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PARTIAL BLINDNESS FROM ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS. 
On the fourteenth of August, a twelve-year-old horse ex- 
ibited symptoms of encephalitis, to wit: hanging of the 
ead, pressure with same toward left, retarded pulse, fever 
nd general immobility. On the third day periodic recur- 
ences of the irritation, patient fell to the floor, arose, pulled 
pon the halter ; contracted pupil and staring eyes. 
The animal was removed from the stable to an open plot 
f ground, and here for four days ice bags were applied to the 
ead, and pilocarpine injection made. On the tenth day the 
erebral symptoms had subsided. 
Later the same horse again came under our supervision, and 
t this time the right eye possessed a peculiar aspect; the 
phthalmic examination yielded no lesion of the pupil, lense 
r conjunctiva, but upon the retina complete atrophy of the 
ptic nerve. This is directly traceable to a disturbance of 
le optic centers due to the cerebritis.— Ztsch. f. Vet. K. 
VARIOUS EXTRACTS. 
By Wm. S. Gottheil, M.D. 
Specially written for the American Veterinary Review. 
'oot and Month Disease in the Hitman Subject. S. 
Siegel (Dtsch. Med. Woch., 49, 1891) has studied an out- 
reak of epidemic stomatitis in the neighborhood of Britz. 
he symptoms were as follows: 8-10 days incubation; then 
lills, dizziness, pains in the gastric and hepatic regions, fre- 
uentlv jaundice. Temperature ioi°. Mouth symptoms a 
eek later : swelling of tongue, with yellow or black coating, 
yelling of gums, fetor, loosening of the teeth, painful swell- 
igs of the lower jaw bone and smaller vesicles upon the 
fges of the tongue and the lips, later, causing superficial 
'asions. An exanthem on the forearms and legs consisting 
: vesicles or even petechias was present. The fever disap- 
sars when the eruption breaks out, and, with proper treat- 
ent, the malady ends in two weeks; but weakness and 
leumatic pains persist for eight weeks longer. In excep- 
