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.T. SERLING. 
hypodermic injections of ol. terebinth in doubtful cases, and thus 
to shorten the long term of time during which the affected ani¬ 
mal may continue to be a source of danger to other animals. 
In May, 1888, I was called to see a bay horse, which had 
been bought the preceding January, and had been taken sick in 
February with severe bronchitis, from which he had made a good 
recovery, with the exception of a slight cough. 
In April he became lame, and was in that condition when I 
was called, having also a cough accompanied by a nasal discharge. 
When seen in May, I found him a strong, five-year-old horse, 
with every external appearance of health—skin smooth, hairs 
glistening, no sores, the glands free from enlargement, pulse, res¬ 
piration and temperature normal. Percussion of the chest failed 
to detect anything wrong, though auscultation on the left side 
gave evidence of louder breathing there than on the right. The 
cough of the animal was painful, strong and convulsive, and could 
be readily developed by pressure on the throat. The septum nasi 
was clean, and nothing abnormal could be detected by minute ex¬ 
aminations with the use of the speculum nasi and reflected light. 
The discharge was of a greyish color, of firm consistency and of 
rather offensive smell, and was more abundant from the right 
than from the left nostril. It was much increased when the ani¬ 
mal hung his head down to the floor. Eating and drinking were 
performed in a perfectly natural manner. As far as the lameness 
was concerned, it was well marked in trotting or going up hill, 
but diminished when moving on level ground. My diagnosis was 
chronic laryngitis and shoulder lameness. 
The treatment to which the horse was submitted for about 
three weeks, was followed by good results, and the cough and the 
discharge disappeared. The lameness, however, remained un¬ 
changed. I decided to treat it by strong counter irritation, and 
with that view proceeded to inject four grammes ol. terebinth in 
the shoulder of the lame leg under the skin. 
On the night when he received this treatment he was taken 
with violent dyspnoea, which lasted intermittently for some time. 
On the following day his pulse was weak at 64, with tempera¬ 
ture at 107° and respiration at 30. The discharge from the nose 
