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GEORGE J. GOUBEAUD. 
ordered hot fomentations and a dose of physic. Tumor gradu¬ 
ally increased in size till fifth day ; was very large, pitted on 
pressure, quite soft and fluctuating ; temperature 104°, pulse 60; 
was able to walk with comparative ease, no grunting. The tu¬ 
mor was lanced in several places ; no pus escaped, but serum 
escaped continuously. 
On the sixth day tumor had disappeared almost entirely. 
Owner stated that it had all run out. Could walk and trot 
without difficulty ; all functions of body apparently normal. 
Did not see animal again for three days. Owner called me to 
see the animal because of a very severe oedema over left eye; 
he thought she had been stalled. Upon examination found a 
severe oedema over left orbital region, well defined, about size 
of a child’s head ; hard, painful and immovable ; eyelids everted, 
mucous membrane dark red and oedematous. The skin over the 
orbital process was denuded of hair and over this spot serum 
flowed freely. On account of the severity of the oedema I was 
unable to examine the eye itself ; ordered hot fomentations. 
On the next day the oedema had disappeared to about one-half 
its original size, so I was enabled to examine the eye itself. The 
sclerotic coat was a perfect chocolate color. This color reappeared 
after the disease had been well developed ; it lasted for about 
twenty-four hours and then disappeared. Not having seen nor 
heard of this peculiarity before, I did not suspect the real cause. 
I did not see the animal again for three days 5 owner informed 
me that she had again become stalled and injured her left hind 
hip. The muscles of the gluteal region were hard, painful and 
very sensitive ; animal was quite stiff and walked to one side. 
I suspected that a rheumatic affection was the cause of this condi¬ 
tion. Next day swelling had shifted to lumbar region ; tempera¬ 
ture, pulse and respiration slightly above normal ; appetite nor¬ 
mal; ate four quarts of oats at a meal. Next day, or fourteenth 
day after she was first seen, her body was covered with a number 
of small tumors, var^dng in size from that of a hickory nut to an 
average sized peach; they seemed to be imbedded in the muscular 
structures hard, painful and immovable. There were none on 
