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S. H. KLNGERY. 
COAL-OIL POISONING IN THE HORSE. 
By S. H. Kingery, Y.S., LaMoille, 111. 
A paper read before the Illinois Veterinary Medical Association. 
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The following case occurred in my practice, and not hav¬ 
ing seen a similar one recorded, I thought it might prove 
interesting to the profession at large. 
On August 16, 1889, 1 was called to see a sorrel saddle- 
horse, aged nine years. On entering the stable I was struck 
by the appearance of the animal. His coat was staring, nos¬ 
trils dilated, ears lopping, and countenance anxious. There 
were slight purging and anorexia, some tenesmus and point¬ 
ing toward the abdomen. The breathing was rapid, and there 
was a spasmodic cough at intervals of about live minutes, ac¬ 
companied by dribbling of a ropy saliva from the mouth. 
Inquiry elicited that, owing to the cough, the horse had 
been worked but slightly; and the attendant had tried, about 
ten days prior, to administer a pint of kerosene ; he succeeded 
in getting about one-half of it down, and seeing no ill results, 
on the 14th he administered another pint which the horse 
took. 
I at once made a careful examination of the case and found 
the following symptoms: Respirations, 38 to 44; pulse, 96, 
thready and nearly imperceptible, irregularity well marked; 
temperature, 105^; ears and extremities cold, Schneiderian 
and buccal mucous membranes, reddened in patches; pupils, 
somewhat contracted. There was great prostration and the 
horse stood with his head down, his ears drooping and his 
eyes half closed, as if in a comatose state, but would rouse up 
when spoken to. There were slight watery discharges from 
the eyes and nostrils, and shreds of mucus in the foecal matter. 
The urine was dark colored and both it and the fceces had the 
characteristic odor of coal oil. 
There was a double motion of the flanks during expiration ; 
auscultation revealed a low wheeze at the posterior part of the 
chest; resonance, somewhat increased on percussion ; the ani¬ 
mal could hardly be moved out of a walk. 
