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ON SCARLATINA AND ERYSIPELAS. 
By Mr. James Moore, M.R.C.V.S. 
In The Veterinarian for September last there is a paper, by 
Mr. Woodger, on what he and some others, in former numbers of 
that periodical, have denominated scarlatina, or purpura hoemor- 
rhagica ; and, as Mr. W. has requested the opinion of the profes- 
sion on that subject, there being a difference of opinion as to the 
true nature of the said disease, T beg leave to state that, from the 
description given by Mr. W., as well as the cases that have come 
under my own observation, I consider the disease in question to 
have been one of erysipelas, and not of scarlatina. 
Any veterinary surgeon who has seen and carefully marked the 
two diseases must at once have perceived such a difference of 
symptoms as to convince him that they were not one, but two 
distinct diseases. 
This may be made quite apparent by giving the symptoms and 
treatment of each as they came under my own observation. 
Case I. — Scarlatina. On the 31st of December, 1841, I was 
requested to attend a brown horse and mare, the property of R. S., 
Esq. I found them labouring under influenza, which was rather 
prevalent here at that time. They received the ordinary treatment 
for that disease, and were off the sick list on the 6th of January, 
1842. 
On the following night I was called to look at the said 
mare, who was said to be all lumps about the flank. On my 
arrival, I found her as described, with pulse 60. Having taken 
no medicine with me, and it being rather late in the evening, I 
ordered her a bran mash, saying I would see her early on the 
next morning. 
8 th . — On visiting her this morning I found her whole body 
thickly studded with erect spots of hair, although, on drawing the 
hand closely over the surface, no sensible elevation of the skin was 
perceptible. The mare being white about the muzzle, scarlet spots 
were beautifully marked thereon, as well as on the septum nasi. 
She had, also, an excessive sore throat and severe cough, in conse- 
quence of which a great deal of inspissated mucus was coughed 
up by the mouth. The breathing was very much embarrassed 
from the turgid state of the pituitary membrane, accompanied by 
a wheezing sound. I administered an aperient and blistered the 
throttle. 
9 th . — The legs and belly are a little swelled, with a general 
