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REPORTS OF CASES. 
September 20th.—She returns to work apparently cured, 
but careful auscultation reveals yet the bellowing sound at 
the left side. It is very likely that this animal will remain, 
for a time at least, if she is worked as before, with a slight al¬ 
teration of the mitral valves. The owner is notified to either 
spare her or get rid of her. He sold her a few weeks after 
and I lost sight of her. 1 have selected this case, amongst 
the many others in my note-book, on account of its being 
typical. Of course, acute endocarditis does not always pre¬ 
sent itself with such severity and is sometimes quite difficult 
to diagnose, unless the practitioner is always on the look out, 
which is improbable. This is true notably in the horse and 
dog when it is easily mistaken for pneumonia. But with a 
little attention and care in examining the patient, in making a 
rule to never let a supposed case of pneumonia pass before 
the heart is examined, in taking into account the color of the 
conjunctiva, the nature of the pulse, the elevation of temper¬ 
ature and the clinical analysis of the symptoms revealed by 
exploration of the lungs, the mistake can be avoided. 
DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE. 
By W. H. Dalrymple M.R.C.V.S., Baton Rouge, La. 
The subject of the following short record was a five-year- 
old bay harness gelding standing 15.3 or 16 hands high. 
I was called to see him at 10 o’clock, on the morning of 
May 10 last. Found his temperature 1065 F. Pulse quick 
and frequent (number of beats not recorded) but did not 
notice any irregularity or intermittency. Respirations hur¬ 
ried (number not recorded). Expansion very slight in right 
wall of chest. On auscultation, finer sounds lost, larger 
bronchial sounds audible. Pneumonia treated for, the de¬ 
tails of which need not be repeated here. 
At 6:30 P.M., temperature 106 F.; at 9 P.M., temperature 
1055 F. 
On May nth, at 6:45 A.M., temperature 104 F.; 3 P.M., 
104^ F.; 6 P.M.,. 104* F.; 9.30 P.M., 104^ F. 
On May 12th, at 7:30 A.M., temperature 102^ F. _At it 
