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CASES OF THE EPIDEMIC. 
and I heard nothing from him till he came, on the 25th, to say 
that she was dead. 
The larynx, mucous membrane of the trachea, and bronchiae, 
were in a high state of inflammation, as were the pleurae — the 
lungs tuberculated — the heart hypertrophied ; and the chest full 
of serum, in which there was a large quantity of floculent 
matter. 
[There is one thing wanting in order to complete these inte- 
resting cases; namely, the nature and the quantity of the seda- 
tive medicine that was exhibited. — Y.] 
CASES OF THE EPIDEMIC 
WHICH APPEARED AMONG THE HORSES OF THE IOtH 
ROYAL HUSSARS, IN JANUARY 1836. 
By Mr. John H. Gloag, V. S. to that Regiment. 
In continuance of my essay which was inserted in the last 
Veterinarian, I herewith send you six cases (out of a great 
number more) of the anomalous Epidemic which appeared 
among the horses of the 10th Royal Hussars in the beginning 
of 1836. Out of forty horses affected, fifteen died ; thirteen 
from the actual disease, and two from the subsequent conse- 
* quences of it. One of these was paralysis of the hind extremities, 
and the other disease of the mesenteric glands, with dropsy of 
the abdomen. 
CASE I. 
Dec. 2 Rh, 1835. 12 a.m. — Admitted a brown troop horse, 
six years old, in good condition, reported to me to be off his feed. 
On examination I could not see much the matter: he was dull 
and heavy; pulse not affected — coat looking healthy — extremi- 
ties and legs comfortable — dung of a moderate consistence, but 
in small quantity. 
He was placed in a loose box— diet changed to bran mashes, 
and ordered to be watched. 
2 oth. — This morning lie is still dull and heavy — little or no 
observable alteration in pulse — be feeds a little — bowels inactive 
— no pain or any other prominent symptom of disease. Gave 
four drachms of aloes in solution, and in the evening one drachm 
of calomel in a ball, with a litiie ginger and gentian. 
