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thickly coated with yellow mucus; the visible mucous mem¬ 
branes very frequently tinged yellow also, showing implica¬ 
tion of the liver; and this is, I think, a feature quite peculiar 
to this year’s epidemic. On about the fourth or fifth day, 
and not until then, the orange-coloured characteristic dis¬ 
charge from the nostril makes its appearance. 
My treatment has been to administer a mild laxative of 
one or two drachms of aloes, combining a little calomel; and 
when the fever runs high, and the mouth is clammy and 
offensive, I have found Acid. Hydrochlor., 5 SS, given in 
12 oz. of water night and morning, very refreshing to the 
patient; it acting as a disinfectant, and cleansing the mucous 
membranes immediately. Blisters have been applied to the 
sides, and along the course of the trachea; and I have given 
daily, what would have seemed almost preposterous a short 
time since, namely, one drachm of sesquicarbonate of am¬ 
monia, with (wo drachms of gentian-root in powder, increasing 
the dose as the case required it, till four drachms of each have 
been administered. As the patients approach convalescence, 
I allow them anything and everything they can eat : the de¬ 
bilitating effect remains on them for some time; in some 
instances it is from five to six weeks before their strength is 
restored. In one case laminitis supervened, but the horse 
eventually recovered. 
With this treatment, I am happy to say, I have been very 
successful, losing only one patient, and he had been bled by 
the attendant previous to my seeing him. 
SPECIMENS OF THE “ STRONGYLUS GIGAS ” 
FOUND IN THE KIDNEY OF A DOG. 
By A. Bickford, Student of Veterinary Medicine R.Y.C. 
Being desirous of making myself acquainted with the 
viscera of the dog—the thoracic more particularly —and 
being told that the carcass of one was lying in a gutter not 
far from the College, I thought that it would afford me an 
excellent opportunity of gratifying my wish. 
I found that the dog had not been dead very long—at the 
utmost twenty-four hours; that he was a young animal, and 
that he belonged to the breed commonly called by dog- 
fanciers “ the broken-haired bull terrier.” 
While examining the abdominal viscera I was struck by 
the unusual appearance of the right kidney, which was quite 
