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once in this disease disappointed me. I am speaking, it is true, 
from a limited experience of not more than from twenty to thirty 
cases; but where one has obtained the same satisfactory result 
in every case included in that number, it does appear to me to 
form no bad ground-work for a recommendation of the general 
application of the remedy. I need not, I am sure, tell the readers 
of The Veterinarian that cases will every now and then occur 
so intense in their character, and so rapid in their career, that all 
remedial measures are had recourse to in vain. I have never, 
however, met with one of these cases, and the results of my treat- 
ment have hitherto been perfectly successful. My confidence in 
it will be best understood when I say, that had I my choice of a 
severe set of cases to attend to, these cases should most certainly 
be of fever in the feet. 
CONSULTATION.— No. XXXI. 
A singular Affection of the Chest in a Horse. 
Sir, — I TAKE the liberty of writing to you concerning a horse 
affected with a disease, the symptoms of which I have never be- 
fore seen. He is a crib-biter, and has been so for a long time. 
His pulse is about 50, and quite regular. He heaves at the 
sides, as if he were affected with broken-wind. The beating of 
the heart may be heard as soon as we enter the stable. He has a 
cough like that which we hear in broken- wind ; but his wind is 
as good when gallopped as ever it was, and has no unnatural 
sound. The coat is very unhealthy, and now and then a slight 
discharge from the nose. He looks cheerful, and is fond of play 
when out at exercise. He feeds pretty well, but still appears to 
have disease about his chest. He has been labouring under this 
for two months, now and then getting a little better, and then the 
disease again returning. I have tried every medicine that I can 
think of, but without the desired effect. He is a valuable hunter. 
I should be obliged by your opinion of him. 
Reply from PROFESSOR Dick, of Edinburgh. 
My dear Sir, — T he case which you describe is a very rare one, 
more especially from its long continuance. I have frequently 
met with cases presenting nearly the same symptoms ; but I have 
