CHOLERA IN THE HORSE. 
533 
Cross-examined. —I have seen horses exhibit the evil con¬ 
sequences of their being sent by train in numerous instances, and 
in a variety of horses: many cart horses are more alarmed even 
than others, but I don’t think the breed has any thing to do with it. 
Whether a horse should be clothed or not in a railway box would 
depend upon the manner in which he had been generally treated: 
I don’t believe that there was any long standing disease at all in 
the horse sold to the plaintiff. 
Mr. Crowder having replied, and the learned Judge summed up, 
the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £33. 
Somerset County Gazette. 
CHOLERA IN THE HORSE. 
To the Editor of “ The Veterinarian." 
Sir,—As every form of disease that may be noted is of value 
in a scientific point of view, I send you a few observations on 
“ cholera in the horse,” as I have had two cases bearing so close 
an approximation to this disease in man, that I consider I am fully 
justified in employing such a term. The symptoms are, rapid and 
spontaneous diarrhoea of a most putrescent character—great pros¬ 
tration of strength and of the vital powers—pulse rapid, feeble, and 
indistinct—mucous membranes where visible pallid, cold, and with 
a strong disposition to the blue tinge. Apparently, there is no 
previous condition of the system present to indicate such a malady 
being about to manifest itself. In each instance the attack has 
come on while out at work—has run its course in a few hours— 
and the prostration has been most marked. Neither case terminated 
fatally, though the first prognosis favoured such a result. In each 
case I have every reason to believe that there had been previously a 
slight manifestation of impaired appetite and increased thirst, but 
not to a degree to attract notice from those about the animal. 
The excessive flow of mucus, and its peculiar fetid putrescence, 
characterise it from ordinary diarrhoea. If the malady is not early 
and properly treated, the result must be fatal, from the prostration 
of the vital powers. 
The treatment I have adopted has been the exhibition of seda¬ 
tives : in the first instance I give 
Spt. etheris sulph.Jij 
Tinct. opii.Jij 
Aquae.Ifej M. 
