WEST OF SCOTLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 689 
disease of the lungs of a horse, produced, in my opinion, through 
pyaemia, in connection with suppuration going on in the bones of 
the head, as the turbinated, &c. The animal in question was the 
property of a Mr. Einlay, near Glasgow. On making a post¬ 
mortem examination, the liver, bowels, &c., were found to be in 
a perfect condition; but on examining the lungs a few tubercles 
presented themselves on each. The frontal sinuses were filled 
with pus, and there was disease of the turbinated bones. 
After some discussion on pleural adhesions and other diseases, 
the meeting adjourned. At the next meeting of the Society, 
which will be duly advertised in the Veterinarian ,. the subject of 
tuberculosis will be further discussed. 
James Anderson, Hon . Sec. 
ADDENDUM. 
The following details of two cases of fractured ribs, accom¬ 
panied with serious complications, have been supplied by Professor 
Walley. They w r ere brought before the meeting of the West of 
Scotland Association. 
Case 1 . —Laceration of the toalls of the right ventricle of the heart 
ancl of the pericardium ; fracture of the fourth rib ; hyper¬ 
trophy of the left ventricle and secondary phlebitis. 
Subject. —A dark brown gelding, about fifteen hands high, 
eight years old, the property of a baker. 
Admitted May 20th, in an apparent state of collapse, having 
received a wound from the shaft of a milk cart, about eight or 
nine inches long by four wide, on the right side. The shaft had 
penetrated at a point a little above the line of the elbow-joint, 
passed under the shoulder, and fractured the fourth rib about two 
inches from its junction with the costal cartilage. The pulse w r as 
indistinct; breathing laboured and irregular; expression of coun¬ 
tenance anxious; mucous membranes not much blanched, show¬ 
ing the absence of haemorrhage; as the animal breathed the 
atmospheric air, heated in the thoracic cavity, could be seen puffing 
out of the wound at each inspiration. Auscultation over right 
side gave evidence of dulness in the respiratory murmur. The 
sounds of the heart w r ere indistinct and fluttering. 
Diagnosis. —Eracture of a rib and collapse from shock, and 
probably injury to the lungs. 
Prognosis. —Yery unfavorable. Recommended the owner to 
destroy the animal, but he w'ould not consent, as he intended to 
have recourse to legal proceedings to recover his value; feeling 
assured that treatment w r ould be of no avail the w T ound was 
