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REPORTS OF CASES. 
“ Cultures of the material on egg medium made by Dr. L’Es- 
perance are negative. Nevertheless the diagnosis of tuberculosis 
seems warranted by the gross appearance of the lesions especially 
in the liver, and especially by the microscopical structure, which 
is identical with certain known forms of tuberculosis in which 
tubercle bacilli are very scanty.” 
Conclusion —The cause of the endocarditis seems primarily 
to have been tubercular infection; and the exhaustion brought 
on by the straining of the heart, due to the trying swim in New¬ 
ark Bay, undoubtedly aggravated the condition by causing 
greater metastasis. The kicking and pounding, received in the 
fight spoken of, hastened the end. Although the dog was chloro¬ 
formed, in my opinion he could not have lived longer than two 
weeks. It was hoped to establish the point of whether the infec¬ 
tion was of human origin, but this, unfortunately, could not be 
done. It is interesting to note that the age of the dog was three 
years, as usually the endocarditis is found in older dogs. 
The liver and kidneys were not preserved. They were not 
put into preserving fluid at first because the material was needed 
for inoculation, and later decomposition had already set in, so 
that they were not worth keeping. 
I am indebted to Dr. J. G. M. Bullowa, a physician, who 
took a great interest in this case and aided me in making the 
diagnosis so far as possible. Neither Dr. Bullowa nor myself 
diagnosed the hydropericardium. 
The picture of the bull terrier shows the fine condition the 
dog was in at a time when it was probably considerably infected. 
The picture was taken a few days before the swim already men¬ 
tioned. 
TREATMENT OF LUNG PLAGUE IN HORSES WITH 
SALVARSAN.* 
By Dr. Nevermann, Berlin, Germany. 
Incited thereto by several favorable reports published in 
the special journals in regard to the treatment of lung plague in 
horses with salvarsan, I instituted some researches with this 
remedy, having been authorized by the Ministers of Agriculture, 
etc., to use the material of the breeding studs at Gudwallen and 
Trakehnen. The salvarsan used w&s kindly supplied without 
cost bv Professor Ehrlich. 
* Reprint from the " Berliner Thierarztlichen Wochenschrift,” 19x2, No. 7 
