562 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
. » 
'* 
usual vigor and an apparent disgust of food. Exhaustion was ^ 
very marked. Pulse frequent. Temperature 103° F. Exces- 
sive thirst. The mucous membrane of the mouth and the V: 
tongue dry and covered with a white coat. About the fifth^ or v ; 
sixth day the epithelium from these parts began to peel off,leaving ", ^ 
red glazed surfaces. At the beginning of the first week consti- 
' pation was a prominent symptom, but later on a foetid diarrhoea 
supervened. There was great tenderness on pressure in the .. 
abdominal region and auscultation revealed a gurgling^ sound. 
In both cases the patients were disinclined to move, giving evi- . 
dence of pain when forced to do so. During the second week 
the soreness seemed to increase, with further disinclination to 
move ; when down it was with difficulty that they were made to 
arise. The mental condition was decidedly affected, causing an - 
entire oblivion to surroundings. At the end of the second week ; 
an eruption appeared, at first being confined to the abdomen, but 
gradually spreading over the body. The hair dropped as a con- - 
sequence of this eruption and at the end of the fourth week 
they were practically bald. The temperature continued to rise, : 
reaching its highest point (105°) on the eighth and twentieth ; 
days. The decline of the force of the pulse was well marked, i 
in fact a dicrotic pulse was more present. During the third 
week remissions in the temperature were noticed. With these ^ 
remissions a decided change for the better was observed , the j 
trembling of the muscles, especially of the foreparts, disappeared, |- 
with it the diarrhoea. Appetite returned. The denuded patches \ 
in the mouth and on the tongue healing, and at the end of 
thirty-three days they were discharged as well. However, they r 
did not get a full coat of hair until several weeks later. ^ ^. 
Treat7nent .—Acid boracic, fl. ext. belladonna fob, and whisky, t- 
with daily baths of a solution of the sulphite of soda. The diar- ^ 
rhoea in. one of the cases became so alarming that treatrnent in 
the shape of spts. ammon. arom., acid tannic and glycerine was 
directed towards it with beneficial results. This rnixture was 
discontinued after a few days. The boracic acid in addition ^ 
to being given internally was made into a mass with honey and | 
applied to the denuded patches in the mouth. £ 
RUPTURE OF THE RIVER. 1| 
By W. J. Mai^tin, V. S., Kankakee, Ill. . ; 
On August 27 of this year, I was called to see a black geld- 
ing, aged six years, weighing 1500 pounds, and used for truck- ^ 
iug purposes by a wholesale grocery firm of this city. The 
