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MR. GODBILLE. 
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This patient received potass, iodid. in decreasing doses, 
fifteen grammes the first day, thirteen the second, then eleven, 
nine, seven and five grammes, a dose which he received until 
the twelfth day, when he appeared entirely recovered, al¬ 
though the phenomena of iodism were not well marked. 
Fourth observation. A heifer of eighteen months was 
affected. She was placed under the same treatment, with 
gradually increasing doses, beginning with five grammes the 
first day, and increasing one daily until twelve. The symp¬ 
toms of iodism became well marked on the sixth day, with 
on the eighth, coryza, an abundant flow of tears, and epidermic 
desquammation. The treatment was then discontinued. x\ 
few days later recovery was complete. 
The following case is recorded by Prof. Nocard himself. 
A cow six years old, losing flesh rapidly, was sent to the 
butcher for slaughter. She was in bad condition, hollowed 
at the flank, and with the maxillary space filled with a hard, 
painless mass of the size of a man’s arm, not adherent to the 
skin. A thick viscous saliva escaped from the commissure of 
the lips, and exploration of the mouth seemed painful. The 
tongue was very large, principally at the base, hard and 
nodulated, and but slightly flexible ; the lateral faces covered 
with small tuberculiform nodosities, the mucous membrane 
ulcerated in spots, pressure upon which forced out little yel-j 
lowish masses, which when crushed showed under the micro¬ 
scope the tuffs of actinomycotic growth. The temperature 
was normal; pulse, 46°; respiration, 12. After a few days thei 
animal was placed under treatment as follows: 
March 15th she received six grammes of potass, iodidumin 
a pint of water in one dose, and this was followed by eight, 
grammes in two doses, one in the morning and one in the 
evening before meals. Three days later there seemed to be 
some improvement; on the 19th signs of iodism were well 
marked, and the symptoms had subsided in severity. On the 
21 st, everything was better accentuated, the improvement 
being more manifest, as the iodism was better marked. 
On the 24th everything had assumed its normal aspect ancjj 
the treatment was discontinued, and since then the anima 
has regained her general fat condition. 
