PURPURA Hi^:MORRHAGICA. 
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careful and guarded questioning failed to explain any reason¬ 
able cause for the accident to the pelvis. This case I would 
class as bad. 
Case No. VI .—Bay gelding, nine years old, truck horse, weight 
1400 lbs.; had no previous disease. Hygienic surroundings poor ; 
had been ailing for a week. When seen he presented the typi¬ 
cal appearance of a well-developed case of purpura hsemor- 
rhagica, but in a mild form. The course of the disease presented 
nothing interesting; recovery was rapid. The injections were 
discontinued on the seventh day ; strychnine was discontinued 
on the seventeenth day, after which he received no other medi¬ 
cation. On the twenty-third day he was put to work, at which 
he continued until the end of the fourth month, when, while 
driving along the street, he stumbled and fell dead. The 
swelling disappeared entirely on the eighth day. On the tenth 
day there were no petechial spots ; his temperature never ex¬ 
ceeded 103°, pulse always strong and never above 60, respi¬ 
rations always normal. This was a mild case. In fact, one of 
those cases which would have recovered by careful nursing, a 
change of surroundings, and strong nerve stimulation. 
Case No. VII .—Gray gelding, five years old, weight 850 lbs., 
a road horse. Had an attack of catarrhal fever one month 
previous. This case I consider doubtful. I will describe the 
symptoms as they presented themselves to me : Legs swollen 
to almost twice their normal size. The oedema gradually de¬ 
creased till the regions of the elbow and patellar articulations 
were reached, when it slowly decreased and lost itself in the 
muscular structures of the aforesaid regions ; prepuce and 
scrotum oedematous, an extensive oedema of the abdomen ; 
temperature ioof°, respirations 12, pulse 52, strong and full ; 
Schneiderian mucous membrane dull and of a leaden color. 
On the inner angle of the left nostril there appeared a small 
dark red pimple, about the size of a pin’s head, surrounded by 
a dark zone, which gradually shaded to the color of the mucous 
membrane. This spot disappeared twelve hours afterwards. 
On the fifth day the color of the membrane began to change. 
