EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
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EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES. 
GERMAN REVIEW. 
By W. V. Bieser, D, V. S., New York City. 
Eclampsia in a Bitch \Lelb 7 iaii \.—A female Scotch terrier, 
four years old, in good condition, was brought to me with the 
history of having fallen over two hours before without being 
able to rise again. The conjunctiva and visible mucous mem¬ 
branes were congested, pulse small and 150 to the minute, rectal 
temperature 109 3-5° F., bodily surface very hot. Never hav¬ 
ing had a temperature of this kind, I took a second thermome¬ 
tric measurement with another reliable instrument, with the 
same result. Respiration was enormonsly rapid, 120 per 
minute. On opening the mouth and pulling forth the tongne, 
there was nothing abnormal with the digestive system ; cold 
water was ravenonsly licked up upon presentation; the mammse 
were markedly filled, and a tenacious milky fluid could be ex¬ 
pressed. The bitch had given birth four weeks previously 
to five puppies. Facial expression betrayed great anxiety ; sen¬ 
sibility was unaltered; pnpils were dilated. All four ex¬ 
tremities were extended and gave evidences of tonic con¬ 
tractions of the muscles thereof. An enema of four grains 
of chloral hydrate and cold packs for the hyperpyrexia 
were ordered, whereupon the temperature fell to 104° F. in a 
short time and the animal fell asleep as a result of the working 
of the chloral hydrate. Next day the patient was discharged 
cured of the eclampsia. E. reports this case because of the 
rarity of hyperpyrexia as a symptom of eclampsia. It seemed 
to L. to be due to the irritation of the thermo-cortical centres 
induced by the physical excitement. Measurement of tempera¬ 
ture in all cases of eclampsia ought therefore to receive more 
attention than heretofore.— {Berl. Thierarzt. IVock.) 
Bronchial Croup in the Ox. —An ox, one and-a-half 
years old, gave the following symptoms : A marked cough of 
barking character, which was very painful; pulse and respiration 
were accelerated; respiration was labored, the pulse hardly per¬ 
ceptible ; the laryngeal region was very sensitive. Auscultation 
gave rude vesicular breathing. A few days later during a severe 
spasm of coughing the animal conghed up a fibrinous cast hav¬ 
ing the exact shape of a large bronchus with its immediate 
ramifications. Thereupon the animal improved markedly. 
