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After a few clays the breathing was normal, pulse and respira¬ 
tions weie about the same, and the temperature varied from 102 
to 104 2-5 degrees until April 26th, when it rose to 106 2-5 de¬ 
grees, pulse 68, respirations 32, and the appetite not improving. 
He was now given quinine twice a day, stimulants, tonics, milk, 
hay tea, gruel, etc. 
During all this time four abscesses in the intermaxillary space 
were opened and had again healed, yet the condition of the ani¬ 
mal was not improving, and on examination dullness wus found 
over the lungs, and it was thought that abscesses were forming in 
the lungs. 
The first of May found him with a temperature of 101 de¬ 
grees, respirations 24, pulse 48, and purging freely, for which 
opium was given with success in ehecking it. 
The weakness now increased very much ; nutrition was given 
in drench and by rectum, but the weakness continued until May 
9th, when he died. 
The post-mortem examination held the same day showed: 
Small enlargements in the intermaxillary space, enlarged prepec¬ 
toral glands, pleurisy with effusion, old costal and pulmonary ad¬ 
hesions, and lymph patches on both; diaphragmatic pleura was 
highly inflamed; right lung edematous and of recent occurrence; 
left lung showed a portion at the base that was nearly normal; 
the apex showed pneumonia, and in the middle portion was a 
large abscess occupying about one-fourth of the lung; heart nor¬ 
mal except in the right side Was found an ante-mortem clot that 
extended into lungs ; abdominal cavity contained a large quantity 
of fluid ; beginning of peritonitis and mostly of the small intes¬ 
tines ; the kidneys slightly congested 5 spleen highly congested; 
the liver of a nutmeg appearance and containing two large ab¬ 
scesses from which escaped laudable pus slightly greenish in color; 
and the mesenteric glands all greatly enlarged. 
LEUCOCYTHEMIA OF THE SKIN. 
By J. A. Walrath, D.V.S., House Surgeon. 
Toward the latter end of the spring session a bay mare was 
brought to one of the free clinics covered with a great number of 
