OMPHALOPHLEBITIS. 
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pain. From the commencement the symptoms are very acute, 
and are rendered more marked by the least movement. 
The progress of the disease is sometimes very rapid, death 
occurring in two to four days after the first symptoms are 
noticed. This, however, is not the usual course, the patient 
may live three or four weeks, or even longer ; the average 
duration is about fifteen days. 
Suppuration soon manifests itself, which soon becomes 
general; numerous abscesses form in different parts of the 
body, and around the joints, whose capsules contain pus as 
well as purulent deposits, which is exuded in large quantities. 
As complications we may have pleurisy, pericarditis, 
pneumonia and the usual complications of pyasmia; it is sel¬ 
dom that the disease assumes a chronic form. 
In fatal cases the patient soon becomes emaciated, the hair 
is harsh and dead, sometimes there is a nasal discharge with 
foetid diarrhoea, but we usually find an obstinate constipation. 
The foal does not suck as much as usual, and if lively at 
the commencement of the disease, soon becomes prostrated 
and extremely weak, and will have to be aided to rise. The 
temperature which has been 102 to 103° runs as high as 106°. 
From the closest examination of the pathological anatomy, 
there can scarcely be a doubt as to the septic or pysemic or¬ 
igin of the disease. 
If the disease has existed for any length of time a serous 
exudate will be found under the skin and in the various cavi¬ 
ties of the body. There will also be found numerous pyasmic 
abscesses in various parts of the body. The liver is found en¬ 
larged and full of minute abscesses, all of the organs of the 
body being more or less affected. If the disease is of long 
duration the muscles waste, thus causing the affected joint to 
appear larger than it really is. 
Treatment. 
As has already been said, curative treatment, even when 
taken at the very commencement, and under the most favor¬ 
able circumstances, is often very unsatisfactory. Only by 
prompt and vigorous prophylactic treatment can we hope to 
