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solution 6 drachms, and gave a quinine and iron ball. During 
this day a lai'ge slough came away from the horse’s sheath. 
The animal was inclined to feed. 
July 31st.—Horse greatly improved, moves freely, swell¬ 
ings almost disappeared; appetite much better. Up to this 
point he had almost entirely lived upon milk and eggs. Dur¬ 
ing the next ten days the treatment was purely tonic and re¬ 
storative, and at the end of the period alluded to the patient, 
which had then progressed most rapidly, was discharged con¬ 
valescent. 
Case II.—A bay harness mare, 10 years old, was the most 
severe of the quartette. When first seen on December 8th 
her head and limbs were enormously swollen. Serum was 
oozing from the nostrils, angles of the mouth, armpits and in¬ 
side the thighs. She was moved only with the greatest pain 
and difficulty. I do not propose to repeat a daily record, as 
case 1. gives a fair type of the action of the treatment under 
consideration, but it may briefly be stated that during her 
treatment this patient’s temperature reached 106, Q pulse 90, re¬ 
spiration 70. 
On December 14th, six days from the commencement of 
the attack, the mare got a most acute attack of laryngitis and 
threatened suffocation. (Lest any skeptic should attribute 
this to the iodine, I would say at once that it occurred as the 
result of the box door being left accidentally open while a 
bitter east wind was blowing, and, further, that during the in¬ 
jections the animal’s head was always supported on a man’s 
shoulder until one felt sure that absorption had taken place. 
Beyond this it may be added that we have on occasion pur¬ 
posely lowered the head immediately after giving the last 
syringeful, the small quantity of solution then returned 
through the nostrils occasions only slight cough and incon¬ 
venience). I performed tracheotomy and inserted a tube. 
Independently of its immediate effect this operation subse¬ 
quently saved the animal a considerable amount of annoyance, 
in that the whole of the remaining injections were given 
through its opening. This patient received in all 13 injec¬ 
tions, in quantities varying from 8 to 18 drachms, administered 
