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Translations and Reviews of Continental 
Veterinary Journals. 
By W. Ernes, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Annates de Medecine Veter inair e, Bruxelles, 
FOUR CASES OF CHARBON (ANTHRAX) CURED BY 
PHOSPHORATED OIL. 
By M. D. Guilmot. 
Case 1 . —A horse, eight years old, was suddenly attacked 
with illness. Large swellings appeared on several parts of 
the frame, but principally on the hind legs. The person 
who first attended the animal, mistaking the disease, bled 
him. The blood, which was still in the can, exhaled a fetid 
odour, and did not coagulate. 
The symptoms present were a hot and tender swelling,- 
which crepitated under pressure, and invaded all the extre¬ 
mities, and extended over the whole of the sterno-abdominal 
region, where it had acquired the thickness of, from three to 
four inches here and there. On the dorsal and costal regions 
existed a swelling, not diffused, but circumscribed and pain¬ 
ful to the touch. A few drops of blood was seen to ooze 
out of these swellings. The membrane lining the nostrils 
was covered with petechial spots of various dimensions; 
there was also a slight discharge from the right nostril, of a 
reddish colour and an offensive odour; the glands of the 
same side were enlarged and painful on pressure; the lips 
were swollen, and the mucous membrane of the mouth and 
the conjunctiva were covered with petechiae; the pulse was 
small and irregular, but there was no loss of appetite. 
Treatment .—Forty minims of the phosphorated oil were 
administered in a mucilaginous decoction. In about half an 
hour after, perspiration had set in; but, in spite of 
clothing which was resorted to to keep it up, it became much 
less. In about four hours after, the like dose was repeated, 
and a generous diet recommended. 
On the 11th, eighty minims of the oil were given in two 
doses. The pulse became full, and perspiration set in, which 
was kept up by clothing. 
