, to create 
a vacuum and free the circulation; when, if the attack was 
not too acute, and the shock to the nervous system too de- 
cided, all the urgent and dangerous symptoms ceased, and 
all that remained was the consequent weakness and prostra- 
tion ; and all that was indicated to be accomplished in the 
way of treatment was, on the following day, to evacuate, by 
gentle purgatives, the morbific effects, or materia morbi, 
from the system, and to restore the natural secretions. 
Where material weakness remained on the following day, I 
preferred, by repeated draughts of the Nitric Spirit of .Ether, 
to produce diuretic and diaphoretic action, instead, or in 
preference to, working on the bowels. And this treatment, 
I am happy to say, has been attended with much and 
marked success in my practice. In conclusion, I must again 
add, that this disease, like all epidemics, presents different 
types and symptoms at different seasons, and perhaps under 
different circumstances. The external effusion was at some 
times most marked, and the infiltration into the throat and 
