REPORTS OF CASES. 
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Treating this case with moderate doses of iron, arsenic and 
chlorate of potash proved worse than useless, so I changed the 
medication to four ounces each daily of Fowler’s solution and 
nitrous ether and found that the slightest diminution of dose 
in any case would bring back the symptoms of purpura and 
farcy in all their gravity. 
In three weeks this horse (a large six-year-old) received al¬ 
most three quarts of lig. arsenicalis. How much of it will kill 
a horse ? 
The groom who had attended these two cases in the livery 
barn was affected with a venereal disease and washed his sores 
in the same bucket with which he watered the horses, thus 
adding another element of difficulty to the matter of diagno¬ 
sis. But I have seen half a dozen more cases, and have had 
reported to me still more this summer of a similar affection, 
where diseased human attendants were known to be absent. 
As far as known, this affection is confined to four, five, six and 
seven-year olds in prime condition. I called the attention of 
the district veterinarian to some of these cases, and he coin¬ 
cided with the diagnosis, “ stomatitis pustulosa contagiosa.” 
[To comply with the request of the author, we must re¬ 
spectfully say that a careful reading of the above article makes 
us consider all those as cases of equine variola—horse pox.— 
Editor]. 
OBSTINATE CONSTIPATION. 
By Wm. R. Claussen, V. S., Waupaca, Wis. 
The subject of this report was a five-year-old bay gelding. 
Monday forenoon, July 14th, the horse was at work, appear¬ 
ing as well as ever, ate his meal at noon, but was shortly after 
noticed to be uneasy. He would now and then look around 
to his flank, raise one hind leg and touch his sheath with his 
nose ; would paw a little, then lie down quietly for an hour 
or more at the time. This continued till Tuesday morning, 
when he would remain lying in the sternal position, unless 
made to rise. I was called in at this time. Temperature, 
respiration and pulse normal. On inquiry 1 was informed 
that Monday, just before noon, the horse had voided foeces. 
