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nearly normal; ausculation demonstrating lung mischief, but 
of an unusual character, there being some dullness and some 
friction over the whole surface of both lungs. 
Blisters were applied and stimulants administered, and, 
later, aconite, bicarbonate of potash, and nux vomica, and for 
a few days an apparent improvement was manifest. He then 
began to lose flesh rapidly, with staring coat, fickle appetite 
and increasing frequency of the cough. All the appearances 
became unfavorable, and the case became hopeless. 
Consultation was suggested, but declined by the owner. 
Treatment was continued for a few days but proved useless, 
and about two months from the day of his first visible sick¬ 
ness, he was destroyed. 
Without exaggeration, there scarcely was an inch of 
healthy viscera in the thoracic and abdominal cavities. The 
lungs were one mass of tubercular disease, from end to end, 
the base of the heart had several large nodules attached to it, 
and the diaphragm on both sides was studded with others of 
various sizes, as were also the intestines on the outside, 
throughout their whole length. The liver was enlarged and 
full of similar deposits, varying from the size of a hen’s egg 
downwards; the spleen also was much enlarged, and resem¬ 
bled, in a greatly aggravated form, the colored plate of Lym- 
phadenoma in Professor Williams’ Veterinary Medicine. The 
mesenteric glands were fused into one mass near the spinal col¬ 
umn, which would have weighed ten or fifteen pounds, every 
part being more or less affected. The microscopic examin¬ 
ation of the specimen made by Professor Penberthy, of the 
Royal Veterinary College, revealed the parts literally swarm¬ 
ing with bacilli tuberculosis, much more numerous and easily 
found in the spleen and mesenteric glands than in other parts, 
and also in the lungs.— Journ. of Comp . Pathology. 
RESORCIN IN VETERINARY PRACTICE. 
By M. Ehrhardt. (Zurich). 
This new substance is recommended by the author in vet¬ 
erinary practice in various conditions ; as a caustic in the form 
