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noted : One horse threw himself down at once, lay upon, the 
right side and gave the impression of a very sick animal. The 
eyes were staring, anxious, conjunctiva deeply injected, pupils 
dilated, nostrils expanded, mouth opened wide, heart’s action 
tumultuous, both heart sounds obscured in an indistinct mur¬ 
mur. The pulse was imperceptible; arteries hard and full; 
respiration superficial, 96 per minute; continuous muscular 
tremor of high degree ; tono-clonic spasms of muscles of the ex¬ 
tremities. The animal lost the power to raise himself. Appe¬ 
tite entirely suppressed. 
Treatment .—Washed away the toxic agent so far as possible 
and made continuous application of water to the surface of the 
body. Internally, brandy, camphor and digitalis, subcutaneous 
injection of camphor and etheris sulphurici in proportion 1.5. 
In half an hour the animal became more quiet. The danger 
of cardiac and respiratory paralysis quickly passed away. The 
pulse could be counted at 106 per minute. In 1 y 2 hours the 
animal was by assistance able to rise and stand with support; 
pulse 48, respiration 20, muscular tremor diminished, the coun¬ 
tenance became brighter, but still anxious. After 3^ hours 
from the time of washing the alarming symptoms had all sub¬ 
sided. Upon the following day the patient was bright, pulse 
and respiration normal; conjunctival mucous membrane, seal- 
red in color; muscular tremor absent. The extremities were 
swollen and in common with the skin upon the sternum and 
places which had been washed, wrinkled and like parchment in 
feel, also covered with a tenacious yellowish exudate. The 
urine was brown-red in color. Faeces small-balled, hard and of 
brownish-green hue, and passed with some difficulty, leaving 
also a distinct odor of creoline. 
Upon the second day the urine was clear, the limbs less 
swollen and covered with an epithelial desquamation. The hair 
began to shed. Four days from time of the application the pa¬ 
tient had entirely recovered. 
The second horse also threw himself down, lay a few 
moments quite still, and tried to rise. Assumed the sitting 
posture, which he retained for about 5 minutes, after which he 
arose without assistance, going to his crib and feeding. The 
conjunctival membranes were also seal-red, pulse 96 per min¬ 
ute, respiration labored, muscular tremor well defined; the 
movements were uncertain and particularly those of the pos¬ 
terior limbs, while those of the anterior were ataxic in char¬ 
acter. Although the skin of this animal was much the finer of 
