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Autopsy.—Pleura normal, except one old adhesive band. 
Lungs inflamed throughout their entire extent, the right in 
gray stage, the left in red hepatization, all parts being im¬ 
perfectly hepatized, and permeable, to a slight extent, to air. 
No gangrene. Liver enlarged, yellow, and presenting same 
general characteristics as above, but in less intense degree. 
Kidneys enlarged, hilus containing muco-purulent matter;; 
spleen enlarged, remaining viscera normal. 
No. 3 . A three-year imported French draft mare, showed 
at outset the essential symptoms already described, the jaun¬ 
dice being especially notable. About second day of disease 
heart complications of a grave character were noted, the 
pulse being unequal and intermittent. The heart was stimu¬ 
lated with f. e. digitalis gtt. xv. every thirty minutes until 
action became regular, when doses were given less frequently, 
barely sufficient to maintain moderate regularity. To relieve 
the jaundice there was given aloes 3 i, hydrarg. chlor. mite, 
grs. xv., hydrarg. chlor. corrosiv. grs. ii., in pills twice daily 
for two days. The icteric hue of sclerotica promptly dis¬ 
appeared. Mare succumbed from heart failure the fifth day. 
Autopsy.—Pleural normal, lungs very slightly inflamed. Peri- 
and endocardium markedly inflamed. The muscular tissue 
of the heart was highly inflamed, soft and friable. Liver nor¬ 
mal in appearance and size, apparently the result of hepatic 
stimulants administered. 
The above were three fatal cases out of ten animals affect¬ 
ed in a stable at Bloomington, 111., where all were closely 
confined and highly fed to fatten for a public sale. The au¬ 
topsy on No. 1 was made jointly by my partner, Dr. Alver- 
son, and myself; the other two by Dr. Alverson, to whom I 
am indebted for the notes on all. 
No. 4 . An eight-year roadster, property of Dr. R-— 
Lafayette, Inch, had been sick some time without material 
loss of appetite, but showed considerable cough. The owner! 
administered an aloetic purge which was followed by super¬ 
purgation lasting two days. A day later I was called, and;, 
arrived at the stable barely in time to see the patient fall dead. 
The cadaver was removed to the dissecting room at Purdue,! 
