A CASE OF SCARLATINA IN THE HOUSE. 
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had her first calf. Can any of your numerous and intelligent cor¬ 
respondents give us some information as to the cause and formation 
of these strictures ? 
A CASE OF SCARLATINA IN THE HORSE. 
By Mr. T. G. Webb, W.hitechapel. 
Having met with a case that is by no means common, I shall feel 
obliged by your inserting it in The VETERINARIAN. I confess 
that I was at a loss to know what to call it, until, looking over 
The Veterinarian of 1834, I saw a case related by Mr. Per- 
civall which seemed very much to resemble mine. 
March 1th, 1840.—My attention was requested to a brown 
gelding, five years old, that worked in the Chichester coach, the 
property of Mr. John Nelson, of Ludgate Hill. The horse was 
stopped from work this morning, not having eaten his corn, and 
having a discharge from the nose. I saw the patient about noon. 
His pulse was 75—the respiration quickened—the mouth hot—the 
Schneiderian membrane inflamed—and the extremities cold. I had 
him removed to a box, and bled to about 9 lbs. I then gave a ball 
composed of aloes 5 ss, calomel x grains, ant. tart. 5 ij, nit. pot. Jss. 
When I saw him in the evening, he was standing in the exact 
place and position in which I left him at noon. I should say, by 
the appearance of his bed, that he had not moved an inch. His 
appearance is much the same, excepting that his lips are swollen 
and the glands enlarged. I stimulated the glands with soap lini¬ 
ment, put a rowel in his chest, and ordered that his food should con¬ 
sist of bran mashes. 
8/A.—He appears much the same, but, on looking at his nose, I 
was surprised to find the Schneiderian membrane covered with 
scarlet streaks. I applied a blister to his throat, and continued the 
medicine as before, adding of digitalis ^ss. He eats scarcely any 
thing, and has not the least inclination to move. 
9//i.—Pulse 65—the respiration better—no appetite. I gave 
two quarts of gruel by means of the horn. His lips were more 
swollen. He has a swelling on the neck about the size of a person’s 
fist—his chest and abdomen were much enlarged, by the effusion 
that was taking place. The near hind leg and sheath were much 
swollen. With considerable difficulty I had him walked across 
the yard and back. The medicine was continued, with the addi¬ 
tion of from half a drachm to a drachm of resin. 
10/A.—Pulse 58—respiration better—the enlargement or swell¬ 
ings on his neck and sides arc much increased—his chest and body 
are swollen—he feeds a little better, but there is no inclination to 
