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time succeeded in getting her back to the barn. I catheterized 
her and found the urine to be coffee-colored and thick. I was 
surprised to find a case of azoturia in a mule, but was more sur¬ 
prised when the owner informed me that he had used the mule 
for feeding every day, that she was turned in a three-acre lot 
during the day, being stabled only at night. 
I then gave her an aloetic physic ball and diuretic of fluid ext. 
of corn silk (oz. 1^2) and left, telling Mr. Anderson to call me 
at 4 o’clock that afternoon. He called at the time appointed, say¬ 
ing the mule was all right, was in the lot bitting and playing with 
her mate. In about three weeks the same condition recurred 
under the same circumstances. The mule was treated and recov- 
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ered as before. After a lapse of about two^ weeks more, early 
one morning this mule and her mate were started to town to be 
shod. When they had gone two miles she began to show symp¬ 
toms of the same old trouble. The man in charge of them hap¬ 
pened to be a newly hired hand and forced her on to the out¬ 
skirts of town and got her into a stable. As soon as possible I 
was called and found the same mule in the same condition, only 
worse. She was looking round at her side and exhibiting much 
pain. As before I catheterized her, gave her an aloetic physic 
ball, one and one-half oz. fid. ext. corn silk, and arecoline 1 gr. 
hypodermically. In from 20 to 30 minutes she had two or three 
evacuations of the bowels and seemed to be relieved of pain. 
Leaving her in charge of the attendant, I left and returned at 
3 p. m. and found an almost complete recovery. I gave her corn 
silk (1 oz.) and left her till morning, when I found her entirely 
recovered. The owner sold this mule to a horse trader, condi¬ 
tions being fully explained, consequently I have since lost sight 
of this case. 
Sequelae .—The most common sequelae of azoturia is a para¬ 
lytic and atrophic condition of the muscles. No immunity is 
gained by an animal having once passed through this disease, 
•but, on the contrary, there is a predisposition to further attacks. 
Treatment .—As in tetanus, I think almost every drug in the 
pharmacopeia has been used in azoturia, from Genesis to Reve- 
