REPORTS OF CASES. 
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AZOTURIA. 
By S. J. Alcolay, D.V.M., Le Sueur, Minn. 
The fact that two gentlemen have written on the subject of 
azoturia in your last month’s issue is sufficient proof to believe 
that this is the season in which this malady is made more mani¬ 
fest than in any other season of the year. 
I agree in every word these gentlemen have said concerning 
the treatment. Their ways of dealing with this disease and their 
therapeutic measures are almost identical. 
I wish to describe my way of curing this disease. I had 
more than one horse to treat, and of either sex. I am pleased 
to say that I saved every one of them by following a very simple 
procedure and by using the cheapest available drug; also, slings 
were not used. 
I shall ask the favor to have room in your valuable Review, 
wide enough to state two of the worst cases I treated. 
First Case —John Nocker comes to town with his team of 
horses to have them shod. He drove a few miles from his house 
to our village, bound to the blacksmith shop. His off horse all 
of a sudden acts as if he had stringhalt. He lifts up his left 
hind limb, as high up as to reach the abdomen, makes a jump 
while the leg is hanging, and in this way advances by making 
some short strides. It took us about ten minutes to bring that 
horse from the blacksmith shop to the stable, a distance of about 
20 rods. 
John was much alarmed. His means are very limited. 
Symptoms: No sweating at all. John claims the horse has 
sprained himself while crossing the bridge. I was educated by 
our worthy dean, Dr. White, that quite often a farmer will rather 
mislead the veterinarian by giving the anamnesis of his case. 
So I was at a loss. It could not be stringhalt as the horse could 
make no use of the leg at all, while in stringhalt the horse is able 
to bear weight on the afflicted limb. The horse had not been 
overfed. John said he only fed him two quarts of oats a day. 
But this was Monday; the horse was looking at his sides; 
eyes dusky brown; there was some manure in the rectum, the 
bladder moderately full. 
Diagnosis—Azoturia. 
