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GEORGE J. GOUBEAUD. 
disturbed. He left on a business trip, and did not return till 
the following Monday ; she was still down, and totally unable to 
rise. On account of her extremely exhausted condition and her 
positive inability to stand, even when placed in slings, I ordered 
her to be destroyed. Post-mortem examination revealed an in¬ 
complete fracture of the ischio-pnbic symphysis. Careful ques¬ 
tioning failed to elicit any information as to how the accident 
occurred. 
This case presented to me many interesting features. First, 
the character of the swellings previous to their being localized 
in the extremities—always hard, unyielding, painful on press¬ 
ure, apparently deeply situated, the shifting character, which was 
always sudden, unaccompanied by any external manifestation 
from the animal. In three hours time they would disappear, 
to reappear in some other locality ; the absence of any positive 
symptoms until the twenty-second day after she was first seen j 
the almost sudden appearance of all the typical and character¬ 
istic symptoms of the disease ; the appearance of the small tu¬ 
mors on the body and neck, and not on the extremities; they 
were principally on the trunk, imbedded in the superficial lay¬ 
ers of muscular structures ; the character of the swellings after 
treatment was begun ; their gradual disappearance. On the 
sixth day the oedema reappeared, and disappeared on the tenth 
day, after which there was no recurrence. It had rained con¬ 
tinuously all day; temperature ran up to io6°, pulse no, res¬ 
piration 50. The discoloration of the sclerotic coat of the eye 
was new to me ; I had not seen a case before nor since. The 
enlarged orbital region, with no other appreciable symptoms; 
the slow course which the disease took before any symptoms 
were detected whereby I was enabled to make a positive diag¬ 
nosis ; the absence of any positive symptoms until the disease 
had existed for more than three weeks ; the slow course which 
the disease assumed before treatment ; the rapid recovery after 
active treatment had begun ; the abnormal amount of urine 
which the animal passed after active treatment was begun; its 
gradual decrease after treatment was discontinued; and, lastly, 
