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a watery secretion took place from the nostrils, and a frothy 
spume from the month, which it was difficult to open more 
than an inch wide; the near knee was also greatly swollen, 
the swelling extending upwards as far as the shoulder-joint. 
Treatment .—I abstracted a small quantity of blood, ad¬ 
ministered an ounce of spirits of nitrous ether in a little 
gruel, and a short time after, gave a brisk purge of Epsom 
salts, combined v 7 ith gentian and ginger; hot fomentations 
were applied to the affected part for some time, flannel 
bandages resorted to, and the animal kept warm. On my 
visit in the evening, about eight o*clock, I found it had par¬ 
taken of a little bran and boiled turnips, had also drunk 
some gruel during the day; was now warm and cheerful, and 
it urinated in my presence. I then left. It was, however, 
found dead in the morning. 
I made no post-mortem examination of this case, but was 
told by the butcher that it might have been eaten, with the 
exception of the head and near fore leg, which when cut into, 
were as “black as tar.’* 
I will now* relate another case, very similar to the former, 
with the exception of the head not being implicated in the 
disease. In February last I was requested by Mr. James 
Holmes, farmer, Nitshill, to visit an animal about the 
same age as the last. The farmer informed me that it had 
got suddenly lame of one fore leg, and his opinion was that 
it had sprained its shoulder, for that part was swollen and 
sore, and so painful was it that the animal 'would eat nothing. 
I asked when it had become lame? He replied it was out a 
little the day before, but he perceived nothing wrong until 
that day. On examination, all the symptoms above described 
could be traced, so I at once pronounced the case to be hope¬ 
less, having as yet discovered no remedy. However, at the 
owner’s request, I abstracted blood, admininistered a stimu¬ 
lant, and afterwards gave a purge of salt and water, then 
applied to the affected part hot cloths; after a time rubbing 
it dry, and enveloped the animal with the exception of the 
head, in bags and blankets. It survived a day only. 
On making a post-mortem examination and removing the 
skin, I found the fore quarter much affected, especially 
behind the elbow-joint, and over the greater part of the 
abdomen. On cutting into the diseased part it was very 
black; blood w T as effused between the muscular and cellular 
tissue; all the viscera, however, had a healthy appearance, 
except the lungs, which were black and the blood congested 
in them. 
I had an opportunity of witnessing a two-year old animal 
