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was also frequently used by means of the acetous infusion of 
cantharides. 
One case of pneumonia and one of tetanus proved fatal. 
Several cases of strangles came also under treatment. 
One or two cases of considerable nervous affection came under 
notice. One was fatal. 
February. — The weather has been alternately rainy and 
frosty, accompanied by cold north-easterly winds. Several 
cases of bronchitis have occurred, all of which, excepting one, 
terminated favourably. 
One case of pneumonia and one of hepatirrhoea proved fatal. 
Two cases of paraplegia from mechanical pressure on the 
spinal cord have been treated successfully. 
March. — The weather has been very changeable, sometimes 
fine and dry, at other times very wet, accompanied by cold winds 
from the north, east, and west. On one or two days, the heat 
almost of summer prevailed. 
Disease has been very prevalent, and in many instances fatal 
in a short space of time. 
In the early part of the month bronchitis was the prevailing 
disease ; towards the latter part pleuritis was more observed. 
Most of these cases terminated successfully. 
Several cases of acute pneumonia have come under notice, 
and in too many instances they have proved fatal. A few have 
degenerated into the sub-acute form. Abscess and hydrothorgtx 
were then the result. 
Strangles have also been prevalent. 
Aprils — The weather has still continued very changeable, and 
towards the end of the month the wind has blown keenly from the 
north. 
Disease has been prevalent, and very fatal. Bronchitis has 
been superseded by congestive fever. Many cases of strangles 
have come under notice, and several of pleuritis. 
May. — The weather has been unusually cold, the wind has 
blown principally from the north and east, and the thermometer 
has scarcely indicated “ temperate.” Disease of all kinds has 
been plentiful. In the early part of the month, pneumonia was 
raging, and after that laminitis was of frequent occurrence. 
Nervous and paralytic affections have been prevalent and fatal — 
pleuritic disease has often been seen towards the latter part of 
the month. Influenza has also made its appearance, and is 
widely spreading. 
Ju n e. — The weather has been mild, and occasionally refresh- 
ing showers have fallen. Influenza has visited the majority of 
our stables, but it has assumed a mild form, and, with few 
