REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DISEASE. 
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lasting- in those that I treated from four to ten days, conval¬ 
escence lasting an additional week. 
“ Usually the first symptoms noticed would be that of pro¬ 
fuse lachrymation, eyelids cedematous, loss of appetite, list¬ 
lessness, head hanging low, recumbent when in stable, with 
general debility. 
“On examination, the temperature ranged from 103 to 106°; 
respiration and pulse increased accordingly, with nothing re¬ 
markable about them. Auscultation showed no change in the 
lung structure that would show them to be especialty involved. 
The mucous membranes were all oedematous, and the con¬ 
junctiva especiall) r so, having the appearance of gelatine and 
almost transparent, showing the liver to be implicated in all 
cases; there was a slight cough in those cases fhat partook of 
the catarrhal form, in which the larynx was affected, as well 
as the upper air passages, with a very slight discharge from 
the nostrils. This condition I usually considered to be one of 
the complications. 
“ The complications met with were such as may be ex¬ 
pected in any debilitating disease, viz., oedema of the extrem¬ 
ities, purpura, and general prostration. One case that was 
brought to my office, and that I had ordered to the stable, 
was placed in a small building that had been used fora winter 
hen-house, the stall being about four feet wide and twelve 
long, with the entire south side of glass, allowing the sun to 
pour its concentrated rays upon the poor animal, producing 
-a very marked case of cerebritis. In animals that were shipped 
for sale, to this market, that were already suffering from our 
acclimation fever, the disease was most severe, still the loss of 
life was very small when the large number of animals affected 
is taken into consideration. 
“ As to specific methods of treatment, I have none, and 
treated all of the cases in the manner that the existing symp¬ 
toms demanded. Ext. belladonnas fl. ; tct. aconiti; ext. 
veratrum vir. fl.; ext. bryonia alb. fo.; potassii acetas; 
and liquor arsenicalis, were all used as they were in my 
mind indicated. 
“My diagnosis : Enzootic cellulitis; specific, contagious, and 
infectious.” 
