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are involved throughout their lower two-thirds 01 three 
fourths, while the outlook becomes very grave, a fatal issut 
is uncertain. The same may be said of pleurisy and hydro 
thorax. 
Increasing jaundice with prostration and inappetence lend 
gravity to the case. Diarrhoea,when not too severe, apparently 
has a beneficial influence on the termination of the disease 
The same may be true of profuse diuresis. Peri- and endc 
cardial complications possess their usual danger, and myc 
carditis, when sufficient to produce intermittency, is, so far a 
we have observed, fatal. Meningitis is nearly always fatal 
Pyothorax, empyemia and pulmonary gangrene are fatal. 
The amount, presence or absenee of nasal discharg 
possesses no prognostic value. The quality of the discharg 
may assist in leading to a safe conjecture of the result. i\ 
rust-colored ichorous discharge indicates generally a" fate 
issue, but a dark red or black (hemorrhagic) discharge wit! 
out very marked foetor, which presages death in ordinar 
pneumonia, while very grave, is not necessarily fatal in thi 
affection. The inflammations of sheaths of flexor tendons an 
synovial membranes of joints sometimes recover promptly 
more often require two or three months or even longer fc 
the disappearance of the lameness and thickening. When tb 
synovial bursas of joints, such as the elbow and stifle becom 
affected, recovery is slow and uncertain. Some recover j 
two or three months, while others remain permanently lam 
In case of two heavy draft mares coming under my car 
affected in both the elbow joints and flexor tendon sheab 
both remained recumbent so much of their time for five c 
six months, that in their emaciated condition they becam 
covered with large and deep bed-sores. They both final! 
improved slowly, and one, after one year, the other aftei t\\ 
years, began breeding again and recovered their general healt 
but remained slightly lame. After recovery these affectioi 
of joints and tendon sheaths, do not, in my experience, recu 
A brief history of four fatal cases of this malady may be 
interest. 
No. i. A well bred roadster gelding, age four yea 
