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was remarkably slow, so slow that it was not until Oct. ioth 
that the colt was pronounced out of danger and sent home. 
Our conclusions are, first, that under ordinary treatment the 
colt would have succumbed to the disease, and, second, that lime 
inhalations are in our estimation clearly indicated in laryngeal 
cases, more especially those of a croupous nature. 
SOME INTERESTING CASES FROM THE AMERICAN VETERINARY 
COLLEGE HOSPITAL. 
By Members of the Staff. 
Tuberculosis in a Bion. —The subject was a male lion, 
about ten months old, belonging to the Barnum and Bailey 
Circus, kept at the menagerie in Central Park, New York City. 
We were called to see him about four weeks ago, and found him 
in a very emaciated condition, smaller than his associate, but of 
the same age, and there was observed at this time a considerable 
enlargement of the thyroid gland of the left side. The animal 
not being secured it was impossible to make a thorough exami¬ 
nation, but suspecting tuberculosis on account of the previous 
deaths of two other lions belonging to the same collection dur¬ 
ing the summer from that cause, the animal was put under 
treatment with that in view. But under the hope that it might 
be of .a scrofulous nature he was placed under the iodide of 
potassium for the reduction of the enlarged thyroid until a more 
thorough examination could be made. Upon making a second 
visit two weeks later we found the patient in a recumbent posi¬ 
tion, breathing very hard and fast. He could scarcely stand 
when gotten to his feet, so weak had he become. The thyroid 
had diminished considerably, though still larger than normal, 
and the right gland had begun to enlarge. After securing the 
animal with ropes, and making a more thorough examination, 
the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made. He died two weeks 
afterward, and the carcass was brought to the college for an 
autopsy. On section of the thyroid glands they were both 
found to be diseased ; the lungs were masses of miliary tubercles, 
and the bronchial glands enlarged. About the ninth rib on each 
side were found calcareous deposits the size of a hickorv nut, 
and they are now in the hands of a bacteriologist to determine 
if they are of microbic origin. On entering the abdominal 
cavity the liver was found to be diseased, but only to a small 
extent, having a few tubercles on its surface, the gall-bladder 
rather large, but the mesentery was completely studded with 
tubercles of various sizes. 
