PURPURA H/EMORRHAGICA. 
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Ninth day.—General appearance and condition was such 
that I discontinued injections, but gave strychnine every four 
hours till sixteenth day, when all medication was stopped. 
On twenty-second day he was put to work and has been 
well ever since. This case I would consider a mild one. 
Case No. III .—Brown mare, aged, used in heavy truck. 
Owner stated that she had suffered from a bad attack of colic 
two weeks previous, followed by a bad attack of diarrhcea, which 
lasted five days, during which she ate absolntely nothing. On 
twelfth day after she had colic, owner found lip swollen. On 
thirteenth day, abdomen oedematous. On fourteenth day, owner 
found her suffering from severe attack of epistaxis. The ani¬ 
mal when seen presented the appearance and symptoms of a 
well-developed case of purpura. At no time did she present 
any symptom of an alarming nature, aside from the sudden ap¬ 
pearance of oedema, which was as severe as on second day of 
my beginning treatment. It occurred on tenth day, two days 
after I had discontinued injections. They were resumed for 
four days and then discontinued. From the eighth to tenth 
day it had rained continuously. Strychnine was continued till 
sixteenth day, after which no medication was given. On the 
twenty-sixth day she was put to work. The owner informs me 
that she has increased in weight and has also become very lazy. 
The hygienic surroundings were about as bad as could be. 
This case was a mild one. 
First day.—Animal presented appearances of mild case of 
purpura haemorrhagica ; all symptoms well developed ; temper¬ 
ature 103°, respiration 18, pulse 80, weak and irregular, missing 
from two to four beats per minute. Gave injection night and 
morning; strychnine by mouth, gr. every four hours. 
Second day.—Condition about same as previous day ; tem¬ 
perature 100°, respiration 18, pulse 80 and irregular; slight 
cough, accompanied by muco-purulent discharge, dark colored ; 
mucous rales over trachea ; no appetite. The cough discharge 
and rales remained for about three weeks, after which they dis¬ 
appeared. 
