ODONTOME IN A YOUNG FOAL. 
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A complication which is sometimes seen is a general drop¬ 
sical infiltration into all the depending parts, the head, extrem¬ 
ities, belly, etc.; these will sometimes reach enormous propor¬ 
tions, and as ecchymotic spots appear in the conjunctiva, 
Schneiderian mucous membrane, and other parts, care must 
be taken not to confound it with purpura haemorrhagica. 
(To be Continued.) 
ODONTOME IN A YOUNG FOAL. 
By Dr. W. L. Williams, Montana. 
In a former paper- of some length we had occasion to cite 
a considerable number of cases of odontomes of the horse, 
representing nearly all variations in aberrations of the tooth 
follicle, all of which cases, barring one, had been developed 
m animals varying in age from a little less than a year to about 
6 years of age. In the present case the age of the foal at time 
v hen the disease was first noted is, so far as our observation is 
concerned, or cases noted by other writers, somewhat unusual. 
The subject was a full-blood French draft horse foal of 
unusual size and quality, born May ist, 1893, property of S. N. 
K., Normal, Ill. 
The dam was a profuse milker, and rearing the foal being 
her exclusive duty, it made a very rapid growth and was in 
excellent general health. 
The foal continued well up to August ist of the same year, 
when the owner noted some difficulty in breathing during exer¬ 
tion, which was at first attributed to strangles. 
The dyspnoea rapidly increased until August 14th, when the 
foal, accompanied by the dam, was presented for examination 
and treatment. 
The foal was yet in good condition and general health. 
The dyspnoea had become so pronounced that the breathing 
A Clinical Study of Odontomes.”— American Veterinary Review. XV. 1. 
