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J. G. SLEE. 
is past recovery. I have seen horses being used with a well ad¬ 
vanced case. 
In the corral, the sick animal at first showed a temperature 
of from 103 to 107, pulse full, breathing increased and abdomi¬ 
nal, appetite variable, from poor to good, but never entirely lost, 
.the membranes slightly injected, but no haemorrhagic spots, 
as noted in the native animal. The swellings of the belly, 
sheath and legs soon appear, in some cases may not be present, 
emaciation taking the place, but in the native horses, it seems 
to be always a marked symptom. At this point the tempera¬ 
ture is variable, of an intermittent character, and is not con¬ 
trolled by any of the febrifuges ; may be higher immediately 
after giving medication than before. Some of the cases last for 
a long time, being in the hospital for two or three months, end¬ 
ing in recovery or death. If the swellings suddenly disappear, 
death soon follows in the native horse, but this is also a symp¬ 
tom of recovery in the foreign horse. 
As the disease progresses towards a fatal termination, the 
animal grows very weak, particularly in the hind legs, weaves 
from side to side when walking, may go down and be unable to 
rise. 
The faeces are of a normal character, no marked constipa¬ 
tion nor diarrhoea being present; the urine seems to be in¬ 
creased in quantity, but as to color or changes have been unable 
to note. 
Post-mortem .—No special lesions are found, the organs and 
tissues showing an anaemic condition ; in some cases abcesses 
were noted in the stomach and abdominal cavity. The peri¬ 
cardial sack and pleural cavity are always full of a serous fluid, 
but no appearances of inflammatory changes ; ante-mortem clots 
are found in the heart. 
As there were so many cases, it was supposed to be of a con¬ 
tagious type, but this did not seem possible, as in a stable of 
several horses, one would be affected and the others remain 
healthy, the horses standing side by side and eating out of the 
same manger. 
