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Several articles have been written in this and the Euro¬ 
pean countries condemning the operation, but, while it has not 
always proven successful in my hands, yet the percentage of 
recoveries are sufficient to warrant me in advising the opera¬ 
tion when the animal is worth the expense of the trial. 
There is no operation that always terminates successfully, 
and as this disease frequently renders the animal worthless, 
consquently the operation should be tried, and if not alwa}^s 
successful will very seldom leave the animal in a worse con¬ 
dition than he was prior to the operation. 
I should be pleased to hear the results of others on this 
subject through the columns of the Review. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
Hospital Department. 
A COMPLICATED CASE OF VARIOLA EQUINA. 
By E. Nesbitt, D.V.S., House Surgeon. 
I 
March 28th we were called to see a medium-sized chest¬ 
nut gelding about five years of age, and the history of the 
case, with its subsequent developments, will, I think, be 
sufficiently interesting to entitle it to a small space in the 
Review. The horse had been used for ordinary light driving 
purposes, and had been ailing for a day or two before we 
were called, refusing his feed, appearing dull and coughing 
occasionally. Upon examination, we found his temperature 
to be io6°F., pulse 60, respiration very much accelerated, non¬ 
flexibility of loins, extremities slightly swollen, and the visible 
mucous membranes were very much congested. On auscul¬ 
tation, harsh mucous rales were heard, and on percussion, 
resonance was obtained. The case was diagnosed as one of 
bronchitis, and the following mode of treatment adopted. 
The extremities were bandaged ; quinine sulphate was given 
three times a day in the form of two-drachm balls. 
After the fever had been got under control we adminis¬ 
tered stimulants and the patient began to improve, tempera- 
