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Dr. Bell inquired if animal was more subject to a return of tlie trouble after 
being once attacked. The essayist would say no, although there have been many 
cases that have had the trouble two or three times. 
Dr. Thompson inquired if it was not more frequently seen in draft horses? 
The essayist considered not, although he could not speak from experience, his 
practice being almost entirely outside of draft stock. 
Dr. Mylne: Is change of blood local or general? Local in gluteal regions, 
because of their doing most work. 
Dr. Knowles: Has season any influences ? Yes, because of care and work 
being more irregular in spring. 
Dr. Macaulay: The cases he had observed were almost entirely in the 
spring, and because of this was inclined to think the terminal nerve-endings and 
the pseudosiferous glands played an important part. In spring-time a horse’s 
coat is undergoing change, thus making these nerves much more sensitive, and on 
a fit subject for the trouble coming from the stable to the cooler air, these ex¬ 
tremely sensitive nerve-endings become affected and the sweat glands close and 
do not throw of their share of what is deleterious to the system, and thus one 
great channel of excretion is closed, and because of this, other channels, chiefly 
kidneys, are called upon for greater exertion, but being unable to take from the 
blood what is detrimental as fast as it is manufactured by tissue waste, the blood 
becomes suicharged with urea and other allied products, and the disease ensues. 
In almost every case the information is, that after going a short distance the 
animal commenced trembling and broke out into profuse perspiration; the sweat 
glands acting only after the disease is noticed to be present. 
Dr. Ferling: How long does an animal remain down and yet recover? 
Nine or ten days—those remaining down longer generally succumb. 
Dr. Diggs mentioned a case that had been down nine weeks and recovered. 
Dr. Diggs : What percentage of cases recover after going down, in your 
practice? From sixty to seventy-five per cent. 
Dr. Curphey: Would not the use of very soft catheters prevent excessive 
nervousness in patients? The essayist thought it would, but would use no cathe¬ 
ter whatever for three or four hours. 
Dr. Franklin: What treatment do you advise? Quietness; no catheter; 
enemas, and, if necessary, oil, sometimes stimulants. 
Dr. Buckner: How does essayist quiet animal? A good strong man at head 
is as good as anything, but often uses gelsennum or chloral. Cases naturally 
have cessation of pain in three or four hours without any medicine. 
Dr. Mylne next read a paper on the “Surgical Treatment of Fistula.” 
In the discussion following, Dr. Bell mentioned a case of fistula into coecum 
following puncture, all coming out of fistula five days after puncture; used injec- 
iron of corrosive sublimate and had case well in four days. 
Dr. Williams mentioned a case in blood mare with abcess on cervical verte¬ 
brae which had never been treated, according to owner, although ugly scars were 
present. This case ended fatally. 
Dr. Paul Paquin, State Veterinarian for Missouri, then gave an extempo- 
taneous lecture on “Bacteria,” and mentioned results of experiments made by 
him in preventive inoculation for Texas fever, &c. 
The doctor mentioned that in order to understand the life of bacteria, these 
