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CASE OF DISEASED HEART. 
a twich put upon him in the field, and, as before stated, when 
liberated, he went about his grazing at once, as if nothing 
had occurred. It did not appear to affect his breathing or his 
health, or to cause any cough ; and I felt amazed when I 
examined the pleura pulmonalis and substance of the lungs, 
and found them to be perfectly healthy. The place of the 
last three punctures could be distinctly seen in the pleura 
costalis , but all indications of the others were gone. The 
pleura costalis was in these places quite healthy, and there 
was not the slightest effusion of lymph or attachment at the 
site of the punctures; but at a little distance, say twelve 
inches from them, there was a patch or two of thickening 
of the membrane. 
It is in cases where we have fetid breath as one of 
the symptoms that there is the greatest danger; and I 
believe that when only a very small portion of the paren¬ 
chymatous structure of the lungs is in a disorganized state 
we must have, as an absolute necessity, fetid breath. If 
pleurisy exists at the same time, the difficulty of cure is very 
great indeed; but so long as the breath keeps sweet, although 
we may have pleurisy, with a greatly accelerated breathing 
and pulse, and even effusion, there is a reasonable chance 
of recovery if the system has not been too much reduced by 
depletions, severe counter-irritants, and restricted diet. 
CASE OF DISEASED HEART. 
By J. D. Barford, M.R.C.V.S., Southampton. 
Seeing a case in the Veterinarian for March of diseased 
heart, with remarks thereon by Assistant-Professor Varnell, 
I have thought a rough sketch of a somewhat similar case, 
which has just terminated fatally under my care, would not 
prove altogether uninteresting. 
My patient was a brown harness-horse, about 1 5\ hands 
high, the property of a dealer in this town. He was pur¬ 
chased by him last September, and seemed to thrive very 
well up to about Christmas. At this time an eruption ap¬ 
peared on the skin, accompanied with considerable irrita¬ 
tion, for which, I believe, two doses of aperient medicine 
were given. Some blood was also taken away, it being 
considered that the affection was mainly due to his improved 
condition—the owner being a liberal feeder. In addition to 
