75 $ 
S. S. BAKER. 
telling me a few days ago that since her recovery she has been 
as hearty and well as ever. I forgot to say that on the eleventh 
day of the mare’s sickness one of the sub-maxillary glands be¬ 
gan to enlarge, and on opening it a fevV' days afterwards I got a 
profuse discharge of pus. 
DID I MAKE A WRONG DIAGNOSIS?' 
For sake of argument, I head my next case as above. This 
was in a pug dog of about the ordinary size and weight. I was 
called to see the dog on the 18th of May, 1894. 
I found the dog off his feed, coat staring, some pain, nose 
hot and dry, etc., and diagnosed it as a case of indigestion, and 
prescribed for that trouble. In a few days I saw him again, 
and he appeared to be doing nicely, and consequently told the 
lady that I would not call again unless she telephoned me. 
About a week afterwards I was called again, the dog showing 
somewhat different symptoms to what he did before. He could 
bark as loudly as ever, and jump up into a chair, but could not 
get down alone, and had to be lifted down. 
He seemed to be in great pain at times ; he could not walk 
very well without its hurting him, and when he did he carried a 
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stiff hind leg. He could lie down without any inconvenience or 
pain, but could not get up very well, and always had to be 
coaxed ; in fact, lying down and jumping into a chair were the 
only things he could do that did not seem to hurt him. 
I examined him very carefully, but could find no soreness, 
heat or swelling. There was a slight elevation of temperature 
and a hard pulse. 
I diagnosed it as a rheumatic complication, and prescribed for 
same. He was not eating at all, so ordered him fed with a spoon. 
I called again in a few days and found him still unwilling to 
exercise any, but did not seem to be in so much pain, and con¬ 
cluded that he was doing all right, and told the lady to continue the 
treatment, and let me hear from her if she wanted anything more. 
About three weeks from the time I was first called, I 
received a very urgent call to the same patient. I found the 
