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tions, or an average of 7.08 per cent., and Hering, in the last 
edition of his work, revised by Vogel, describing Stockfleth’s 
and Degive’s operation, reports a loss of thirty per cent. 
Schmidt gives the details ot three operations through the 
inguinal passage, and reports a letter from Stelkens, who has 
operated upon 36 animals, with 8 deaths, or a loss of 2 2.22 per 
cent. Capon reports three deaths in 10 operations, or a loss 
of 30 per cent. 
Evidently, this vacation in the results actually obtained 
depends a great deal upon the different conditions in which 
the several operations have been performed. 
( To be continued.') 
AN OUTBREAK OF SCARLET FEVER IN COLORADO. 
By Charles Cresswbll, M.R C.Y.S., State Veterinarian. 
A disease of a somewhat mysterious character has been 
prevalent on the Johnson ranch, near Dolores, Montezuma 
county, for a period of between four and five years, resulting 
in the death of several valuable horses, the most noted of 
which have been the celebrated thoroughbred stallions Jim 
Douglas and King Faro. During the past year twenty-five 
horses have been affected, of which seven died. Latterly, the 
general opinion, among the horsemen and neighbors of the 
district, was that this disease was glanders. Last week I 
made a journey there in order to investigate the nature and 
cause of the disease. On arrival I found one stallion in the 
first stages and thirteen more or less affected, and several 
others which had recovered. The recent case had only been 
affected two days. The thirteen were, with three others— 
now showing no symptoms of the disease—the remainder of 
twenty horses turned out in March with the expectation that 
all would die. 
The symptoms of the recent case were: Discharge from 
both nostrils, enlargement of the submaxillary glands under 
the throat, and of the parotid glands below the ears, sore 
throat, high temperature, and injected condition of the lining 
