TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 735 
great number had a hard, strong, frequent pulse, while in 
others it was slow, but full; the skin dry, adhering to the ribs ; 
no abdominal pain; faeces normal; urine clear; the eyes 
were often strongly injected, but in some cases preserved 
their natural tinge, they were never infiltrated, and in no 
cases have the legs been cedematous; nearly all the patients 
continue to lie down ; the mucous membrane of the nostrils 
was injected in those cases where the pulse w r as above the 
normal rhythm, in the others it was somewhat paler ; the 
auscultation denoted a mucous rale; this was found in all 
the patients; at the same time there was a copious discharge 
from the nose of white sticky mucus, adhering at times 
strongly to the side of the nose; this discharge existed from 
the beginning of the attack. These symptoms left no doubt 
as to the malady being catarrho-bronchial, and they further 
show that all were not affected in the same degree. Some 
presented the acute type; in others, on the contrary, the 
disease had been of slow progress, without reaction, with a 
tendency to become chronic. 
Treatment. —Those which had a quick and full pulse were 
bled, notwithstanding the copious discharge from the nose. 
This was to prevent the complication of pneumonia. Setons 
and sinapisms were applied to the sternal region, and kermes 
mineral was given internally, in doses proportioned to the age 
and strength of the patient, to which were added warm cloth¬ 
ing and a well-regulated diet. To those animals in which the 
pulse indicated a want of reaction and low vitality, the author 
found that gum ammoniac with turpentine, in conjunction 
with vegetable bitters, were the best means to effect a cure. 
Stercoral calculus. —In November, 1858, the author 
reported in the Annates two successful cases treated by the 
strong mercurial ointment, composed of equal parts of lard 
and mercury, given internally ; at the same time he made 
known the antidote so valuable against the effects of mer¬ 
cury, which is, according to the experiments of Drs. Herpin 
and Ricord, the chlorate of potass. Since its publication M. 
Ferage has also made a successful application of this remedy. 
Three fresh cases have now to be added; they were geldings, 
eighteen months, two, and four years old ; to the first twenty 
grammes were given in a ball, to the two others thirty. In 
about from five to six hours the calculi were evacuated, and 
with them the tympanitis and the anxiety disappeared. All 
three were attacked by hydrargyric stomatitis, which was re¬ 
moved by forty-five grammes of the chlorate of potass in 
w r arm water; to the two horses and to the colt thirty 
grammes were given at first; after this all went on well. These 
