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GEORGE J. GOUBEAUD. 
nostrils there issued drop by drop a sero-sanguineoiis fluid and 
occasionally a small amount of dark-colored mucus. Mucous 
membrane on both sides of the nasal septum was covered by a 
conglomerate mass of petechial spots from which there appeared 
to ooze a sero-sanguineons fluid. Mucous membrane very dark 
colored. The drinking water was taken from a well fifteen feet 
from the manure pit and outhouse. Diagnosis : purpura hsem- 
orrhagica ; prognosis bad, and I so advised the owner. 
Previous to seeing this case I had read in the Review an 
account of the iodine treatment and its success, so I therefore 
determined to give it a trial, which I did, with the happiest 
results. 
First day. At 5 o’clock in the evening I gave the first in- 
jection, to be followed by one-fourth of a grain of strychnine 
hypodermically. 
Second day.—General condition the same ; at 9 a. m., tem¬ 
perature 104°, pulse 80, respiration 30. 6 p. m., temperature 
) pulse 90, respiration 28. Gave injection morning and 
night; ordered strychnine, ^ gr., every three hours, to be given 
by the mouth. No change in the animal. 
Third day.—7 A. M., temperature 103°, pulse 70, respira¬ 
tion 30. Respirations deeper and longer, pulse strong and regu¬ 
lar, slight decrease in size of swellings ; urinating every two 
hours, quantity large and dark colored; oedema on the„.side of 
the cheek and nose has disappeared. Ate about two quarts of 
oats. Gave injection 7 p. m. Condition about the same as 
morning. Gave injection 10 a. m. 
Fourth day.—A perceptible decrease in size of all the swell¬ 
ings; temperature 101°, pulse 60, respiration 24. Appetite 
improved ; pulse strong and regular; general condition and 
appearance much better; petechial spots disappearing; cough 
is present, accompanied by a muco-purulent discharge, dark col¬ 
ored ; distinct mucous rales over region of trachea and larger 
bronchi. Injections night and morning still continued. 
Fifth day. 9 a. m., oedema has almost entirely disappeared; 
temperature 104°, respiration 50, pulse 90, weak and irregular; 
