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passed unobserved. There vvas no alteration in the general 
state of health, and the horses fed well. The march of this 
eruption was variable, and the progress was from the centre 
outwards, sometimes to the extent of from 6, 8, to 10 centi¬ 
metres. In other cases the hair became gradually thinner, 
and the scales appeared; they at first resembled meal, then 
they became more like bran, of various thickness; after the 
application of the treatment they diminished in size, and 
new hairs began to appear, at first short and shiny, but as 
they grew the spots resumed their primitive colour. The 
duration of this malady was from fifteen to thirty days, and 
always terminated favorably. 
Pathology .—On examining the skin with a strong lens 
the authors discovered neither pustule nor vesicle on the 
surface of the skin, neither was there thickening of it; there 
was a complete absence of acari or other parasitical animal- 
cula ; the only thing observed were scales of a whitish colour, 
which seemed to arise from the epidermis, and the loss of 
hair. The authors think that it was an affection of the 
bulbs of the hair, the loss of which occurred during the 
malady, and that there must have been some alteration in 
the epidermis also, as this came off in greater quantity than 
in the normal state; it may also be presumed that the sudo¬ 
rific glands participated in the disease; the affected parts 
always seemed more arid than the other parts of the skin. 
The treatment consisted in frictions on the affected parts 
with mercurial ointment, which was washed off every other 
day; afterwards oleine lotions were applied until the cure 
was effected. 
A CASE OF VOMITING IN A HORSE WITHOUT RUPTUHE 
OF THE STOMACH, &c. 
A mare, about nine years old, of a sanguineo-nervous tem¬ 
perament and of plethoric constitution, after being watered 
at a well was suddenly attacked with violent colic. She made 
strong efforts to vomit, followed by the rejection through 
the nose of a liquid mixed with particles of food. The 
mare had eaten her rations with good appetite, and was only 
perceived to be unwell when she had finished her oats. The 
symptoms were, great anxiety, groaning, temperature of the 
body increased, anorexia, mouth hot, tongue red at the point 
and sides, tympanitis of the flanks, mucous membranes red 
and injected, pulse hard and full, nostrils distended, respi- 
