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hours for the next three days and nights. Ninth day, tem¬ 
perature ioi° ; excretions normal; appetite good ; no swelling 
or soreness. 
Case No. 4. Three colts with purpura as a sequel to ca¬ 
tarrhal fever. Swellings about the sheath, abdomen and 
breast, and one considerably swollen about the head. Pulse 
feeble; temperature 103.6°. Prescribed iron and ergot. At 
the end of first week (June 7th) no improvement, except the 
one with swollen head passed to the great beyond. Prescribed 
the salicylate in alternate doses with the iron. Did not hear 
from them again until the latter part of July, when owner 
said they had completely recovered and were in fine fix. 
Case No. 5. A sorrel mare attempted to jump a fence, 
but succeeded only in piercing her breast to the depth of 
thireen or fourteen inches. Was brought to the hospital as 
soon as she was removed from the fence. Wound was dressed 
daily with with antiseptics, and for four or five days did very 
nicely; then it began to swell; discharge became offensive; 
swelling extended to the mammary glands. Temperature 
from 103^- to 105°. Began the administration of the salicylate, 
and in four days temperature almost normal, and swelling; 
about gone. In eighteen days was discharged from hospital. 
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By R. Middleton, D.Y.S., Philadelphia, Pa. 
OBSERVATIONS UPON THE “RED DIARRHOEA.” 
Zschokke, of Zurich, received in 1890, from the district of 
Brauchli, a blood-mixed, slimy excrement, with the explana¬ 
tion that in this circuit an unknown disease of an epizootic 
nature had existed for some time past, and which, though not 
of sufficient malignancy to prove fatal, was so debilitating as 
to necessitate destruction. 
Zschokke, in pursuance of this statement, instituted ex¬ 
haustive experiments in the several towns suffering. The 
next summer he observed the same disease in another valley, 
also here existing as an epizootic. 
