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preferred short trotting, groaned when he galloped, objected to 
be saddled, was sore and groaned when the surcingles were tied 
on him, moved about when his rider was going to mount 
him, and when he was once on his back he seemed to fear the 
pressure of the rider’s legs, and groaned when touched with the 
spur. Still he ate well, but did not gain flesh; he dunged 
frequently, his faeces being hard first, then soft and of yellow color 
and at the end diarrhceic. Lastly, he seemed to be asleep, dis¬ 
liked moving, and when made to trot he had to be stimulated 
with the whip. While those symptoms were not constant, they 
occurred by intermissions, and seem to justify that one must 
look out for horses which are tender on the loins and their 
backs. At the post-mortem of this horse, all the organs were 
sound, except the liver, which was three times its normal size 
and weighed 21 kilograms—that is, five times the average 
weight of a healthy liver. The liver presented a bosselated 
appearance, with hard tumors of different sizes. It was of a 
pale, greyish color, hard to cut, and presented in its substance 
numerous little abscesses, containing a yellowish, thin, odorless 
suppuration. In the second case, although the animal was 
lost sight of, the presence of the symptoms observed in the first 
animal satisfied the author that both had the same ailment, 
and that the second subject was also one of chronic hepatitis.— 
(. Rec . de Med . Vet.) 
Diabkt-es, with Complete Atrophy of the Pancreas 
in A Dog [By Prof. Almy \.—A four-year-old fox terrier slut 
had a litter of three pups, which she was unable to suckle and 
which died. Shortly after she became ill, losing flesh rapidly, 
and had manifestations of polyphagy, polydipsy and polyuria. 
She is placed under diabetic diet. She shows 20 and 18 
grammes of sugar in one litre of urine, which is brought down 
to 17 grammes by careful diet. She still keeps on losing flesh, 
becomes very weak, and ultimately dies. At her post-mortem 
all the organs of the abdomen were found healthy, except the 
liver and kidneys, which were yellowish and somewhat soft. 
At the region where the pancreas ought to be found pigmentary 
deposits are found, and the gland is only represented by a small 
series of whitish, hard granulations. In the thoracic cavity the 
left lung was cedematous, and the pericardium and heart were 
healthy. The remarks made by the author are : “ The post¬ 
mortem shows an entire atrophy of the pancreas. What is the 
cause of it ? It seems that it has followed parturition. Has 
there been puerperal infection with pancreatic lesions ? The 
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