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EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
ETIOLOGY OF EPIZOOTIC HEMOGLOBINURIA OF CATTLE. 
BY Y. BABES. 
This affection has existed for years back, and is very se¬ 
vere in the herds of Roumania. The following are the prin¬ 
cipal symptons: general dullness, high temperature, (40° to 41 0 
C.) reddish-brown or red urine, quick death, or recovery in a 
few days. The post-mortem revealed a hyperemic condition 
of the true stomach and of the intestine ; hemorrhagic oedema, 
surrounding the enlarged spleen and kidneys; and hemoglobi¬ 
nuria. The author considers this disease to be infectious 
and endemic, and that it is caused by a specific diplococcns pen¬ 
etrating the red corpuscles of the blood. It is less abundant 
in the large blood vessels than in the parenchymatous organs 
and are very numerous in the kidneys. These parasites grow 
in the water of marshy grounds, ponds or ill-kept wells. 
Once introduced into the digestive canal, they rapidly pene¬ 
trate the mucous membrane, the sympathetic glands and the 
blood.— Rev. d. Sc. Med. 
EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
A CASE OF EQUINE TUBERCULOSIS. 
By Harry Oliver, F.R.C.Y.S., Tamworth. 
This disease is quite rare among solipeds, so much so, in¬ 
deed, that it is doubted by many whether it ever occurs in 
the horse. The following case is therefore interesting, from 
the fact of the real nature of the existing lesion, and from the 
queries suggested by the author, who, having known the pa¬ 
tient for a number of years, was naturally curious to know 
how long he had been affected with tuberculosis, and from 
what source he had contracted it. 
Mr. Oliver had been consulted by his assistant in behalf 
of the horse, in respect to a slight cough with which the ani¬ 
mal was affected, and had prescribed some cough balls, which 
appeared to give him sufficient relief to enable him to con¬ 
tinue his work. In a short time, however, he suddenly be¬ 
came worse, and for the first time he looked unhealthy. The 
breathing was slightly labored; pulse 46 ; with temperature 
