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ON ANGINA TONSILLARIS IN HORSES. 
By Herr Eberhardt, V . S. } Keerhessen. 
[This account, translated from the German, may be somewhat 
interesting here.] 
It is well known that this disease consists in inflammation of 
the glands of the ear, and subsequent swelling and the formation 
of purulent matter. It occasionally is a dangerous disease, and 
difficult to contend with ; but usually the steps from its crisis to its 
cure are sudden and rapid. For a few days before an attack, the 
appetite fails, the animal coughs frequently, and mares with foal 
lose their milk. 
Symptoms . — The first actual symptom of disease is usually 
a shivering fit. The coat becomes rough and dull — the animal 
ceases to eat — the head is depressed — the neck extended, and the 
patient stands as far as possible from the manger, and rarely at- 
tempts to move. Occasionally it endeavours to eat ; but the act 
of swallowing evidently produces pain, and is with difficulty ef- 
fected. The whole of the throat is sore, and the animal shrinks 
from the slightest touch. The mucous membranes are somewhat 
inflamed — the ears cold — the pulse hard and wiry, and quicker 
than in its natural state. The looks express suffering — the dung is 
hard and dry, and the urine of a reddish colour. The patient, in 
general, suffers from thirst, and, although he finds it painful to 
swallow, he is constantly endeavouring to drink. 
After a lapse of from twelve to eight-and-forty hours, both the 
breathing and the cough acquire a peculiar tone. The breathing 
has a rattling sound. It is not, however, a gurgling that is heard, 
but a harsh grating noise, as if the uvula was covered with adhe- 
sive clammy matter. The cough is tremulous and broken, and 
accompanied by a secretion of mucus. Whoever has once wit- 
nessed these two latter symptoms can afterwards rarely mistake 
the disease. 
If strong stimulating embrocations are rubbed on the throat at 
this period of the disease, they scarcely produce any visible ef- 
fect. Occasionally a small portion of serum is exuded — the skin 
becomes moist, the hair stands on end, and some few little blad- 
ders may be discerned ; but no blister or actual swelling arises. 
The skin soon becomes dry again, no scab appears, and, after the 
lapse of a day or two, every trace of the effect of the embrocation 
has vanished. Even if blistering ointment is applied immediately 
