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up on some straw, refusing to obey his call, and listless. 
Shortly after this my attention was directed to him. 
Sj/mptoms,^ —Staring coat; nose dry; surface of body cold; 
breathing unaltered; pulse rapid and feeble; mucous mem¬ 
branes much, very much, injected. He had vomited in 
several places near him. As I had been threatened that the 
dog should be poisoned, I supposed such was the case, and 
I at once gave him an emetic, after much resistance. He 
rapidly grew worse, and refused all food, until the following 
evening, when he drank about a quart of milk. These 
symptoms underwent no change, or, at least, they only 
became aggravated, until Friday morning, 3rd of April, when 
he died. 
The post-mortem appearances it will be unnecessary to 
describe, further than to state that the abdomen contained 
about two quarts of bloody fluid—indeed, I believe a large 
portion of it was fluid blood. 
To me there is something extraordinary in the appearances 
that all the viscera present; such being certainly not con¬ 
sistent with any form of canine disease with which I am 
acquainted. I am, dear sir. 
Yours very faithfully. 
Professor Simonds. 
THE ARMY-APPOINTMENTS IN THE INDIAN 
SERVICE. 
India; March 17, 1863. 
Dear Sirs, —Knowing how willing you are at all times 
to take up the cudgels on our behalf, when right and justice 
are our due, I avail myself of a moderately cool day to pour 
forth to you and my professional brothers the phials of my 
wrath 
On the 1st of July, year of grace 1839, Her Majesty was 
pleased to issue a Royal Warrant, wherein the pay and rank 
and position of her Army Veterinary Surgeons were bettered. 
In April, I860, nearly ten months later, the Governor- 
General in Council publishes the following order in the 
Fort William Gazette, extracts of which appeared in Fort 
St. George Gazette, dated 6th April, 1861. 
“Port William; April 3, 1860. 
^^No. 364 of I860.—Under instructions from Her Ma¬ 
jesty's Secretary of State for India, the portions of Her 
Majesty’s Warrant of the 1st July, iSoO? which refer to 
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