REPORTS OF CASES. 
THE CLINIC OF THE NEW YORK STATE VETERI¬ 
NARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
Case i. Presented for Diagnosis: Aged bay mare; could 
not back out of stall voluntarily, seemingly complete lack of mus¬ 
cular control; paralysis of left lip and ear; extremities cold. There 
would be spontaneous recovery from these symptoms in a few 
Fours. Owner traded the horse off between the attacks at one 
time, but the symptoms returned, and so did the horse. Recov¬ 
ery from the attacks lasts from a few hours to a few days. He 
apparently sleeps them off—seem much excited when coming out 
of the spells. Dr. George H. Berns was asked to diagnose this 
case. The doctor attempted to induce the symptoms by applying 
pressure on the jugular veins, but without success, although the 
circulation was obstructed for three or four minutes. The pecu¬ 
liar spells would come on while the animal was at rest. Dr. 
Berns concluded that the condition was possibly due tor ballooning 
of certain blood vessels, causing pressure on the brain, due to a 
partial rupture of one of the walls of a blood vessel. 
Case 2. Cat. — Presented the night before the clinic, ap¬ 
parently suffering pain, and with the history that three others 
had presented similar symptoms and had died. This cat also died 
during the night, and was presented to the clinic for post-mortem. 
Dr. Fitch performed the autopsy, and found that there had 
existed in the small intestines a haemorrhagic enteritis, involving 
the mucosa and submucosa, the lesions of which were well 
marked. 
Case 3. Gray Gelding .—One of four reactors to mallein and 
agglutination tests for glanders. This horse had been in intimate 
contact with three others that had reacted and afterward showed 
physical symptoms of the disease and were destroyed. The horse 
in question reacted positively to the mallein test in January and 
again in May, and had also reacted positively to the agglutination 
test; temperature normal and no physical symptoms of glanders 
We wish to acknowledge the assistance of Drs. Shaw ( Brooklyn) and Mnlvey 
iMoores ) in gathering the data for report of clinic. 
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