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siderable oedema of the limbs; pulse tolerably strong and some¬ 
what thrilling, but regular; mucous membranes of an unhealthy 
hue; slight cough; breathing regular ; dry, harsh coat; appetite 
tolerable; urinary and intestinal secretions normal; no physical 
signs of cardiac or pulmonary complication. Prognosis unfa¬ 
vorable, as swellings had shown an erratic tendency. 
I told his owner that in all probability his heart would ulti¬ 
mately become affected. On inquiry, the fact was elicited that 
the colt had been exposed, on the night of the 2.5th September, 
to a bitterly cold north-east storm, and was found the next 
morning very stiff, great difficulty being experienced in getting 
him safely housed, and little treatment having been adopted, with 
the exception of a dose of 
medicine. 
Treatment. —Good diet, warmth, plenty of friction to the joints, 
with the inunction of compound iodine liniment and the internal 
administration of iodine and iron, in combination with potass, carb. 
in his water; bowels to be kept regular with ol. lini and carrots. 
He died on the 6th November, his appetite having failed, his 
breathing become laboured, and the cough extremely painful, a 
day or two prior to his death. 
A hock and knee were removed, and with the heart forwarded 
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to me. Examination revealed considerable thickening of the sub¬ 
cutaneous cellular tissue of the limbs, with the so-called athero¬ 
matous or fibrinous deposits on the internal surface of the synovial 
membrane of the true hock-joint and the carpo-metacarpal arti¬ 
culation—particularly the former. Extensive thickening of the 
tricuspid valves, in some places to the extent of half an inch, and 
the adhesion of large masses of partially organised fibrine to 
their free borders, and also thickening of the aortic semilunar 
valves, to the extent of one sixth of an inch, two of them being 
perforated by ulceration, and one having attached to its free 
border an irregular mass of partially organised fibrine. The 
mitral and pulmonary semilunar valves were perfectly healthy. 
II .—Tatty Degeneration of Bone associated with Mollities 
Ossium in a two-year-old stott. 
My attention was directed to this case by Mr. Rutherford, 
inspector of the abattoir, who stated his belief, from the general 
appearance of the carcase, that the animal had been the subject 
of quarter-ill, from which it had made a partial recovery. Section 
of the bodies of the vertebrae showed the cancellated structure of 
a reddish-brown colour, due to the presence of dark grumous 
bloody material mixed with broken-down cancelli, and easily 
divided w r ith the knife. 
The left shoulder-joint was considerably enlarged, the articular 
physic and a few doses of diuretic 
