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him to allow me to treat him, to which he reluctantly con¬ 
sented. Three weeks after I discharged him. He was sold to 
a dealer. I then lost track of him. This was an extreme case 
and I am positive that had I treated him under the old system 
which I usually employed he would have succumbed. He re¬ 
ceived no medication other than that which I gave myself, for 
the groom was too busy emptying the contents of what was at 
one time a respectable-looking pitcher. The animal’s tempera¬ 
ture varied from 103 to 106° for six days ; ate and drank very 
little ; prostration extreme; confined in a foul-smelling stall, 
surrounded by dirt and filth ; in short surrounded by every 
agent conducive to disease. This animal presented an extreme 
case ; I have never seen one as bad. He received in conjunction 
with iodine intratracheally, strychnine hypodermically. Both 
injections were given twice a day for twelve days. His recov¬ 
ery was slow, his general condition on some days good, on other 
days bad, until the ninth day, when he began to improve slowly, 
until the day he was sold, which was on the 27th day, after 
which I lost track of him, I could not induce the dealer to tell 
me what he had done with him. This was the only case I 
treated in which the oedema continued to shift after the iodine 
injections were employed. On account of the shifting charaeter 
of the oedema I was tempted more than once to perform trache¬ 
otomy as a precaution, fearing laryngeal involvment. 
Case No. V .—Bay mare, seven years old, used in butcher’s 
wagon. Had had influenza one month previous to develop¬ 
ment of attack of purpura hsemorrhagica. Appetite good ; in 
fair condition. This case was the most interesting one I ever 
saw on account of the peculiarity of the oedema and its shifting 
character. The oedema practically ceased to change its loca¬ 
tion after treatment was begun. When first seen she was stiff 
and refused to walk. When compelled to walk the front feet 
would barely leave the ground and at every step she emitted a 
grunt. A very slight oedema on the lower half of sternum ; 
very hard, did not pit on pressure except at the edges ; temper¬ 
ature ioof°, pulse 60, respiration 14. Suspected deep abscess ; 
